Clemson Head Coach Dabo Swinney is the recipient of the Bear Bryant National Coach of the Year Award. The honor was presented Wednesday night in Houston, Tex, just one night after Swinney won the American Football Coaches Association National Coach of the Year Award in San Antonio.
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.