AP College Football Coach of the Year Award
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The AP College Football Coach of the Year Award is a college football award given each year to the nation's most outstanding coach as determined by the AP voters who vote in the weekly AP poll.
| 1998 | Bill Snyder | Kansas State |
| 1999 | Frank Beamer | Virginia Tech |
| 2000 | Bob Stoops | Oklahoma |
| 2001 | Ralph Friedgen | Maryland |
| 2002 | Kirk Ferentz | Iowa |
| 2003 | Nick Saban | Louisiana State |
| 2004 | Tommy Tuberville | Auburn |
| 2005 | Joe Paterno | Penn State |
| 2006 | Jim Grobe | Wake Forest |
| 2007 | Mark Mangino | Kansas |
| 2008 | Nick Saban (2) | Alabama |
| 2009 | Gary Patterson | Texas Christian |
| 2010 | Chip Kelly | Oregon |
| 2011 | Les Miles | Louisiana State |
| 2012 | Brian Kelly | Notre Dame |
| 2013 | Gus Malzahn | Auburn |
| 2014 | Gary Patterson (2) | Texas Christian |
