51 assistant coaches nominated for Broyles Award
The nominees were announced Tuesday for the award given annually to the nation’s top assistant coach.
Here’s the full rundown of the coaches nominated for this year’s Broyles Award:
— Alabama DC Pete Golding
— Arizona QB coach Jimmie Dougherty
— Arkansas running backs coach Jimmy Smith
— Ball State DC Tyler Stockton
— Baylor OC Jeff Grimes
— Boise State DC Spencer Danielson
— BYU wide receivers coach Fesi Sitake
— Cincinnati wide receivers coach Mike Brown
— Coastal Carolina defensive line coach Skylor Magee
— Duke OC Kevin Johns
— ECU running backs coach Chris Foster
— Florida OC Rob Sale
— FSU OC Alex Atkins
— Georgia OC Todd Monken
— Georgia Southern OC Bryan Ellis
— Illinois DC Ryan Walters
— Iowa DC Phil Parker
— Iowa State DC Jon Heacock
— Kansas OC Andy Kotelnicki
— Kansas State DC Joe Klanderman
— Louisville DC Bryan Brown
— LSU DC Matt House
— Michigan DC Jesse Minter
— Minnesota DC Joe Rossi
— NC State DC Tony Gibson
— North Carolina OC Phil Longo
— North Texas OC Mike Bloesch
— Notre Dame special teams coordinator Brian Mason
— Ohio OC Scott Ishpording
— Ohio State DC Jim Knowles
— Ole Miss running backs coach Marquel Blackwell
— Oregon OC Kenny Dillingham
— Oregon State DC Trent Bray
— Penn State DC Manny Diaz
— Rutgers DC Joe Harasymiak
— SMU OC Casey Woods
— South Carolina special teams coordinator Pete Lembo
— Syracuse DC Tony White
— TCU OC Garrett Riley
— Tennessee OC Alex Golesh
— Texas State DC Zac Spavital
— Toledo DC Vince Kehres
— Troy DC Shiel Wood
— UAB defensive backs coach Blake Shrader
— UCF DC Travis Williams
— UCLA running backs coach DeShaun Foster
— USC defensive line coach Shaun Nua
— Utah DC Morgan Scalley
— Wake Forest wide receivers coach Kevin Higgins
— Washington OC Ryan Grubb
— Western Kentucky DC Tyson Summers
Semifinalists will be unveiled November 22. Finalists will be revealed November 29. The winner will then be announced December 6.
Miami offensive coordinator Josh Gattis won last year’s Broyles Award while serving as the offensive coordinator at Michigan.