For our final NFL awards preview, we’ll dive into the most broken award there is: Coach of the Year. I say broken because Hall of Fame-bound coaches like Andy Reid and Sean Payton have each won this award once, while guys like Ron Rivera and Kevin Stefanski have each taken it down twice. Mike Tomlin hasn’t had a losing season in nearly a generation, yet he’s never won this award, while the likes of Matt Nagy and Jason Garrett have won within the last decade. As I said, broken, which gives us advantages long term.
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Coach of the Year (COY) Trends
- Nine of the last 10 COY winners won at least 11 games, with Giants coach Brian Daboll’s 9-7-1 record in 2022 being the lone exception during that span.
- Daboll is the only COY winner since Jimmy Johnson (7-9) in 1990 to win fewer than 10 games.
- Seven of the last 10 COY winners beat their preseason win total by at least 3.5 games.
- Over the last six seasons, three COY winners had a win total of 8.5 or more.
- Since 2013, only three COY winners had a win total of 8.5 or more.
- Nine of the last 10 COY winners won at least four more games than they did the previous season.
- Eight of the last 10 COY winners were first-time winners of the award, with Stefanski and Rivera being the exceptions during this span.
- Four of the last 10 COY winners were first-time head coaches.
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