AFCA Division I FBS Coach of the Year
From Varsity Pride
The AFCA Division I FBS Coach of the Year is a college football award given each year to the nation's most outstanding Division I FBS coach as determined by his peers in the AFCA.
| 1935 | Lynn Waldorf | Northwestern |
| 1936 | Dick Harlow | Harvard |
| 1937 | Edward Mylin | Lafayette |
| 1938 | Bill Kern | Carnegie Mellon |
| 1939 | Eddie Anderson | Iowa |
| 1940 | Clark Shaughnessy | Stanford |
| 1941 | Frank Leahy | Notre Dame |
| 1942 | Bill Alexander | Georgia Tech |
| 1943 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | Pacific (CA) |
| 1944 | Carroll Widdoes | Ohio State |
| 1945 | Bo McMillin | Indiana |
| 1946 | Earl Blaik | Army |
| 1947 | Fritz Crisler | Michigan |
| 1948 | Bennie Oosterbaan | Michigan |
| 1949 | Bud Wilkinson | Oklahoma |
| 1950 | Charlie Caldwell | Princeton |
| 1951 | Chuck Taylor | Stanford |
| 1952 | Clarence Munn | Michigan State |
| 1953 | Jim Tatum | Maryland |
| 1954 | Henry Russell Sanders | Cal-Los Angeles |
| 1955 | Duffy Daugherty | Michigan State |
| 1956 | Bowden Wyatt | Tennessee |
| 1957 | Woody Hayes | Ohio State |
| 1958 | Paul Dietzel | Louisiana State |
| 1959 | Ben Schwartzwalder | Syracuse |
| 1960 | Murray Warmath | Minnesota |
| 1961 | Bear Bryant | Alabama |
| 1962 | John McKay | Southern California |
| 1963 | Darrell Royal | Texas |
| 1964 | Frank Broyles Ara Parseghian |
Arkansas Notre Dame |
| 1965 | Tommy Prothro | Cal-Los Angeles |
| 1966 | Tom Cahill | Army |
| 1967 | John Pont | Indiana |
| 1968 | Joe Paterno | Penn State |
| 1969 | Bo Schembechler | Michigan |
| 1970 | Charles McClendon Darrell Royal (2) |
Louisiana State Texas |
| 1971 | Bear Bryant (2) | Alabama |
| 1972 | John McKay | Southern California |
| 1973 | Bear Bryant (3) | Alabama |
| 1974 | Grant Teaff | Baylor |
| 1975 | Frank Kush | Arizona State |
| 1976 | Johnny Majors | Pittsburgh |
| 1977 | Don James | Washington |
| 1978 | Joe Paterno (2) | Penn State |
| 1979 | Earle Bruce | Ohio State |
| 1980 | Vince Dooley | Georgia |
| 1981 | Danny Ford | Clemson |
| 1982 | Joe Paterno (3) | Penn State |
| 1983 | Ken Hatfield | Air Force |
| 1984 | LaVell Edwards | Brigham Young |
| 1985 | Fisher DeBerry | Air Force |
| 1986 | Joe Paterno (4) | Penn State |
| 1987 | Dick MacPherson | Syracuse |
| 1988 | Don Nehlen | West Virginia |
| 1989 | Bill McCartney | Colorado |
| 1990 | Bobby Ross | Georgia Tech |
| 1991 | Bill Lewis | East Carolina |
| 1992 | Gene Stallings | Alabama |
| 1993 | Barry Alvarez | Wisconsin |
| 1994 | Tom Osborne | Nebraska |
| 1995 | Gary Barnett | Northwestern |
| 1996 | Bruce Snyder | Arizona State |
| 1997 | Lloyd Carr | Michigan |
| 1998 | Phillip Fulmer | Tennessee |
| 1999 | Frank Beamer | Virginia Tech |
| 2000 | Bob Stoops | Oklahoma |
| 2001 | Larry Coker Ralph Friedgen |
Miami (FL) Maryland |
| 2002 | Jim Tressel | Ohio State |
| 2003 | Pete Carroll | Southern California |
| 2004 | Tommy Tuberville | Auburn |
| 2005 | Joe Paterno (5) | Penn State |
| 2006 | Jim Grobe | Wake Forest |
| 2007 | Mark Mangino | Kansas |
| 2008 | Kyle Whittingham | Utah |
| 2009 | Gary Patterson | Texas Christian |
| 2010 | Chip Kelly | Oregon |
| 2011 | Les Miles | Louisiana State |
| 2012 | Brian Kelly | Notre Dame |
| 2013 | David Cutcliffe | Duke |
| 2014 | Gary Patterson (2) | Texas Christian |
