Year Name, School
2009 - Gary Patterson, TCU
2008 - Mike Leach, Texas Tech
2007 - Mark Mangino, Kansas
2006 - Greg Schiano, Rutgers
2005 - Joe Paterno, Penn State
2004 - Urban Meyer, Utah
2003 - Pete Carroll, USC
2002 - Tyrone Willingham, Notre Dame
2001 - Ralph Friedgen, Maryland
2000 - Bob Stoops, Oklahoma
1999 - Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech
1998 - Phillip Fulmer, Tennessee
1997 - Lloyd Carr, Michigan
1996 - Bruce Snyder, Arizona State
1995 - Gary Barnett, Northwestern
1994 - Joe Paterno, Penn State
1993 - Terry Bowden, Auburn
1992 - Gene Stallings, Alabama
1991 - Don James, Washington
1990 - Joe Paterno, Penn State
1989 - Bo Schembechler, Michigan