South Carolina head football coach Will Muschamp was one 20 coaches announced Tuesday on the watch list for The Dodd Trophy, which goes to the nation’s top coach at the end of each season.
“The Dodd Trophy distinguishes itself from other coaching awards due to the high standards used to determine potential candidates,” Jim Terry, chairman of the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Foundation, said in a statement. “This is the most-coveted coaching award because it looks beyond rankings, wins or losses, and measures the overall impact these coaches have on their players, universities and communities.”
The Gamecocks were 3-9 in the season before Muschamp was hired.