Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award

The Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award was an annual college football award given to the a head coach from each NCAA division. The award honored coaches who succeed on and off the field, displaying sportsmanship, integrity, responsibility, and excellence. Each coach who won was given $50,000 to donate to the charities of his choice, and a $20,000 grant for alumni association scholarships from the school the coach represents.

Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award

Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year logo
Awarded for	best college football coach in each NCAA Division
Country	United States
Presented by	Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Selection Committee, fan votes, media votes
History
First award	2006
Final award	2013
Most recent	Gus Malzahn (FBS) Craig Bohl (FCS) Peter Rossomando (Division II) Glenn Caruso (Division III)

Winners

Division I FBS

Year	Coach	School
2006	Greg Schiano	Rutgers
2007	Ron Zook	Illinois
2008	Nick Saban	Alabama
2009	Gary Patterson	TCU
2010	Gene Chizik	Auburn
2011	Les Miles	LSU
2012	Brian Kelly	Notre Dame
2013	Gus Malzahn	Auburn

• Note: In 2006, the award was only given to a Division I FBS coach.

Division I FCS

Year	Coach	School
2007	Jerry Kill	Southern Illinois
2008	Mickey Matthews	James Madison
2009	Jerry Moore	Appalachian State
2010	K. C. Keeler	Delaware
2011	Rob Ash	Montana State
2012	Willie Fritz	Sam Houston State
2013	Craig Bohl	North Dakota State

Division II

Year	Coach	School
2007	Bill O'Boyle	Chadron State
2008	Chuck Broyles	Pittsburg State
2009	Mel Tjeerdsma	Northwest Missouri State
2010	Bob Nielson	Minnesota–Duluth
2011	Tim Beck	Pittsburg State
2012	Peter Rossomando	New Haven
2013	Curt Wiese	Minnesota–Duluth

Division III

Year	Coach	School
2007	John Gagliardi	Saint John's (MN)
2008	Larry Kehres	Mount Union
2009	Steve Staker	Coe
2010	Glenn Caruso	St. Thomas (MN)
2011	Glenn Caruso (2)	St. Thomas (MN)
2012	Glenn Caruso (3)	St. Thomas (MN)
2013	Pete Fredenburg	Mary Hardin–Baylor