AFCA Coach of the Year Award
Year Coach Team
1935 Pappy Waldorf Northwestern
1936 Dick Harlow Harvard
1937 Edward Mylin Lafayette
1938 Bill Kern Carnegie Tech
1939 Eddie Anderson Iowa
1940 Clark Shaughnessy Stanford
1941 Frank Leahy Notre Dame
1942 Bill Alexander Georgia Tech
1943 Amos Alonzo Stagg Pacific
1944 Carroll Widdoes Ohio State
1945 Bo McMillin Indiana
1946 Earl Blaik Army
1947 Fritz Crisler Michigan
1948 Bennie Oosterbaan Michigan
1949 Bud Wilkinson Oklahoma
1950 Charlie Caldwell Princeton
1951 Chuck Taylor Stanford
1952 Clarence Munn Michigan State
1953 Jim Tatum Maryland
1954 Henry Russell Sanders UCLA
Winners -- NCAA University Division / Division I-A/FBS
The AFCA Coach of the Year Award is given annually to a college football coach by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). The award has had several different sponsors over the years, including Eastman Kodak Corporation, and thus also been named the Kodak Coach of the Year Award.