Voting underway for national Football Coach of the Year
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee Tech fans have an opportunity to
vote for Watson Brown for the Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year
award, an honor which would provide the Golden Eagle head coach
$50,000 to donate to a charity of his choosing.
The Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year is awarded to the college
football coach who best demonstrates sportsmanship, integrity,
responsibility, and excellence on and off the field.
In 2008, a Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year will be selected in
each NCAA division: DI, DIAA, DII, and DIII. The award process will
take place over the course of the college football season, and fan
votes will influence the outcome.
Acts of responsibility take place all around us and deserve
recognition. That's why, three years ago, Liberty Mutual created
the Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award. It recognizes that
academic standings mean as much as division standings, and that how
you win is every bit as important as winning itself.
More than just a trophy, the Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award
provides each winning coach with $50,000 to donate to one or more
charitable organizations of his choice and a $20,000 grant to
donate to his school's alumni association to enhance student
scholarships and activities. As of last year, $300,000 has been
donated to charity, and $100,000 given to alumni associations. Past
recipients include:
* Athletes in Action
* Coach Kill Cancer Fund
* Crisis Nursery of Urbana
* Cunningham Children's Home in Urbana
* Fellowship of Christian Athletes - University of Illinois
Chapter
* Friends of Pets
* National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
* Restoration Urban Ministries of Champaign - Urbana
* Saint John's University
* Saint Patrick's Catholic Church
* United Way of Champaign County
Criteria for selection
COACHING EXCELLENCE
Results
* Current-season wins
* Year-over-year wins change in comparison to respective
conference
* Current-season ratings
* Year-over-year ratings change in comparison to respective
conference
Team Discipline
* Total number of penalties in comparison to the respective
conference average
SPORTSMANSHIP / INTEGRITY
On-Field Sportsmanship
* Total personal-foul penalties
Off-Field Integrity
* Absence of integrity violations by head coach or staff
* Absence of integrity violations per player per incident
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
Academic Progress
(DI and DIAA only)
* Current academic progress rate (APR*) scores
* Year-over-year APR* score change in comparison to respective
division
Academic All-Americans
(DII and DIII only)
* Number of All-Americans during the current year
* Total number of All-Americans in the past three seasons ('06,
'07, '08)
COMMUNITY COMMITMENT
Community Commitment
* Activities (one-time) or programs (ongoing and/or repetitive)
instituted and/or participated in during 2008
