With the next round fo the coaching carousel about to get underway at full speed, some programs may want to pay attention to the list of names nominated for the Broyles Award. The Broyles Award is presented annually to the top assistant coach in college football, and the list of 40 nominees for this year’s award includes some names with previous head coaching experience and others about to be in line for a head coaching gig somewhere around the country.
Current head coaches who previously won the Broyles Award include Auburn’s Gus Malzahn, UConn’s Bob Diaco and Duke’s David Cutcliffe. Last year’s Broyles Award winner was Michigan State defensive coordinator Pat Narduzzi, who many feel could be ready for a head coaching offer in the next round of the coaching carousel. This year Narduzzi is not a finalist for the award, but Spartans co-offensive coordinator Dave Warner is.
“This will be one of the most challenging years ever for our selection committee to choose the top 5 finalists and winner, so many assistant coaches did outstanding work this year,” David Bazzel, Broyles Award executive director.
This year’s Broyles Award winner will be announced on Tuesday, December 9 by The Rotary Club of Little Rock and sponsor Delta Dental. The award is named after former Arkansas head coach Frank Broyles, who had a solid track record of pumping out quality assistant coaches. Some of the assistants who coaches under Broyles include Barry Switzer, Jimmy Johnson, Hayden Fry, Joe Gibbs, and Jackie Sherrill.
Broyles Award Nominees
Alabama - Lane Kiffin, Offensive Coordinator
Appalachian State - Dwayne Ledford, Co-Offensive Coordinator
Arizona - Jeff Casteel, Defensive Coordinator
Arkansas - Robb Smith, Defensive Coordinator
Arkansas State University - Walt Bell, Offensive Coordinator
Boise State University - Mike Sanford, Offensive Coordinator
Boston College - Don Brown, Defensive Coordinator
Brigham Young University - Nick Howell, Defensive coordinator
Clemson - Brent Venables, Defensive Coordinator
Colorado State - Dave Baldwin, Offensive Coordinator
Duke University - John Latina, Run Game Coordinator/OL
East Carolina University - Lincoln Riley, Offensive Coordinator
FIU - Josh Conklin, Defensive Coordinator
Georgia Southern University - Doug Ruse, Offensive Coordinator
Louisiana - Marquase Lovings, Running Backs
Louisiana Tech - Manny Diaz, Defensive Coordinator
Louisville - Todd Grantham, Defensive Coordinator
Memphis - James Shibest, Special Teams Coordinator/Tight Ends
Miami - Mark D’Onofrio, Defensive Coordinator
Michigan - Greg Mattison, Defensive Coordinator
Michigan State University - Dave Warner, Co-Offensive Coordinator
Minnesota - Tracy Claeys, Defensive Coordinator
Mississippi State - Geoff Collins, Defensive Coordinator
Missouri - Dave Steckel, Defensive Coordinator
NC State - Desmond Kitchings, Running Backs/Recruiting Coordinator
Ohio State University - Tom Herman, Offensive Coordinator
Ole Miss - Dave Wommack, Defensive Coordinator
Oregon - Scott Frost, Offensive Coordinator
Penn State University - Bob Shoop, Defensive Coordinator
Stanford - Lance Anderson, Defensive Coordinator
TCU - Doug Meacham, Co-Offensive Coordinator
Temple - Phil Snow, Defensive Coordinator
UCF - Brent Key, Offensive Line Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
UCLA - Noel Mazzone, Offensive Coordinator
Utah - Kalani Sitake, Defensive Coordinator
Utah State University - Todd Orlando, Defensive Coordinator
UTSA - Neal Neathery, Defensive Coordinator
West Virginia University - Tony Gibson, Defensive Coordinator
Western Michigan University - Kirk Ciarrocca, Offensive Coordinator
Wisconsin - Dave Aranda, Defensive Coordinator