The college football season is just around the corner. With the return of football comes the return of preseason watchlists.
The Dodd Trophy released a watchlist for the 2025 Coach of the Year on Monday.
As we enter our 50th anniversary season, we’re looking for exceptional candidates to join the storied fraternity of coaching greats who have previously won The Dodd Trophy,” Chairman of the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Foundation Jim Terry said in a released statement. “Over the last half century, this award has always stood for more than just wins on the field, but also focuses on how coaches should embody leadership with their student-athletes in the classroom and throughout their communities. Keeping this in mind, we only consider coaches whose programs have earned the highest APRs and require coaches to have at least two years of experience leading their current programs, so that they have had time to establish a precedent at their universities, both on and off the field.
The SEC leads all conferences with 8 coaches on the watchlist. Brian Kelly is one of 3 previous winners on the list, along with Marcus Freeman and Dabo Swinney. Freeman won the award for 2024.
For coaches to make the 2025 watchlist, their programs were required to have an Academic Progress Rate above the national average of 969. Here’s the full list:
CoachSchoolConferenceAPR (2023-24)Bret BielemaIllinoisBig Ten980Jeff BrohmLouisvilleACC989Curt CignettiIndianaBig Ten982Mario CristobalMiami (FL)ACC987Matt CampbellIowa StateBig 121000Spencer DanielsonBoise StateMountain West994Ryan DayOhio StateBig Ten1000Kalen DeBoerAlabamaSEC1000Kenny DillinghamArizona StateBig 12983Eliah DrinkwitzMizzouSEC993Mike ElkoTexas A&MSEC974James FranklinPenn StateBig Ten976Marcus FreemanNotre DameIndependent987Josh HeupelTennesseeSEC982Brian KellyLSUSEC1000Brent KeyGeorgia TechACC991Chris KliemanKansas StateBig 12997Dan LanningOregonBig Ten981Joey McGuireTexas TechBig 12997Jeff MonkenArmyAAC980Steve SarkisianTexasSEC991Ryan SilverfieldMemphisAAC973Kalani SitakeBYUBig 12978Kirby SmartGeorgiaSEC1000Dabo SwinneyClemsonACC1000Brent VenablesOklahomaSEC993The award will announce Coach of the Week honors throughout the season, beginning in September. A midseason watchlist will be revealed in the fall. The 2025 winner will be announced at the College Football Playoff Semifinal in Atlanta.
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— The Dodd Trophy (@thedoddtrophy) July 7, 20258 SEC coaches named to Dodd Trophy 2025 preseason watchlist Saturday Down South.
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