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The Coaches' Trophy
	Trophy awarded to the 1990 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Sport	College football
League	Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS)
Awarded for	National champion per final Coaches Poll each season
Nickname	Crystal football
Country	United States
Presented by	American Football Coaches Association
History
First award	1986 (retroactively available to earlier top-ranked teams per Coaches Poll)
Most wins	Alabama Crimson Tide (11)
Most recent	Ohio State Buckeyes
Website	www.afca.com

The Coaches' Trophy (officially known as the AFCA National Championship Trophy and popularly as the "crystal football") is the trophy awarded annually by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) to the NCAA Division I FBS college football national champion as determined by the Coaches Poll. The trophy has been presented since 1986 and was contractually given to the winner of the BCS National Championship Game and its predecessors from 1992 to 2013. Since then, it continues to be awarded to the top-ranked team in the final Coaches Poll of the season.^[1]

History

Patrick and Michael Gerrits came up with the idea for a college football trophy to be awarded to the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) national champions along with an academic scholarship award to a non-athlete. The intent was to honor the memory of the patriarch of the Gerrits family, Edward J. Gerrits. The trophy consists of a Waterford Crystal football^[2] affixed to an ebony base, and carries a value of over $30,000. The winning school retains permanent possession of the trophy, as a new one is awarded every year. The football portion of the trophy weighs approximately eight pounds and together with the stand, it weighs about 45 pounds (20 kg) and stands 34 inches (86 cm) tall. It is handmade by master craftspeople at Waterford Crystal and reportedly takes nearly three months to complete.^[2]^[3]

The official name is the American Football Coaches Association National Championship Trophy; it was given this permanent name by the association in 2006. In 2009, the AFCA allowed universities to buy replica trophies for any year a school finished first in the Coaches Poll, from the 1950 to 1985 seasons, prior to the trophy's creation in 1986. Around this time, the AFCA also began the process of awarding retroactive titles for the 1922 to 1949 seasons. The AFCA asked schools who felt they had a legitimate bid for the title to submit their reasons why so that their committee could hear the case and decide.^[4] Since then, TCU (1935, 1938),^[5]^[6] Texas A&M (1939),^[7] and Oklahoma State (1945)^[8] have received AFCA national championship selections and been awarded The Coaches’ Trophy.

Through the 1973 season, the final Coaches Poll was released in early December, after the regular season, but before postseason bowl games. Beginning with the 1974 season, the final poll has been conducted after the bowl games.

Throughout the eras of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) and its predecessors (1992–2013), no separate national championship trophy was commissioned by those bodies, with the AFCA trophy serving that role. During the BCS era, the trophy was presented to the winning team in an on-field ceremony after the title game.^[9] With the end of the BCS, its successor playoff system, the College Football Playoff (CFP), commissioned a new trophy for its champion; officials wanted a new trophy that was unconnected with the previous championship system.^[10] However, coaches were "adamant" that the AFCA trophy continue to be awarded.^[9] Since the 2014 season, the trophy has been awarded to the team ranked No. 1 in the final Coaches Poll of the season in a celebration at that team's stadium sometime after the College Football Playoff National Championship.^[1]

Sponsorship

The trophy has undergone several sponsorship changes over the years. It was sponsored by the Gerrits Foundation during the initial 1986 and 1987 seasons and, through the Gerrits' family Pepsi bottling business, Pepsi became a co-sponsor with the Gerrits Foundation in 1988 and 1989. Due to the poll's affiliation with the United Press International wire service, it was known as the Gerrits Foundation-UPI Coaches Trophy, the UPI Coaches Trophy or UPI Trophy during that time.^[11]^[12] McDonald's was the sole sponsor from 1990 to 1992. Sears began its sponsorship in 1993 and remained until 2001. Circuit City assumed the sponsorship for the 2002 season. ADT Security Services was the title sponsor from 2003 to 2005; and from 2009 to 2013, Dr Pepper sponsored the trophy.^[2] Since 2014, Amway has been the trophy sponsor.^[13]

Coaches Poll national champions

Season	School	Head coach	AP poll champion (if different)
1950	Oklahoma	Bud Wilkinson
1951	Tennessee	Robert Neyland
1952	Michigan State	Biggie Munn
1953	Maryland	Jim Tatum
1954	UCLA	Red Sanders	Ohio State
1955	Oklahoma	Bud Wilkinson
1956	Oklahoma	Bud Wilkinson
1957	Ohio State	Woody Hayes	Auburn
1958	LSU	Paul Dietzel
1959	Syracuse	Ben Schwartzwalder
1960	Minnesota	Murray Warmath
1961	Alabama	Bear Bryant
1962	USC	John McKay
1963	Texas	Darrell Royal
1964	Alabama	Bear Bryant
1965	Michigan State	Duffy Daugherty	Alabama
1966	Notre Dame	Ara Parseghian
1967	USC	John McKay
1968	Ohio State	Woody Hayes
1969	Texas	Darrell Royal
1970	Texas	Darrell Royal	Nebraska
1971	Nebraska	Bob Devaney
1972	USC	John McKay
1973	Alabama	Bear Bryant	Notre Dame
1974	USC	John McKay	Oklahoma
1975	Oklahoma	Barry Switzer
1976	Pittsburgh	Johnny Majors
1977	Notre Dame	Dan Devine
1978	USC	John Robinson	Alabama
1979	Alabama	Bear Bryant
1980	Georgia	Vince Dooley
1981	Clemson	Danny Ford
1982	Penn State	Joe Paterno
1983	Miami (FL)	Howard Schnellenberger
1984	BYU	LaVell Edwards
1985	Oklahoma	Barry Switzer
1986	Penn State	Joe Paterno
1987	Miami (FL)	Jimmy Johnson
1988	Notre Dame	Lou Holtz
1989	Miami (FL)	Dennis Erickson
1990	Georgia Tech	Bobby Ross	Colorado
1991	Washington	Don James	Miami (FL)
1992	Alabama	Gene Stallings
1993	Florida State	Bobby Bowden
1994	Nebraska	Tom Osborne
1995	Nebraska	Tom Osborne
1996	Florida	Steve Spurrier
1997	Nebraska	Tom Osborne	Michigan
1998	Tennessee	Phillip Fulmer
1999	Florida State	Bobby Bowden
2000	Oklahoma	Bob Stoops
2001	Miami (FL)	Larry Coker
2002	Ohio State	Jim Tressel
2003	LSU	Nick Saban	USC
2004	vacated^[a]		USC
2005	Texas	Mack Brown
2006	Florida	Urban Meyer
2007	LSU	Les Miles
2008	Florida	Urban Meyer
2009	Alabama	Nick Saban
2010	Auburn	Gene Chizik
2011	Alabama	Nick Saban
2012	Alabama	Nick Saban
2013	Florida State	Jimbo Fisher
2014	Ohio State	Urban Meyer
2015	Alabama	Nick Saban
2016	Clemson	Dabo Swinney
2017	Alabama	Nick Saban
2018	Clemson	Dabo Swinney
2019	LSU	Ed Orgeron
2020	Alabama	Nick Saban
2021	Georgia	Kirby Smart
2022	Georgia	Kirby Smart
2023	Michigan	Jim Harbaugh
2024	Ohio State	Ryan Day

^ USC was later stripped of its 2004 Coaches' Poll championship due to NCAA sanctions.

Blue Ribbon Commission

In 2016, the AFCA tasked a "Blue Ribbon Commission" to select AFCA national champions and Coaches' Trophy winners for 1922–1949, representing the years between the establishment of the AFCA and the inaugural Coaches Poll in 1950.^[14]

The commission consisted of former college football coaches Grant Teaff, Vince Dooley, and R. C. Slocum.^[14]

Season	School	Head coach	AP poll champion (if different)
1935†	SMU^[15]	Matty Bell	none
1935†	TCU^[5]	Dutch Meyer	none
1938	TCU^[6]	Dutch Meyer
1939	Texas A&M^[7]	Homer Norton
1945	Oklahoma A&M^[8]	Jim Lookabaugh	Army

† Photos of the trophies retroactively awarded to the TCU and SMU teams of 1935 show that different wording was used. The 1935 TCU trophy reads (in part) "The National Football Champions" while the 1935 SMU trophy reads (in part) "For Their Championship Season". Different NCAA-recognized selectors have honored different teams as national champions for the 1935 college football season.

By school

School	Number	Seasons
Alabama	11	1961, 1964, 1973, 1979, 1992, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2020
Oklahoma	6	1950, 1955, 1956, 1975, 1985, 2000
Ohio State	5	1957, 1968, 2002, 2014, 2024
USC	5	1962, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1978
LSU	4	1958, 2003, 2007, 2019
Nebraska	4	1971, 1994, 1995, 1997
Miami (FL)	4	1983, 1987, 1989, 2001
Texas	4	1963, 1969, 1970, 2005
Clemson	3	1981, 2016, 2018
Florida State	3	1993, 1999, 2013
Notre Dame	3	1966, 1977, 1988
Florida	3	1996, 2006, 2008
Georgia	3	1980, 2021, 2022
Michigan State	2	1952, 1965
Penn State	2	1982, 1986
TCU	2	1935,† 1938†
Tennessee	2	1951, 1998
Auburn	1	2010
BYU	1	1984
Georgia Tech	1	1990
Maryland	1	1953
Michigan	1	2023
Minnesota	1	1960
Oklahoma State	1	1945†
Pittsburgh	1	1976
Syracuse	1	1959
Texas A&M	1	1939†
UCLA	1	1954
Washington	1	1991

† Retroactively awarded.^[16]^[5]^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "FBS coaches' poll will continue every week despite BCS going away". Associated Press. January 13, 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Trophy". Archived from the original on November 26, 2011. Retrieved November 28, 2011.
^ Trophy dimensions dimensionsguide.com ^{[dead link‍]}
^ Fornelli, Tom (October 13, 2016). "Why Oklahoma State has been named college football's 1945 national champion". CBS Sports. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c The Coaches' Trophy — 1935 Texas Christian University (Trophy). Schollmaier Arena: American Football Coaches Association. March 21, 2023. Archived from the original on March 23, 2023. The American Football Coaches Association Honors The National Football Champion — Texas Christian University — 1935
^ ^a ^b ^c The Coaches' Trophy — 1938 Texas Christian University (Trophy). Schollmaier Arena: American Football Coaches Association. March 21, 2023. Archived from the original on March 23, 2023. The American Football Coaches Association Honors The National Football Champion — Texas Christian University — 1938
^ ^a ^b The Coaches' Trophy — 1939 Texas A&M University (Trophy). Hall of Champions at Kyle Field: American Football Coaches Association. April 8, 2017. Archived from the original on November 1, 2023. The American Football Coaches Association Honors The National Football Champion — Texas A&M University — 1939
^ ^a ^b The Coaches' Trophy — 1945 Oklahoma A&M (Trophy). Heritage Hall, Gallagher-Iba Arena: American Football Coaches Association. March 10, 2017. Archived from the original on April 9, 2023. The American Football Coaches Association Honors The National Football Champion — Oklahoma A&M — 1945
^ ^a ^b Dan Wolken (January 13, 2014). "In Playoff era, AFCA will continue to award Coaches Trophy". USA Today. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
^ Dennis Dodd (July 23, 2013). "New College Football Playoff will reportedly feature a new trophy". CBSSports.com. Archived from the original on July 9, 2015. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
^ "Football Central". United Press International. October 25, 1986. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
^ "SPORTS NEWS BRIEFS; New Trophy Set For No. 1 Team". The New York Times. September 25, 1986.
^ Dennis Dodd (February 18, 2014). "Amway new sponsor of glass football national championship trophy". CBSsports.com. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
^ ^a ^b Marshall, Kendrick (October 18, 2016). Written at Stillwater, Oklahoma. "AFCA member explains why OSU awarded 1945 national championship". Tulsa World. Tulsa, Oklahoma. Archived from the original on December 30, 2021. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
^ The Coaches' Trophy — 1935 Southern Methodist University (Trophy). Gerald J. Ford Stadium Heritage Hall: American Football Coaches Association. June 17, 2024. The American Football Coaches Association Honors — Southern Methodist University 1935 — For Their Championship Season{{cite sign}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Culpepper, Chuck (October 13, 2016). "Oklahoma State just won the 1945 college football national championship". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 22, 2018.

[14] USC was later stripped of its 2004 Coaches' Poll championship due to NCAA sanctions.

[trophy2014-1] "FBS coaches' poll will continue every week despite BCS going away". Associated Press. January 13, 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2014.

[afca-trophy-2] "Trophy". Archived from the original on November 26, 2011. Retrieved November 28, 2011.

[3] Trophy dimensions dimensionsguide.com ^{[dead link‍]}

[4] Fornelli, Tom (October 13, 2016). "Why Oklahoma State has been named college football's 1945 national champion". CBS Sports. Retrieved December 4, 2018.

[AFCA_BRC_1935_TCU-5] The Coaches' Trophy — 1935 Texas Christian University (Trophy). Schollmaier Arena: American Football Coaches Association. March 21, 2023. Archived from the original on March 23, 2023. The American Football Coaches Association Honors The National Football Champion — Texas Christian University — 1935

[AFCA_BRC_1938-6] The Coaches' Trophy — 1938 Texas Christian University (Trophy). Schollmaier Arena: American Football Coaches Association. March 21, 2023. Archived from the original on March 23, 2023. The American Football Coaches Association Honors The National Football Champion — Texas Christian University — 1938

[AFCA_BRC_1939-7] The Coaches' Trophy — 1939 Texas A&M University (Trophy). Hall of Champions at Kyle Field: American Football Coaches Association. April 8, 2017. Archived from the original on November 1, 2023. The American Football Coaches Association Honors The National Football Champion — Texas A&M University — 1939

[AFCA_BRC_1945-8] The Coaches' Trophy — 1945 Oklahoma A&M (Trophy). Heritage Hall, Gallagher-Iba Arena: American Football Coaches Association. March 10, 2017. Archived from the original on April 9, 2023. The American Football Coaches Association Honors The National Football Champion — Oklahoma A&M — 1945

[usat-trophy-9] Dan Wolken (January 13, 2014). "In Playoff era, AFCA will continue to award Coaches Trophy". USA Today. Retrieved April 25, 2014.

[SayGoodbyeToTheCrystalFootball-10] Dennis Dodd (July 23, 2013). "New College Football Playoff will reportedly feature a new trophy". CBSSports.com. Archived from the original on July 9, 2015. Retrieved July 30, 2013.

[upi-11] "Football Central". United Press International. October 25, 1986. Retrieved October 11, 2021.

[upi2-12] "SPORTS NEWS BRIEFS; New Trophy Set For No. 1 Team". The New York Times. September 25, 1986.

[13] Dennis Dodd (February 18, 2014). "Amway new sponsor of glass football national championship trophy". CBSsports.com. Retrieved February 19, 2014.

[AFCAExplainsBRC-15] Marshall, Kendrick (October 18, 2016). Written at Stillwater, Oklahoma. "AFCA member explains why OSU awarded 1945 national championship". Tulsa World. Tulsa, Oklahoma. Archived from the original on December 30, 2021. Retrieved March 24, 2023.

[AFCA_BRC_1935_SMU-16] The Coaches' Trophy — 1935 Southern Methodist University (Trophy). Gerald J. Ford Stadium Heritage Hall: American Football Coaches Association. June 17, 2024. The American Football Coaches Association Honors — Southern Methodist University 1935 — For Their Championship Season{{cite sign}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[17] Culpepper, Chuck (October 13, 2016). "Oklahoma State just won the 1945 college football national championship". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 22, 2018.

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The Coaches' Trophy

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Coaches Poll national champions

Blue Ribbon Commission

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