| Awarded for | College Coach of the Year |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Maxwell Football Club |
| History | |
| First award | 1989 |
| Most recent | Marcus Freeman |
| Website | maxwellfootballclub.org |
TheGeorge Munger Award is presented to theNCAA Division Icollege football coach of the year by theMaxwell Football Club. The award was named after formerUniversity of Pennsylvania head coachGeorge Munger. People who voted for the winners of the award included NCAA head coaches, members of the Maxwell Club, and sportswriters from all over the country.[1]
In March 2010, the Maxwell Football Club announced that the award would be replaced by theJoseph V. Paterno Award.[2] Following the breaking of thePenn State sex abuse scandal in November 2011, the club announced that the Paterno award would be discontinued.[3] The Maxwell Club later returned Munger's name to the award.
Note:† = The 1990, 1994, and 2005 awards had been given to Joe Paterno of Penn State, but the Maxwell Sports Club has rescinded the awards for those years and removed his name in the aftermath of thePenn State child sex abuse scandal and Paterno's firing.[17]