In a longstanding tradition, American
Football Monthly has finally
announced its winners for the 2002 Coordinator of the Year awards.
As always, this year’s selection was not an easy task. However, with the help of several top experts in the industry, AFM has compiled a list of winners based on their accomplishments on the field for the 2002 season. All collegiate and professional offensive, defensive and special teams coordinators were eligible for consideration. The winners are:
NFL
Offensive - Marc Trestman, Oakland
Defensive - Monte Kiffin, Tampa Bay
Special Teams - Darrin Simmons, Cincinnati
NCAA Division I-A
Offensive - Norm Chow, Southern Cal
Defensive - Brian VanGorder, Georgia
Special Teams - Lester Erb, Iowa
NCAA Division I-AA
Offensive - Melvin Spears, Grambling
Defensive - Rich Nagy, Maine
Special Teams - Dale Jones, Appalachian State
NCAA Division II
Offensive - John Picha, Central Washington
Defensive - Kevin Shirley, Valdosta State
Special Teams - Payam Saadat, Western Washington
NCAA Division III
Offensive - Roland Rodriguez, Trinity (Texas)
Defensive - James Anderson, King’s College
Special Teams - Jeff Wojtowicz, Mount Union
NAIA
Offensive - Mike Craven, St. Francis (Ind.)
Defensive - Chuck Morrell, Sioux Falls
Special Teams - Andy Heitkamp, Minot State
Junior College
Offensive - Jeff Tatum, Georgia Military College
Defensive - Joe Roman, Joliet Junior College (Ill.)
Special Teams - Rob Gerdetz, Mt. San Antonio College
As always, American Football Monthly would like to congratulate all the winners from each category for their outstanding achievements within the football industry, and we would like to wish them the best of luck for the upcoming 2003 season. We’ll be watching.
As always, this year’s selection was not an easy task. However, with the help of several top experts in the industry, AFM has compiled a list of winners based on their accomplishments on the field for the 2002 season. All collegiate and professional offensive, defensive and special teams coordinators were eligible for consideration. The winners are:
NFL
Offensive - Marc Trestman, Oakland
Defensive - Monte Kiffin, Tampa Bay
Special Teams - Darrin Simmons, Cincinnati
NCAA Division I-A
Offensive - Norm Chow, Southern Cal
Defensive - Brian VanGorder, Georgia
Special Teams - Lester Erb, Iowa
NCAA Division I-AA
Offensive - Melvin Spears, Grambling
Defensive - Rich Nagy, Maine
Special Teams - Dale Jones, Appalachian State
NCAA Division II
Offensive - John Picha, Central Washington
Defensive - Kevin Shirley, Valdosta State
Special Teams - Payam Saadat, Western Washington
NCAA Division III
Offensive - Roland Rodriguez, Trinity (Texas)
Defensive - James Anderson, King’s College
Special Teams - Jeff Wojtowicz, Mount Union
NAIA
Offensive - Mike Craven, St. Francis (Ind.)
Defensive - Chuck Morrell, Sioux Falls
Special Teams - Andy Heitkamp, Minot State
Junior College
Offensive - Jeff Tatum, Georgia Military College
Defensive - Joe Roman, Joliet Junior College (Ill.)
Special Teams - Rob Gerdetz, Mt. San Antonio College
As always, American Football Monthly would like to congratulate all the winners from each category for their outstanding achievements within the football industry, and we would like to wish them the best of luck for the upcoming 2003 season. We’ll be watching.
AFM would like to thank David Purdum, Richard Scott, Brandon Misener (d2football.com), Pat Coleman (d3football.com), Jason Dannelly (NAIAfootball.net) and Kevin Lustgarten (JCfootball.com) for their help in nominating and selecting the winners of the 2002 AFM Coordinators of the Year award.
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Respectfully, Aaron S. Lee Managing Editor American Football Monthly aslee@lcclark.com |
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