We are starting to get down to the nitty-gritty for college football, and that means one thing; postseason awards season is just around the corner! OK, so it means a few things, but the awards are starting to trim down their preseason watch lists to finalists and semifinalists as the college football season starts to wind down.
The Paul Bear Bryant Coach of the Year Award Watch List was released Friday evening. The list includes 20 coaches and includes coaches who have been in charge of dominant programs and some who have turned things around at heir respective programs. Alabama’s Nick Saban and Ohio State’s Urban Meyer are included on the list. So is Kliff Kingsbury at Texas Tech and Gary Pinkel at Missouri.
here is the complete list of candidates for the award, which will be presented January 15, 2014 in Houston. A list of finalists will be announced in early December. The Paul Bear Bryant Coach of the Year Award is the only coaching award voted on and presented at the conclusion of the bowl season. All other coaching awards are presented in December.
Paul Bear Bryant Coach of the Year Watch List
- David Bailiff - Rice
- Art Briles - Baylor
- Rod Carey - Northern Illinois
- Tim DeRuyter - Fresno State
- Jimbo Fisher - Florida State
- Al Golden - Miami (Fla.)
- Mark Helfrich - Oregon
- Brady Hoke - Michigan
- Kliff Kingsbury - Texas Tech
- Pete Lembo - Ball State
- Tony Levine - Houston
- Gus Malzahn - Auburn
- Urban Meyer - Ohio State
- Les Miles - LSU
- George O’Leary - UCF
- Gary Pinkel - Missouri
- Nick Saban - Alabama
- David Shaw - Stanford
- Bob Stoops - Oklahoma
- Kevin Sumlin - Texas A&M