Named for Woody Hayes, this award 
recognizes the top collegiate coach
as selected by the Touchdown Club of Columbus

Year

2018 - Dabo Swinney, Clemson
2017 - Scott Frost, Central Florida
2016 - James Franklin, Penn State
2015 - Kirk Ferentz, Iowa
2014 - Gary Patterson, TCU
2013 - Gus Malzahn, Auburn
2012 - Urban Meyer, Ohio State
2011 - Bill Snyder, Kansas State
2010 - Jim Harbaugh, Stanford
2009 - Gary Patterson, TCU
2008 - Mike Leach, Texas Tech
2007 - Mark Mangino, Kansas
2006 - Jim Tressel, Ohio State
2005 - Joe Paterno, Penn State
2004 - Urban Meyer, Utah
2003 - Bob Stoops, Oklahoma
2002 - Jim Tressel, Ohio State
2001 - Ralph Friedgen, Maryland
2000 - Bob Stoops, Oklahoma
1999 - Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech
1998 - Phillip Fulmer, Tennessee
1997 - Lloyd Carr, Michigan
1996 - Bruce Snyder, Arizona State
1995 - Gary Barnett, Northwestern
1994 - Tom Osborne, Nebraska
1993 - Don Nehlen, West Virginia
1992 - Dennis Erickson, Miami
1991 - Don James, Washington
1989 - Bobby Ross, Georgia Tech
1988 - Lou Holtz, Notre Dame
1987 - Dick MacPherson, Syracuse
1986 - Joe Paterno, Penn State
1985 - Bo Schembechler, Michigan
1984 - Don James, Washington
1983 - Tom Osborne, Nebraska
1982 - Joe Paterno, Penn State
1981 - Danny Ford, Clemson
1980 - Vince Dooley, Georgia
1979 - Earle Bruce, Ohio State
1978 - Joe Paterno, Penn State
1977 - Lou Holtz, Arkansas