UF Head Coach Urban Meyer named to Bryant College Football Coach of the Year Watch List
Wednesday, November 5, 2008 | Football
University of Florida head football coach Urban Meyer was named to the Bryant College Coach of the Year Watch List, released Wednesday by the Paul “Bear” Bryant Awards committee of the American Heart Association. The selection committee consists of current and past event chairmen, Bryant family representatives, National Sportscasters & Sportswriters Association representatives, Houston sports analysts and former collegiate players and coaches.
In December, a finalists list will be announced and comprised of five to ten coaches. Finalists will attend an awards dinner on Jan. 15, 2009, where the winner will be announced live. The winner of the Bryant College Coach of the Year is voted on by members of the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association and is the only college coaching award given after all the bowl games have finished.
This is the second post-season award that Coach Meyer is in consideration for. He has also been named one of 15 semifinalists for the 20th annual George Munger Award, presented annually to the nation's College Coach of the Year by the Maxwell Football Club.
Bryant College Coach of the Year Watch List in alphabetical order by coach:
Tim Brewster - University of Minnesota
Mack Brown - University of Texas
Pete Carroll - University of Southern California
Mark Dantonio - Michigan State University
Butch Davis - University of North Carolina
Pat Fitzgerald - Northwestern University
Ralph Friedgen - University of Maryland
Todd Graham - University of Tulsa
Mike Gundy - Oklahoma State University
Brady Hoke - Ball State University
Paul Johnson - Georgia Institute of Technology
Mike Leach - Texas Tech University
Bronco Mendenhall - Brigham Young University
Urban Meyer - University of Florida
Joe Paterno - Penn State
Gary Patterson - Texas Christian University
Chris Petersen - Boise State University
Nick Saban - The University of Alabama
Bob Stoops - University of Oklahoma
Kyle Whittingham - University of Utah
The Bryant Awards honor excellence in coaching while raising funds to fight heart disease and stroke. For more information, or to purchase tickets or a table for the event, contact Kristin Rodriguez at 713-610-5026 or visit www.americanheart.org/bryantawards.
