ATLANTA – Western Michigan head football coach P.J. Fleck has been named to the 2016 Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year mid-season watch list, the Dodd Trophy Foundation and Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl announced. The list includes 18 of the nation's top college football coaches representing all Power 5 conferences, the American Athletic Conference, Mid-American Conference and Mountain West Conference.
The head coaches on the watch list represent programs with the highest ideals of leadership, scholarship and integrity on and off the field – the three pillars of legendary coach Bobby Dodd's philosophy. Each of the coaches sits at the helm of programs with winning records, superior Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores and graduation rates, as well as a strong commitment to service within their communities.