Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year
From Varsity Pride
The Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year is a college football award given each year to the nation's most outstanding coach as determined by a panel of experts and former winners.
| 1976 | Vince Dooley | Georgia |
| 1977 | Bo Schembechler | Michigan |
| 1978 | Tom Osborne | Nebraska |
| 1979 | LaVell Edwards | Brigham Young |
| 1980 | Bobby Bowden | Florida State |
| 1981 | Joe Paterno | Penn State |
| 1982 | George MacIntyre | Vanderbilt |
| 1983 | Ken Hatfield | Air Force |
| 1984 | Jim Wacker | Texas Christian |
| 1985 | Fisher DeBerry | Air Force |
| 1986 | Dick Sheridan | North Carolina State |
| 1987 | Dick MacPherson | Syracuse |
| 1988 | Don Nehlen | West Virginia |
| 1989 | Bill Curry | Alabama |
| 1990 | Bobby Ross | Georgia Tech |
| 1991 | George Welsh | Virginia |
| 1992 | Eddie Robinson | Grambling State |
| 1993 | Barry Alvarez | Wisconsin |
| 1994 | Fred Goldsmith | Duke |
| 1995 | Gary Barnett | Northwestern |
| 1996 | Bob Sutton | Army |
| 1997 | Mike Price | Washington State |
| 1998 | Bill Snyder | Kansas State |
| 1999 | Frank Beamer | Virginia Tech |
| 2000 | George O'Leary | Georgia Tech |
| 2001 | Ralph Friedgen | Maryland |
| 2002 | Jim Tressel | Ohio State |
| 2003 | Bob Stoops | Oklahoma |
| 2004 | Paul Johnson | Navy |
| 2005 | Joe Paterno | Penn State |
| 2006 | Jim Grobe | Wake Forest |
| 2007 | Lloyd Carr | Michigan |
| 2008 | Mack Brown | Texas |
| 2009 | Gary Patterson | Texas Christian |
| 2010 | Chris Petersen | Boise State |
| 2011 | Dabo Swinney | Clemson |
| 2012 | Bill Snyder | Kansas State |
