Swinney Earns Woody Hayes Award
CLEMSON, S.C. — The Touchdown Club of Columbus announced today that Clemson Head Coach Dabo Swinney has earned the Woody Hayes Award, presented annually to college football’s coach of the year.
Clemson has posted a 13-0 record this season, one win shy of the team record for wins set in 2015 and 2016. Yesterday, Swinney's Tigers won their fourth consecutive ACC championship, earning a 42-10 win against Pittsburgh in the ACC Championship Game in Charlotte. Clemson became the first school in conference history to win four consecutive outright titles and became the first Power Five program to win four straight conference championship games since Florida in 1993-96.
Swinney becomes the second Clemson head coach to earn the honor since the award's inception in 1977. Danny Ford was Clemson's first Woody Hayes Award winner, collecting the honor following Clemson's 12-0 national championship season in 1981.
The 2018 Woody Hayes Award will be presented during the 64th Touchdown Club of Columbus Awards on Saturday, Feb. 9 in Columbus, Ohio. A full list of all-time winners of the Woody Hayes Award is included below:
2018: DABO SWINNEY, Clemson2017: SCOTT FROST, UCF2016: JAMES FRANKLIN, Penn State2015: KIRK FERENTZ, Iowa2014: GARY PATTERSON, TCU2013: GUS MALZAHN, Auburn2012: URBAN MEYER, Ohio State2011: BILL SNYDER, Kansas State2010: JIM HARBAUGH, Stanford2009: GARY PATTERSON, TCU2008: MIKE LEACH, Texas Tech2007: MARK MANGINO, Kansas2006: JIM TRESSEL, Ohio State2005: JOE PATERNO, Penn State2004: URBAN MEYER, Utah2003: BOB STOOPS, Oklahoma2002: JIM TRESSEL, Ohio State2001: RALPH FRIEDGEN, Maryland2000: BOB STOOPS, Oklahoma1999: FRANK BEAMER, Virginia Tech1998: PHIL FULMER, Tennessee1997: LLOYD CARR, Michigan1996: BRUCE SNYDER, Arizona State1995: GARY BARNETT, Northwestern1994: TOM OSBORNE, Nebraska1993: DON NEHLAN, West Virginia1992: DENNIS ERICKSON, Miami1991: DON JAMES, Washington1989: BOBB ROSS, Georgia Tech1988: LOU HOTLZ, Notre Dame1987: DICK MacPHERSON, Syracuse1986: JOE PATERNO, Penn State1985: BO SCHEMBECHLER, Michigan1984: DON JAMES, Washington1983: TOM OSBORNE, Nebraska1982: JOE PATERNO, Penn State1981: DANNY FORD, Clemson1980: VINCE DOOLEY, Georgia1979: EARLE BRUCE, Ohio State1978: JOE PATERNO, Penn State1977: LOU HOLTZ, Arkansas
