Celebrating Excellence in Assistant Coaching
The premier award for college football's top assistant coach — honoring the men behind the game that Frank Broyles believed deserved the spotlight.
The Annual Award
The Nation's Top Assistant Coach
Each year, the Broyles Award honors the best assistant coach in college football — the coordinators and position coaches whose work shapes championship teams but rarely reaches the spotlight.
Selected by a committee of Hall of Fame coaches, the Football Writers Association of America, and legendary broadcasters, the award has become one of the sport's most respected honors. Of its winners, the majority have gone on to become head coaches.
The Season Unfolds
The Road to the Broyles Award
From the first nominations to the final vote, the Road to the Broyles Award follows the nation's best assistant coaches through the season — narrowing the field from every FBS program to one winner.
A Coach's Legacy
Frank Broyles
Over more than two decades at the University of Arkansas, Frank Broyles built one of the most influential coaching trees in the history of the game. He won seven Southwest Conference championships and the school's only national title — but his deeper legacy is the coaches he mentored.
Barry Switzer. Jimmy Johnson. Johnny Majors. Joe Gibbs. Hayden Fry. More than two dozen of his assistants went on to become head coaches, several of them legends in their own right. The Broyles Award was created to give the game's finest assistant coaches the recognition he always believed they earned.
Beyond the game, the Broyles Award proudly benefits the Frank & Barbara Broyles Legacy Foundation, which provides free resources and support to Alzheimer's caregivers — carrying forward the family's mission to honor both the coaches who shape the game and the caregivers who shape lives.
Reigning Winner
Past Winners
2025 Broyles Award
Bryant Haines
Indiana · Defensive Coordinator
In his second year as a finalist, Bryant Haines became the first Indiana coach in history to win the Broyles Award. His defense ranked among the nation's best — top-five in scoring, rushing, and total defense — anchoring the Hoosiers' undefeated regular season.
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