An analysis of our top coaches will be made. Each coach must meet the Coaching Excellence, Sportsmanship and Integrity, Academic Excellence and Community Commitment criteria. And out of these eligible coaches, the top ten from Division IA, as well as the top five from Divisions IAA, II and III will pass through to the Finalist phase.
To see a more specific outline of our criteria, click the tabs below.
Coaching excellence is measured by current season winning percentage, current season ranking, total number of penalties, and year-over-year improvement in both winning percentage and team ranking. Each of these categories is also measured against respective conference averages for each team to account for overall strength of conference and variations among conference officiating crews.
Sportsmanship and Integrity are measured by total personal foul penalties and integrity violations by head coaches, staff, or any other player, both on and off the field.
Divisions I and IAA are measured by current academic progress rate (APR) scores, as well as a year-over-year APR score change in comparison to division.
Divisions II and III are measured by the total number of Academic All-Americans in the past three seasons (’09, ’08, ’07).
Community Commitment is measured by community participation by either an individual coach or his team during the 2010 year.