Indiana head football coach Tom Allen achieved another accolade this week, as he was named a semifinalist for the George Munger College Coach of the Year.
It marks the second time Allen has been in the running for the award.
Below is a full press release.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – For the second time in as many years, Tom Allen is a semifinalist for the George Munger College Coach of the Year Award, which is presented yearly by the Maxwell Football Club, it was announced Wednesday afternoon.
The field of 12 candidates is: Tom Allen, INDIANA; Brent Brennan, San Jose State; Matt Campbell, Iowa State; Jamey Chadwell, Coastal Carolina; Ryan Day, Ohio State; Luke Fickell, Cincinnati; Jimbo Fisher, Texas A&M; Hugh Freeze, Liberty; Brian Kelly, Notre Dame; Nick Saban, Alabama; Kalani Sitake, BYU; and Dabo Swinney, Clemson.
Semifinalist voting for the Maxwell Football Club Collegiate Coach of the Year award will begin on Thursday, Dec. 24, and close on Sunday, Jan. 2. The finalist round will include the top three coaches as selected in the semifinalist round. Finalist voting will open Jan. 3 and run until Jan. 12. The winner will be announced Jan. 15.
Allen is a finalist for the Dodd Trophy, the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award and the Paul "Bear" Bryant Coach of the Year Award. He was named the Big Ten's Hayes-Schembechler Coach of the Year (coaches vote) and Dave McClain Coach of the Year (media vote) last week, and was also recognized as the American Football Coaches Association Region 3 Coach of the Year.
The Hoosiers are ranked No. 7 in the country with a 6-1 record and will face Ole Miss in the 35th Outback Bowl on Saturday, Jan. 2.
Below are some of the program's notable 2020 achievements:
Indiana is playing in consecutive January bowls for the first time in school history.
IU is ranked for a program record ninth-consecutive week, coming in at No. 7 in the Associated Press Top 25 and at No. 8 in the Amway Coaches Poll presented by USA Today Sports.
The Hoosiers have been ranked in the Top 10 six times in 2020, the second-most in school history (9 weeks in 1945).
Indiana collected its first Top-10 ranking in the Nov. 8 AP Poll (No. 10) since Sept. 22, 1969 (No. 10).
IU's No. 7 rating is its best in the AP Poll since Nov. 27, 1967 (No. 4).
The Hoosiers three Top-25 victories are tied for the second-most in the country behind Alabama's four.
Their three Top-25 wins also matched the 1945 team's program record.
Indiana's 6-1 record is its best overall start since 1993 (7-1).
IU has defeated PSU, U-M, MSU and UW in the same season for the first time in program history and beaten the Wolverines and Spartans in the same year for the first time since 1967.
Eligible voters include Maxwell Football Club members, NCAA Head Football Coaches, Sports Information Directors and selected national media. Ed Orgeron of LSU was the 2019 winner of the award.
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