SEC Coach of the Year Winners

Award Winners

Award Winners Table
Year	Coach	School	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
2024	Clark Lea	Vanderbilt	7	6	0	.538
2023	Eli Drinkwitz	Missouri	11	2	0	.846
2022	Kirby Smart	Georgia	15	0	0	1.000
2021	Kirby Smart	Georgia	14	1	0	.933
2020	Nick Saban	Alabama	13	0	0	1.000
2019	Ed Orgeron	LSU	15	0	0	1.000
2018	Mark Stoops	Kentucky	10	3	0	.769
2017	Kirby Smart	Georgia	13	2	0	.867
2016	Nick Saban	Alabama	14	1	0	.933
2015	Jim McElwain	Florida	10	4	0	.714
2014	Gary Pinkel	Missouri	11	3	0	.786
2013	Gus Malzahn	Auburn	12	2	0	.857
2012	Kevin Sumlin	Texas A&M	11	2	0	.846
2011	Les Miles	LSU	13	1	0	.929
2010	Steve Spurrier	South Carolina	9	5	0	.643
2009	Nick Saban	Alabama	14	0	0	1.000
2008	Nick Saban	Alabama	12	2	0	.857
2007	Sylvester Croom	Mississippi State	8	5	0	.615
2006	Houston Nutt	Arkansas	10	4	0	.714
2005	Steve Spurrier	South Carolina	7	5	0	.583
2004	Tommy Tuberville	Auburn	13	0	0	1.000
2003	David Cutcliffe (tie)	Ole Miss	10	3	0	.769
2003	Nick Saban (tie)	LSU	13	1	0	.929
2002	Mark Richt	Georgia	13	1	0	.929
2001	Houston Nutt	Arkansas	7	5	0	.583
2000	Lou Holtz	South Carolina	8	4	0	.667
1999	Mike DuBose	Alabama	10	3	0	.769
1998	Phillip Fulmer	Tennessee	13	0	0	1.000
1997	Tommy Tuberville	Ole Miss	8	4	0	.667
1996	Steve Spurrier	Florida	12	1	0	.923
1995	Steve Spurrier	Florida	12	1	0	.923
1994	Gene Stallings	Alabama	12	1	0	.923
1993	Terry Bowden	Auburn	11	0	0	1.000
1992	Gene Stallings	Alabama	13	0	0	1.000
1991	Gerry DiNardo	Vanderbilt	5	6	0	.455
1990	Steve Spurrier	Florida	9	2	0	.818
1989	Bill Curry	Alabama	10	2	0	.833
1988	Pat Dye	Auburn	10	2	0	.833
1987	Pat Dye	Auburn	9	1	2	.833
1986	Bill Arnsparger	LSU	9	3	0	.750
1985	Johnny Majors	Tennessee	9	1	2	.833
1984	Galen Hall	Florida	8	0	0	1.000
1983	Jerry Claiborne (tie)	Kentucky	6	5	1	.542
1983	Billy Brewer (tie)	Ole Miss	6	6	0	.500	recordadjusted to 7-5-0 by NCAA
1982	Jerry Stovall	LSU	8	3	1	.708
1981	Bear Bryant	Alabama	9	2	1	.792
1980	Vince Dooley	Georgia	12	0	0	1.000
1979	Bear Bryant	Alabama	12	0	0	1.000
1978	Bear Bryant	Alabama	11	1	0	.917
1977	Fran Curci	Kentucky	10	1	0	.909
1976	Vince Dooley	Georgia	10	2	0	.833
1975	Ken Cooper	Ole Miss	6	5	0	.545
1974	Steve Sloan	Vanderbilt	7	3	2	.667
1973	Bear Bryant	Alabama	11	1	0	.917
1972	Ralph Jordan	Auburn	10	1	0	.909
1971	Bear Bryant	Alabama	11	1	0	.917
1970	Charles Shira	Mississippi State	6	5	0	.545
1969	Charles McClendon	LSU	9	1	0	.900
1968	Vince Dooley	Georgia	8	1	2	.818
1967	Doug Dickey	Tennessee	9	2	0	.818
1966	Vince Dooley	Georgia	10	1	0	.909
1965	Bear Bryant	Alabama	9	1	1	.864
1964	Bear Bryant	Alabama	10	1	0	.909
1963	Paul Davis	Mississippi State	7	2	2	.727
1962	John Vaught	Ole Miss	10	0	0	1.000
1961	Bear Bryant	Alabama	11	0	0	1.000
1960	John Vaught	Ole Miss	10	0	1	.955
1959	Bear Bryant	Alabama	7	2	2	.727
1958	Paul Dietzel	LSU	11	0	0	1.000
1957	Ralph Jordan	Auburn	10	0	0	1.000
1956	Bowden Wyatt	Tennessee	10	1	0	.909
1955	John Vaught	Ole Miss	10	1	0	.909
1954	John Vaught	Ole Miss	9	2	0	.818
1953	Ralph Jordan	Auburn	7	3	1	.682
1952	Bobby Dodd	Georgia Tech	12	0	0	1.000
1951	Bob Neyland	Tennessee	10	1	0	.909
1950	Bear Bryant	Kentucky	11	1	0	.917
1949	Gaynell Tinsley	LSU	8	3	0	.727
1948	John Vaught	Ole Miss	8	1	0	.889
1947	John Vaught	Ole Miss	9	2	0	.818
1946	Wallace Butts	Georgia	11	0	0	1.000
1945	Frank Thomas	Alabama	10	0	0	1.000
1944	John Barnhill	Tennessee	7	1	1	.833
1942	Wallace Butts	Georgia	11	1	0	.917
1941	Red Sanders	Vanderbilt	8	2	0	.800
1940	Allyn McKeen	Mississippi State	10	0	1	.955
1939	William Alexander	Georgia Tech	8	2	0	.800
1938	Bob Neyland	Tennessee	11	0	0	1.000
1937	Ray Morrison	Vanderbilt	7	2	0	.778
1936	Bob Neyland	Tennessee	6	2	2	.700
1935	Jack Meagher	Auburn	8	2	0	.800

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