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The AFCA National Championship Trophy is the trophy awarded by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) to the winner of college football's Coaches Poll.From 1992 to 2013 the trophy was contractually obligated to be awarded to the winner of the Bowl Coalition (1992-1994), Bowl Alliance (1995-1997), and Bowl Championship Series (1998-2013) national championship game winner.
The team has had 27 head coaches since it began playing organized football in 1891. Among those coaches, only Gordon K. Larson, Jim Dennison, J.D. Brookhart, and Terry Bowden have led Akron to postseason appearances. Brookhart is the only coach to win a conference championship with the Zips; he won the Mid-American Conference in 2005. Dennison ...
The Assistant Coach of the Year Award is presented to a deserving assistant coach in each of the four NCAA football divisions and the NAIA. The award was created to honor assistant coaches who excel in community service, commitment to the student-athlete, on-field coaching success and AFCA and professional organization involvement.
Schembechler graduated from Miami in 1951 and earned his master's degree at Ohio State University in 1952 while working as a graduate assistant coach under Hayes, who had become OSU's head coach. After a tour of duty in the U.S. Army , Schembechler served as an assistant at Presbyterian College in 1954, followed by a year as freshman coach at ...
While in Toledo, Hilles served as player-coach for the Toledo Tornadoes in the Continental Football League. He returned to Warren in 1966 as defensive coordinator before being promoted to head coach in 1970 at Western Reserve High School. He coached the Western Reserve football team in Warren to a 17–3 record during the 1970 and 1971 seasons.
The Cradle of Coaches is a nickname given to Miami University in Oxford, Ohio for its history of producing successful sports coaches, especially in football. Bob Kurz, a former Miami sports communications worker, popularized the term in a 1983 book, though the school's association with the nickname goes as far back as the early 1960s.
Aug. 31—Ohio State football coach Ryan Day is aware keeping the quarterback competition open going into the season could impact the locker room. "That's something you keep a close eye on to see ...
Spence Nowinsky is an American college football coach and former player. He is the co-defensive coordinator and defensive line coach for the University of Memphis, positions he has held since 2024. [1] Previously he was the defensive coordinator at Ohio University, Miami University, and Illinois State University. [2]