SafekipediaList of NFL Coach of the Year awards
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The NFL Coach of the Year Award is given each year to the best coach in the National Football League. Many news and sports groups give out this award. The most famous one is from the Associated Press. It started in 1957 and was also given to coaches in the American Football League from 1961 to 1969.
Other groups that give this award include The Sporting News, which has done it since 1947, and Pro Football Weekly/Pro Football Writers of America. The Maxwell Football Club also gives an award. The United Press International started its award in 1955. Before the leagues joined together in 1970, there were separate awards for the AFL coaches too. After the join, there were awards for the best coaches in the American Football Conference and the National Football Conference. The UPI stopped giving its award after 1996.
AP NFL Coach of the Year
Main article: AP NFL Coach of the Year
The AP NFL Coach of the Year award is given each year to the best coach in the National Football League (NFL). This award has been given out since 1957. From 1961 to 1969, the award also included coaches from the American Football League (AFL).
| Bold | Denotes team won the Super Bowl/NFL Championship that season |
| Italic | Denotes first year head coach of that team |
| * | Denotes interim coach |
| † | Member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a head coach |
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The Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year
The NFL Coach of the Year Award is given each year by different news and sports groups to the coach who does the best job with the players they have. The most well-known award is given by the Associated Press (AP). This award started in 1957 and also honored coaches from the American Football League (AFL) from 1961 to 1969.
Pro Football Weekly NFL Coach of the Year
The NFL Coach of the Year Award is given each year by news and sports groups to the coach who does the best job with the players they have. The most well-known award is given by the Associated Press (AP). This award started in 1957 and also honored coaches from the American Football League (AFL) from 1961 to 1969.
Greasy Neale Award (Maxwell Football Club)
The Greasy Neale Award is named after Earle "Greasy" Neale and was started in 1989. It is given each year by the Maxwell Football Club to honor the best head coach in the NFL.
Touchdown Club of Columbus NFL Coach of the Year
This award is officially called the Paul Brown Trophy.
Kansas City Committee of 101 AFC/NFC Coach of the Year Awards
See: Kansas City Committee of 101 Awards#Coach of the Year Awards (NFC and AFC) (since 1969)
AP AFL Coach of the Year
The NFL Coach of the Year Award is given each year to the coach who does the best job with the players they have. The most famous award is given by the Associated Press (AP). This award started in 1957 and also honored coaches from the American Football League (AFL) from 1961 to 1969.
| Bold | Denotes team won the Super Bowl/AFL Championship that season |
| Italic | Denotes first year head coach of that team |
| * | Denotes interim coach |
| † | Member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a head coach or executive |
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| Season | Coach | Team | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Wally Lemm* | Houston Oilers | 10–3–1 |
| 1962 | Jack Faulkner | Denver Broncos | 7–7 |
| 1963 | Al Davis† | Oakland Raiders | 10–4 |
| 1964 | Mike Holovak | Boston Patriots | 10–3–1 |
| 1965 | Lou Saban | Buffalo Bills | 10–3–1 |
| 1966 | Hank Stram† | Kansas City Chiefs | 11–2–1 |
| 1967 | John Rauch | Oakland Raiders | 13–1 |
| 1968 | Hank Stram† (2) | Kansas City Chiefs | 12–2 |
| 1969 | Paul Brown† | Cincinnati Bengals | 4–9–1 |
UPI National Football League Coach of the Year
The UPI National Football League Coach of the Year award is given each year to the coach who does the best job with the players they have. This award has been given for many years and is one way to honor great coaches in football.
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