Meyer Named George Munger Award Winner
Friday, December 17, 2004 | Football
The Maxwell Football Club has selected Urban Meyer as the 16th annual recipient of the George Munger Award for the Collegiate Coach of the Year. The award will be presented formally on Feb. 25, 2005, in Atlantic City, N.J.
Meyer narrowly edged Auburn's Tommy Tuberville to claim the honor, 206-203. Third place went to Wisconsin's Barry Alvarez who received 128 votes. The remaining 186 votes of the total 723 ballots cast were divided among 10 other college coaches.
Meyer led Utah to an 11-0 mark, as the Utes finished the regular season unbeaten and untied for the first time in 74 years in addition to becoming the first team to win back-to-back outright Mountain West Conference championships.
Meyer recently was named The Home Depot 2004 Coach of the Year and earned the Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year for the second straight time. In addition, Meyer is a semifinalist the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year award.
