AFCA Division II Coach of the Year
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The AFCA Division II Coach of the Year is a college football award given each year to the nation's most outstanding Division II coach as determined by his peers in the AFCA. From 1960-1982, the award was the AFCA Small College Coach of the Year, and eligibility included all schools outside of major colleges. From 1983-2005, coaches at NAIA Division I schools were eligible, until the creation of the AFCA NAIA Coach of the Year honor.
1960 | Warren B. Woodson | New Mexico State |
1961 | Jake Gaither | Florida A&M |
1962 | Bill Edwards | Wittenberg |
1963 | Bill Edwards | Wittenberg |
1964 | Clarence Stasavich | East Carolina |
1965 | Jack Curtice | Cal-Santa Barbara |
1966 | Dan Jessee | Trinity (CT) |
1967 | Andy Moore | Tennessee-Chattanooga |
1968 | Jim Root | New Hampshire |
1969 | Larry Naviaux | Boston University |
1970 | Bennie Ellender | Arkansas State |
1971 | Tubby Raymond | Delaware |
1972 | Tubby Raymond | Delaware |
1973 | Dave Maurer | Wittenberg |
1974 | Roy Kramer | Central Michigan |
1975 | Dave Maurer | Wittenberg |
1976 | Jim Dennison | Akron |
1977 | Bill Manlove | Widener |
1978 | Lee Tressel | Baldwin-Wallace |
1979 | Bill Narduzzi | Youngstown State |
1980 | Rick Carter | Dayton |
1981 | Vito Ragazzo | Shippensburg |
1982 | Jim Wacker | Southwest Texas State |
1983 | Don Morton | North Dakota State |
1984 | Chan Gailey | Troy State |
1985 | George Landis | Bloomsburg |
1986 | Earle Solomonson | North Dakota State |
1987 | Rick Rhoades | Troy State |
1988 | Rocky Hager | North Dakota State |
1989 | John Williams | Mississippi College |
1990 | Rocky Hager | North Dakota State |
1991 | Chuck Broyles | Pittsburg State |
1992 | Bill Burgess | Jacksonville State |
1993 | Bobby Wallace | North Alabama |
1994 | Bobby Wallace | North Alabama |
1995 | Bobby Wallace | North Alabama |
1996 | Joe Glenn | Northern Colorado |
1997 | Joe Glenn | Northern Colorado |
1998 | Mel Tjeerdsma | Northwest Missouri State |
1999 | Mel Tjeerdsma | Northwest Missouri State |
2000 | Danny Hale | Bloomsburg |
2001 | Dale Lennon | North Dakota |
2002 | Brian Kelly | Grand Valley State |
2003 | Brian Kelly Mike Van Diest |
Grand Valley State Carroll (MT) |
2004 | Chris Hatcher | Valdosta State |
2005 | Chuck Martin | Grand Valley State |
2006 | Chuck Martin | Grand Valley State |
2007 | David Dean | Valdosta State |
2008 | Mel Tjeerdsma | Northwest Missouri State |
2009 | Mel Tjeerdsma | Northwest Missouri State |
2010 | Bob Nielson | Minnesota-Duluth |