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unusual facts about Coach of the Year



Ed O'Bradovich

O'Bradovich played himself in the television movies Brian's Song, starring James Caan as Brian Piccolo, and Coach of the Year, starring Robert Conrad as former Chicago Bears player Jim Brandon.

Marian Mihail

In 2001 he had a short stint as Technical Instructor for the Romanian FA Coaching School, before moving to the Middle East where he has enjoyed successful spells in Syria with Al Qardaha, being named Syrian Football Association Coach of the Year in 2003, and in Saudi Arabia with Al Riyadh, saving the team from relegation in 2004 after taking over in a desperate situation.


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1969 Tennessee Volunteers football team

The game, which marked the Gator Bowl's silver anniversary had added drama because two days before kickoff word leaked out that Volunteers head coach Doug Dickey, the SEC Coach of the Year, would return to Florida, his alma mater, after the game.

2012–13 SIJHL season

Co-Coach of the Year - Rod Aldoff (Minnesota Wilderness)/Chris Walby (Minnesota Iron Rangers)

Al Groh

During Groh's second year as head coach, Virginia amassed a 9–5 record with a schedule ranked the 11th toughest in the nation by Jeff Sagarin of USA Today, and Groh was voted the ACC Coach of the Year.

Amanda Reddin

In 2002, Kirby was named as UK Coach of the Year (a title shared with Alex Stanton, coach to marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe).

ArenaBowl XIX

Colorado coach Mike Dailey earned his second championship ring while Georgia's first-year head coach Doug Plank, the league's 2005 Coach of the Year, came up short in his fourth consecutive ArenaBowl, having lost the previous three as the defensive coordinator for the Arizona Rattlers.

Bob Bass

Bass served as the head basketball coach at Oklahoma Baptist for 15 years and was named the NAIA Coach of the Year in 1966, when his team won the NAIA national title.

Bob Dukiet

The New York and New Jersey Basketball Writers Association again chose Dukiet as its Coach of the Year and the New York Metropolitan basketball Writers named him Co-Coach of the Year along with Iona's Pat Kennedy.

Cecile Reynaud

She presents annually at the convention as well as serving as emcee of the Tachikara/AVCA Coach of the Year and Victory Club Award Banquet and AVCA All-America/Players of the Year Banquet.

Charlie Taaffe

For his efforts in 1999 and 2000, Taaffe won the Annis Stukus Trophy as the CFL's Coach of the Year, making him only the second Montreal coach to win the award (Marv Levy being the first in 1974) and the first coach in CFL history to earn the honor in each of his first two seasons.

Clarence Gaines

Gaines was named the CIAA coach of the year a record six times (1957, 61, 63, 70, 75, 80); received the CIAA Basketball Tournament Outstanding Coach Award eight times (1953, 57, 60, 61, 63, 66, 70, 77); was inducted into the CIAA Hall of Fame (1975), NAIA Helms Hall of Fame (1968) and N.C. Sports Hall of Fame (1978) and received the Silver Buffalo Award from the Boy Scouts of America.

Dan Mara

He was named NJCAA New England Women's Basketball Coach of the Year nine times, Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) Coach of the Year six times, NJCAA District Coach of the Year three times and Converse District One Coach of the Year in 1994.

Didier Zokora

In 2000 he moved abroad to play for Belgian team Racing Genk and won the Belgian Jupiler League during the 2001–02 campaign, as manager Sef Vergoossen was named coach of the year and Wesley Sonck won top goal-scorer honors.

Dirk Bauermann

With Leverkusen, he won 7 German League championships and 4 German Cups, and was twice named the German League's Coach of the Year.

Elon Phoenix

The football team won NAIA national titles in 1980 and 1981 under Coach Jerry Tolley, who was named national coach of the year for the 1980 season.

Frank Endacott

While coaching Canterbury he was twice named Canterbury Coach of the Year by The Sir Richard Hadlee Sports Trust.

Hal Wissel

Wissel’s honors include being named Coach & Athlete magazine’s Eastern Coach of the Year in 1972; Sunshine State Conference Coach of the Year (‘79, ‘80, ’81); and NCAA Division II National Coach of the Year by the National Association of Basketball Coaches in 1980.

Israel Byrd

Byrd's defensive secondary strategies and tactics have gained him notoriety allowing him to speak at the Nike Coach of the Year Clinic in St. Louis in 2008 and 2009, where he was a Clinic Speaker on man-to-man and bump and run teaching progressions.

Jim Berkman

He was awarded the 1991 Francis "Babe" Kraus Award, the 2008 United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) Division III Coach of the Year honors, and the FieldTurf Tarkett Coach of the Year honors in 2006 and 2007.

Jim Wacker

After the season, Wacker was named as National Coach of the Year by ESPN, the UPI, and The Sporting News.

Jimmy Satterfield

Satterfield was the second Furman football head coach to be the AFCA Division I-AA Coach of the Year; in 1985, three years earlier, Dick Sheridan won the award after leading the Paladins to a 12–2–0 record and a close two-point loss in the National Championship game.

Katalin Rozsnyói

In 2000s she was named the Coach of the Year in Hungary six times in a row by the members of the Hungarian Sports Journalists' Association; this series was broken only in 2007 by the tennis coach Zoltan Kuharszky.

Larry Dippel

He is winner of numerous coaching awards including district coach of the year 12 times, Panhandle coach of the year four times, the 1993 Tom Landry Award and High School Extra “Coach Who Made a Difference” award.

Mac McCallion

He was named New Zealand coach of the year in 1996 and 1997 for his work with the NPC Division One outfit Counties.

Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball

Mike D'Antoni, current head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers and formerly of the Denver Nuggets, Phoenix Suns (NBA Coach of the Year for 2004-05) and New York Knicks, played college basketball at Marshall.

Neil Henry

Henry was named Dally M Coach of the Year for 2008, ahead of other nominees Craig Bellamy, Ricky Stuart and Des Hasler.

Newcastle Eagles

In addition, Flournoy picked up the BBL Coach of the Year and former Villanova Wildcat, Andrew Sullivan, was voted BBL Player of the Year.

Philadelphia Spirit

They beat the Miami Tropics in the league's finals, winning the championship.The team was coached by Bill Lange, a NJ High School Coach, who was named USBL Coach of the year.

Randy Garber

Since retiring from playing, he has spent most of his career coaching youth in Roslyn, Pennsylvania where he was the 1996 NSCAA youth soccer coach of the year.

South Florida Bulls

George Kiefer, the 2005 NCAA South Region Coach of the Year is a native of Bay Shore, NY.

Spokane Shock

As a result of the team's excellent play, head coach Chris Siegfried was named the af2 Head Coach of the Year for the 2006 season.

Stan Heath

The Detroit native was also voted the MAC Coach of the Year and named the national Rookie Coach of the Year by both CBSSportsline.com and CollegeInsider.com.

Troy Trojans

In 2006, Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year Bobby Pierce led the Trojans to a regular season conference title, conference tournament title, and an NCAA Regional appearance with an overall record of 47–16.

Ty Harrington

He then served as head coach at a pair of Texas junior colleges, the first of which was Northeast Texas Community College from 1995 to 1998, where he claimed the 1996 NJCAA championship and Coach of the Year awards.