Woody Hayes Trophy

Woody Hayes Trophy
Awarded for	America's premier college football coach
Loan location	Columbus (Ohio)
Country	United States of America
Awarded by	Touchdown Club of Columbus
First awarded	1977
Most awards	Joe Paterno (4)
website	http://www.tdccolumbus.com

The Woody Hayes Trophy is an award given annually to the best college football head coach in the United States . The award is named after Woody Hayes , the former coach of Ohio State Buckeyes and Miami University . It has been awarded annually by the Touchdown Club of Columbus since 1977 . The current awardee is Dabo Swinney from Clemson University .

The two-time Woody Hayes Trophy winner Urban Meyer

winner

year	Trainer	school
1977	Lou Holtz	Arkansas
1978	Joe Paterno	Penn State
1979	Earle Bruce	Ohio State
1980	Vince Dooley	Georgia
1981	Danny Ford	Clemson
1982	Joe Paterno	Penn State
1983	Tom Osborne	Nebraska
1984	Don James	Washington
1985	Bo Schembechler	Michigan
1986	Joe Paterno	Penn State
1987	Dick MacPherson	Syracuse University
1988	Lou Holtz	Notre Dame
1989	No award
1990	Bobby Ross	Georgia Tech
1991	Don James	Washington
1992	Dennis Erickson	Miami (FL)
1993	Don Nehlen	West Virginia
1994	Tom Osborne	Nebraska
1995	Gary Barnett	Northwestern
1996	Bryce Snyder	Arizona State
1997	Lloyd Carr	Michigan
1998	Phil Fulmer	Tennessee
1999	Frank Beamer	Virginia Tech
2000	Bob Stoops	Oklahoma
2001	Ralph Friedgen	Maryland
2002	Jim Tressel	Ohio State
2003	Bob Stoops	Oklahoma
2004	Urban Meyer	Utah
2005	Joe Paterno	Penn State
2006	Jim Tressel	Ohio State
2007	Mark Mangino	Kansas
2008	Mike Leach	Texas Tech
2009	Gary Patterson	TCU
2010	Jim Harbaugh	Stanford
2011	Bill Snyder	Kansas State
2012	Urban Meyer	Ohio State
2013	Gus Malzahn	Auburn
2014	Gary Patterson	TCU
2015	Kirk Ferentz	Iowa
2016	James Franklin	Penn State
2017	Scott Frost	UCF
2018	Dabo Swinney	Clemson

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Turnaround earns Gus Malzahn 2013 Woody Hayes Award ( Memento of the original from August 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), TDCColumbus.com. Retrieved August 20, 2014