All-Time Pac-12 Football Coach of the Year Awards

All winners of the Conference honor from its inception in 1975 through the last year 2023

Here are all of the Pac-12 football Coach of the Year Award winners as selected by a vote of their fellow coaches from its inception in 1975 through 2023.

Below are tables listing award counts by program with the most recent year won as well as all of the multiple winners with the counts and the years.

UCLA’s Dick Vermeil captured the first award and Kalen DeBoer earned the last award in the final year of the Conference.


All-Time Pac-12 Coach of the Year Award Winners

YearCoachProgramWinsLossesTies
2023Kalen DeBoerWashington1300
2022Kalen DeBoer
Jonathan Smith
Washington
OSU
11
10
2
3
0
0
2021Kyle WhittinghamUtah1030
2020Karl DorrellColorado420
2019Kyle WhittinghamUtah1130
2018Mike LeachWSU1120
2017David ShawStanford950
2016Mike MacIntyreColorado1040
2015Mike Leach (tie)WSU940
2015David Shaw (tie)Stanford1220
2014Rich RodriguezArizona1040
2013Todd GrahamASU1040
2012David ShawStanford1220
2011David ShawStanford1120
2010Chip KellyOregon1210
2009Chip KellyOregon1030
2008Mike RileyOSU940
2007Dennis EricksonASU1030
2006Pete CarrollUSC1120
2005Pete Carroll (tie)USC1210
2005Karl Dorrell (tie)UCLA1020
2004Jeff TedfordCalifornia1020
2003Pete Carroll (tie)USC1210
2003Bill Doba (tie)WSU1030
2002Jeff TedfordCalifornia750
2001Mike PriceWSU1020
2000Dennis EricksonOSU1110
1999Tyrone WillinghamStanford840
1998Bob ToledoUCLA1020
1997Mike PriceWSU1020
1996Bruce SnyderASU1110
1995Tyrone WillinghamStanford741
1994Rich BrooksOregon940
1993Terry DonahueUCLA840
1992Dick TomeyArizona651
1991Don JamesWashington1200
1990Don James (tie)Washington1020
1990Bruce Snyder (tie)California741
1989Dave KragthorpeOSU471
1988Larry Smith (tie)USC1020
1988Dennis Erickson (tie)WSU930
1987Larry SmithUSC840
1986John CooperASU1011
1985Terry DonahueUCLA921
1984Ted TollnerUSC930
1983Jim WaldenWSU740
1982Joe KappCalifornia740
1981Jim WaldenWSU831
1980Don JamesWashington930
1979Rich BrooksOregon650
1978John RobinsonUSC1210
1977Bill WalshStanford930
1976John RobinsonUSC1110
1975Dick VermeilUCLA921

Breakdown by Program with Most Recent

ProgramWinnersMost Recent
USC82006
Washington State82018
Stanford72017
UCLA52005
Washington52023
Arizona State42013
California42004
Oregon42010
Oregon State42022
Arizona22014
Colorado22020
Utah22021

Multiple Winners

CoachProgram(s)Times WonYears
David ShawStanford42017, 15, 12, 11
Pete CarrollUSC32006, 05, 02
Dennis EricksonASU/OSU/WSU32007, 00, 88
Don JamesWashington31991, 90, 80
Rich BrooksOregon21994, 79
Kalen DeBoerWashington22022, 23
Terry DonahueUCLA21993, 85
Chip KellyOregon22010, 09
Mike LeachWashington State22018, 15
Mike PriceWashington State22001, 97
John RobinsonUSC21978, 76
Larry SmithUSC21988, 87
Bruce SynderASU/Cal21996, 90
Jeff TedfordCalifornia22004, 02
Jim WaldenWashington State21983, 81
Kyle WhittinghamUtah22019, 21
Tyrone WillinghamStanford21999, 95



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