Dabo Swinney was named the AP Coach of the Year in December and now he's won another award some Alabama fans may not like. He was presented with the Bear Bryant Coach of the Year award on Wednesday night.
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The Bryant Award is voted on by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association, and proceeds from the awards ceremony benefit the American Heart Association. The College Football Coach of the Year Award began in 1957 and was renamed for Bryant in 1986. Bryant himself won the AFCA Coach of the Year award in 1961, 1971, and 1973.
This is the seventh National Coach of the Year award for Swinney this year. Earlier, he was honored by the Associated Press, the Walter Camp Foundation, ESPN, The Sporting News, the Maxwell Club of Philadelphia and the American Football Coaches Association.
Swinney led his team to a 14-1 record and undefeated regular season. The Tigers came up just short of a national championship losing to Alabama 45-40 in Glendale, Arizona.
