AFCA Coach of the Year Award


The AFCA Coach of the Year Award is given annually to college football coaches by the American Football Coaches Association. Separate awards are presented at all levels of U.S. college football. The AFCA as a whole presents the award for the four divisions of NCAA football—Division I FBS, Division I FCS, Division II, and Division III—plus the NAIA. The AFCA's section for community and junior colleges presents an identical award to a head coach at a two-year institution. The award has had several different sponsors over the years, including Eastman Kodak Corporation, and thus also been named the Kodak Coach of the Year Award.
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Winners

NCAA Division I-AA/FCS

YearCoachTeam
1983Southern Illinois
1984Montana State
1985Furman
1986Georgia Southern
1987Holy Cross
1988Furman
1989Georgia Southern
1990Georgia Southern
1991Youngstown State
1992The Citadel
1993Boston University
1994Youngstown State
1995Montana
1996Columbia
1997Villanova
1998UMass
1999Georgia Southern
2000Georgia Southern
2001Furman
2002Western Kentucky
2003Colgate
2004James Madison
2005Appalachian State
2006Appalachian State
2007Appalachian State
2008Richmond
2009Villanova
2010Delaware
2011Sam Houston State
2012North Dakota State
2013North Dakota State
2014New Hampshire
2015Jacksonville State
2016James Madison
2017Kennesaw State
2018Maine
2019North Dakota State
2020VMI
2021North Dakota State
2022South Dakota State
2023Greg GattusoAlbany
2024Billy CoshStony Brook

NCAA College Division / Division II

This includes NCAA Division II and NAIA from 1983 to 2005.

NCAA Division III

This includes NCAA Division III and NAIA from 1983 to 1995.

NAIA

NAIA was included in the Division II and III groups until 2006 when it was broken into its own category.
YearCoachTeam
2006Sioux Falls
2007Carroll (MT)
2008Sioux Falls
2009Sioux Falls
2010Carroll (MT)
2011Saint Xavier
2012
2013Grand View
2014
2015Marian
2016Saint Francis (IN)
2017Saint Francis (IN)
2018Morningside
2019Morningside
2020Lindsey Wilson
2021Morningside
2022Northwestern (IA)
2023Doug SochaKeiser
2024Myles RussKeiser

Junior college

The California Community College Athletic Association and the National Junior College Athletic Association each had their own coach of the year honors until 2002 when they joined together to award the American Community College Football Coaches Association Coach of the Year Award. The NJCAA continues to award coach of the year honors in both their Division I and Division III levels outside of the ACCFCA Coach of the Year Award. The NJCAA Coach of the Year award is awarded by the NJCAA Football Coaches Association.

Assistant Coach of the Year Award

The Assistant Coach of the Year Award is presented to a deserving assistant coach in each of the four NCAA football divisions and the NAIA. The award was created to honor assistant coaches who excel in community service, commitment to the student-athlete, on-field coaching success and AFCA and professional organization involvement.