The Broyles Award is an annual award given to honor the best assistant coach in
college football
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Unlike most ...
. First awarded in 1996, it was named after former
University of Arkansas
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men's athletic director
Frank Broyles
John Franklin Broyles (December 26, 1924 – August 14, 2017) was an American college football player and coach, college athletics administrator, and broadcaster. He served as the head football coach for one season at the University of Missour ...
. The award is presented in
Little Rock, Arkansas
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at the Downtown Rotary Club. To date 18 of the 23 winners have gone on to become head football coaches.
Award
Every year, roughly 1,300 assistant coaches representing all 130
FBS programs are eligible for nomination by their peers as well as
Selection Committeecomposed of former head coaches. The nominees are narrowed down to just five finalists, all of whom are invited to
Little Rock, Arkansas
(The Little Rock, The "Little Rock")
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, leader_name = Frank Scott Jr.
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for the annual Broyles Award ceremony. The success of the five finalists is celebrated over a two-day period, which culminates in the award ceremony. Finalists receive gifts from event sponsors and a Broyles Award finalist plaque, while the winner receives th
bronze-cast trophy valued at $5,000.
Trophy
The Broyles Award Trophy, made out of solid bronze, depicts Broyles (kneeling) and longtime University of Arkansas assistant coach
Wilson Matthews (standing), watching over a Razorbacks football game or practice. Matthews was the coach of
Little Rock Central High School
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before joining Broyles on the Razorbacks' staff.
Selection committee members
The selection committee for the Frank Broyles Award includes many respected coaches from around the nation. The list of current committee members is as follows:
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Vince Dooley
Vincent Joseph Dooley (September 4, 1932 – October 28, 2022) was an American college football coach. He was the head coach of the Georgia Bulldogs from 1964 to 1988, as well as the University of Georgia's (UGA) athletic director from 1979 to ...
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Grant Teaff
Grant Garland Teaff (; born November 12, 1933) is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at McMurry University (1960–1965), Angelo State University (1969–1971), and Baylor University (1972–1992), compiling ...
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Barry Switzer
Barry Layne Switzer (born October 5, 1937) is a former American football coach and player. He served for 16 years as head football coach at the University of Oklahoma and four years as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football Le ...
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Bobby Bowden
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Lou Holtz
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John Robinson
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Urban Meyer
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Jim Donnan
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Mike Bellotti
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R. C. Slocum
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Frank Beamer
Franklin Mitchell Beamer (born October 18, 1946) is a retired American college football coach, most notably for the Virginia Tech Hokies, and former college football player. He is the father of current South Carolina Gamecocks head coach Shan ...
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Gary Pinkel
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Steve Spurrier
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Bob Stoops
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Bill Snyder
William D. Snyder (born October 7, 1939) is a retired college football coach and former player. He served as the head football coach at Kansas State University from 1989 to 2005 and again from 2009 to 2018. Snyder initially retired from the p ...
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Mark Richt
Mark Allan Richt (born February 18, 1960) is a retired American football head coach, former player, and television analyst. He was the head football coach at the University of Georgia for 15 years and at the University of Miami, his alma mater, ...
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Phillip Fulmer
Phillip Edward Fulmer Sr. (born September 1, 1950) is a former American football player, coach, and athletic director at the University of Tennessee. He served as head coach of the Tennessee Volunteers football team from 1992 to 2008, compiling ...
Broadcast Selection Committee Members
The list of current Broadcast Selection Committee Members is as follows:
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Maria Taylor (sportscaster)
Suzette Maria Taylor (born May 12, 1987) is an American sportscaster for NBC Sports. She has worked for ESPN and the SEC Network. She has covered college football, college volleyball, National Basketball Association (NBA), National Football Le ...
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Desmond Howard
Desmond Kevin Howard (born May 15, 1970) is an American former football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons. He played college football at Michigan, where he won the Heisman Trophy as a senior. Howard w ...
Winners
Note: The award year indicates the season it was earned.
References
External links
Official website
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Awards established in 1996