S138 Coach of the Year

The Coach of the Year Award is an annual college football award given to the Division II Football head coach whose team excels on the field.

Award recipients are chosen by current fellow coaches.

Bigpoppa85

Coached Long Island for 4 seasons.

Long Island finished the season 18-1. Lost the National Championship 31-21

He entered the season ranked #11 after making it to the second round last season. Long Island ran a balanced Pro-Set and I-Formation offense that would switch between pass and run depending on the game situation. His offense went through RB Shawn Herring who gained 1248 yards rushing and 1906 yards in receiving for a combined 27 touchdowns. Their defense racked up 79 sacks and was anchored by LB Ernest Smith who featured a 70 core rating as a non-redshirt senior!

Long Island pulled off an amazing playoff performance with wins over Presbyterian 41-7, Bloomsburg 47-26, Hillsdale 47-44 (3OT) and Northern Michigan 34-26. They finally were defeated in the National Championship to Texas A&M-Commerce 31-21 who was ranked #1 at the start of the season.

Other nominations on the ballot who received the most votes throughout the process in order of most to fewest votes:

Jaylien1 at Humboldt St. Sportsdouche at Morehouse

Akua29 at Texas A&M-Commerce