Patrick and Michael Gerrits came up with the idea for a college football trophy to be awarded to the AFCA national champions along with an academic scholarship award to a non-athlete. The intent was to honor the memory of the patriarch of the Gerrits family, Edward J. Gerrits. The trophy consists of a Waterford Crystal football[2] affixed to an ebony base, and carries a value of over $30,000. The winning school retains permanent possession of the trophy, as a new one is awarded every year. The football portion of the trophy weighs approximately eight pounds and together with the stand, it weighs about 45 pounds (20 kg) and stands 34 inches (86 cm) tall. It is handmade by master craftspeople at Waterford Crystal and reportedly takes nearly three months to complete.[2][3]
The trophy has undergone several sponsorship changes over the years. It was sponsored by the Gerrits Foundation during the initial 1986 and 1987 seasons and, through the Gerrits' family Pepsi bottling business, Pepsi became a co-sponsor with the Gerrits Foundation in 1988 and 1989. Due to the poll's affiliation with the United Press Internationalwire service, it was known as the Gerrits Foundation-UPI Coaches Trophy, the UPI Coaches Trophy or UPI Trophy during that time.[4][5]McDonald's was the sole sponsor from 1990 to 1992. Sears began its sponsorship in 1993 and remained until 2001. Circuit City assumed the sponsorship for the 2002 season. ADT Security Services was the title sponsor from 2003 to 2005; and from 2009 to 2013, Dr Pepper sponsored the trophy.[2] Since 2014, Amway has been the trophy sponsor.[6]
The official name is the American Football Coaches Association National Championship Trophy; it was given this permanent name by the association in 2006. In 2009, the AFCA allowed universities to buy replica trophies for any year a school finished first in the Coaches' Poll, from the 1950 to 1985 seasons, prior to the trophy's creation in 1986. Around this time the AFCA also began the process of awarding retroactive titles for the 1922 to 1949 seasons. The AFCA asked schools who felt they had a legitimate bid for the title to submit their reasons why so that their committee could hear the case and decide.[7] In 2016 Oklahoma A&M was awarded the 1945 national championship.[8] Oklahoma State was the only school publicly announced to apply for the honor for any of the 28 years considered,[9] and was awarded the AFCA trophy. The AFCA committee stated that Army could also be recognized as co-champion for 1945 "if the school decides to submit paperwork to the AFCA for evaluation by the committee."[10] TCU quietly applied for their 2 claimed title seasons and were awarded as well for 1935[11] and 1938.[12]
Through the 1973 season, the final Coaches' Poll was released in early December, after the regular season, but before postseason bowl games. Beginning with the 1974 season, the Coaches Poll conducted its final poll after the bowl games.
Throughout the eras of the Bowl Championship Series and its predecessors (1992–2013) no separate national championship trophy was commissioned by those bodies, with the AFCA Trophy serving that role. During the BCS era the Coaches Trophy was presented to the winning team in an on-field ceremony after the title game.[13] With the end of the BCS, its successor playoff system, the College Football Playoff, commissioned a new trophy for its champion; officials wanted a new trophy that was unconnected with the previous championship system.[14] However, coaches were "adamant" that the AFCA trophy continue to be awarded.[13] Since the 2014 season, the trophy has been awarded to the team ranked No. 1 in the final Coaches' Poll of the season in a celebration at that team's stadium sometime after the College Football Playoff National Championship.[1]
In 2016 the AFCA tasked a "Blue Ribbon Commission" to select Coaches’ Trophy winners for 1922–1949.[16] The commission consisted of former coachs Grant Teaff, Vince Dooley, and R.C. Slocum.[16]
^"SPORTS NEWS BRIEFS; New Trophy Set For No. 1 Team". The New York Times. September 25, 1986.
^Dennis Dodd (February 18, 2014). "Amway new sponsor of glass football national championship trophy". CBSsports.com. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
^Fornelli, Tom (October 13, 2016). "Why Oklahoma State has been named college football's 1945 national champion". CBS Sports. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
^Culpepper, Chuck (October 13, 2016). "Oklahoma State just won the 1945 college football national championship". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
^Tramel, Berry (August 23, 2017). "Why Why is Oklahoma State on an island with the retroactive titles?". News OK. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
^Marshall, Kendrick (October 18, 2016). "AFCA member explains why OSU awarded 1945 national championship". Tulsa World. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
^ abc (Trophy). Schollmaier Arena: American Football Coaches Association. March 21, 2023. Archived from the original on March 23, 2023. The American Football Coaches Association Honors The National Football Champion — Texas Christian University — 1935
^ abc (Trophy). Schollmaier Arena: American Football Coaches Association. March 21, 2023. Archived from the original on March 23, 2023. The American Football Coaches Association Honors The National Football Champion — Texas Christian University — 1938
^ abDan Wolken (January 13, 2014). "In Playoff era, AFCA will continue to award Coaches Trophy". USA Today. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
^Dennis Dodd (July 23, 2013). . CBSSports.com. Archived from the original on July 9, 2015. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
^Culpepper, Chuck (October 13, 2016). "Oklahoma State just won the 1945 college football national championship". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
^ abMarshall, Kendrick (October 18, 2016). Written at Stillwater, Oklahoma. . Tulsa World. Tulsa, Oklahoma. Archived from the original on December 30, 2021. Retrieved March 24, 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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The Coaches Trophy officially known as the AFCA National Championship Trophy and popularly as the crystal football is the trophy awarded annually by the American Football Coaches Association AFCA to the NCAA Division I FBS college football national champion as determined by the Coaches Poll The trophy has been presented since 1986 and was contractually given to the winner of the BCS National Championship Game and its predecessors from 1992 to 2013 It will continue to be awarded to the No 1 ranked team in the final poll of the season 1 The Coaches TrophyAFCA National Championship Trophy that was awarded to the 1990 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football teamAwarded forCoaches Poll national champion 1986 present Winner of BCS National Championship Game 1998 2013 Winner of Bowl Alliance 1995 1997 Winner of Bowl Coalition 1992 1994 CountryUnited StatesPresented byAmerican Football Coaches AssociationHistoryFirst award1986 retroactively available to No 1 Coaches Poll teams Most recentMichiganWebsitewww wbr afca wbr comPatrick and Michael Gerrits came up with the idea for a college football trophy to be awarded to the AFCA national champions along with an academic scholarship award to a non athlete The intent was to honor the memory of the patriarch of the Gerrits family Edward J Gerrits The trophy consists of a Waterford Crystal football 2 affixed to an ebony base and carries a value of over 30 000 The winning school retains permanent possession of the trophy as a new one is awarded every year The football portion of the trophy weighs approximately eight pounds and together with the stand it weighs about 45 pounds 20 kg and stands 34 inches 86 cm tall It is handmade by master craftspeople at Waterford Crystal and reportedly takes nearly three months to complete 2 3 The trophy has undergone several sponsorship changes over the years It was sponsored by the Gerrits Foundation during the initial 1986 and 1987 seasons and through the Gerrits family Pepsi bottling business Pepsi became a co sponsor with the Gerrits Foundation in 1988 and 1989 Due to the poll s affiliation with the United Press International wire service it was known as the Gerrits Foundation UPI Coaches Trophy the UPI Coaches Trophy or UPI Trophy during that time 4 5 McDonald s was the sole sponsor from 1990 to 1992 Sears began its sponsorship in 1993 and remained until 2001 Circuit City assumed the sponsorship for the 2002 season ADT Security Services was the title sponsor from 2003 to 2005 and from 2009 to 2013 Dr Pepper sponsored the trophy 2 Since 2014 Amway has been the trophy sponsor 6 The official name is the American Football Coaches Association National Championship Trophy it was given this permanent name by the association in 2006 In 2009 the AFCA allowed universities to buy replica trophies for any year a school finished first in the Coaches Poll from the 1950 to 1985 seasons prior to the trophy s creation in 1986 Around this time the AFCA also began the process of awarding retroactive titles for the 1922 to 1949 seasons The AFCA asked schools who felt they had a legitimate bid for the title to submit their reasons why so that their committee could hear the case and decide 7 In 2016 Oklahoma A amp M was awarded the 1945 national championship 8 Oklahoma State was the only school publicly announced to apply for the honor for any of the 28 years considered 9 and was awarded the AFCA trophy The AFCA committee stated that Army could also be recognized as co champion for 1945 if the school decides to submit paperwork to the AFCA for evaluation by the committee 10 TCU quietly applied for their 2 claimed title seasons and were awarded as well for 1935 11 and 1938 12 Through the 1973 season the final Coaches Poll was released in early December after the regular season but before postseason bowl games Beginning with the 1974 season the Coaches Poll conducted its final poll after the bowl games Throughout the eras of the Bowl Championship Series and its predecessors 1992 2013 no separate national championship trophy was commissioned by those bodies with the AFCA Trophy serving that role During the BCS era the Coaches Trophy was presented to the winning team in an on field ceremony after the title game 13 With the end of the BCS its successor playoff system the College Football Playoff commissioned a new trophy for its champion officials wanted a new trophy that was unconnected with the previous championship system 14 However coaches were adamant that the AFCA trophy continue to be awarded 13 Since the 2014 season the trophy has been awarded to the team ranked No 1 in the final Coaches Poll of the season in a celebration at that team s stadium sometime after the College Football Playoff National Championship 1 Contents 1 Coaches Poll national champions 1 1 By school 2 Blue Ribbon Commission 3 See also 4 ReferencesCoaches Poll national champions editSeason School Head coach AP champion a 1950 Oklahoma Bud Wilkinson1951 Tennessee Robert Neyland1952 Michigan State Biggie Munn1953 Maryland Jim Tatum1954 UCLA Red Sanders Ohio State1955 Oklahoma Bud Wilkinson1956 Oklahoma1957 Ohio State Woody Hayes Auburn1958 LSU Paul Dietzel1959 Syracuse Ben Schwartzwalder1960 Minnesota Murray Warmath1961 Alabama Bear Bryant1962 USC John McKay1963 Texas Darrell Royal1964 Alabama Bear Bryant1965 Michigan State Duffy Daugherty Alabama1966 Notre Dame Ara Parseghian1967 USC John McKay1968 Ohio State Woody Hayes1969 Texas Darrell Royal1970 Texas Nebraska1971 Nebraska Bob Devaney1972 USC John McKay1973 Alabama Bear Bryant Notre Dame1974 USC John McKay Oklahoma1975 Oklahoma Barry Switzer1976 Pittsburgh Johnny Majors1977 Notre Dame Dan Devine1978 USC John Robinson Alabama1979 Alabama Bear Bryant1980 Georgia Vince Dooley1981 Clemson Danny Ford1982 Penn State Joe Paterno1983 Miami FL Howard Schnellenberger1984 BYU LaVell Edwards1985 Oklahoma Barry Switzer1986 Penn State Joe Paterno1987 Miami FL Jimmy Johnson1988 Notre Dame Lou Holtz1989 Miami FL Dennis Erickson1990 Georgia Tech Bobby Ross Colorado1991 Washington Don James Miami FL 1992 Alabama Gene Stallings1993 Florida State Bobby Bowden1994 Nebraska Tom Osborne1995 Nebraska1996 Florida Steve Spurrier1997 Nebraska Tom Osborne Michigan1998 Tennessee Phillip Fulmer1999 Florida State Bobby Bowden2000 Oklahoma Bob Stoops2001 Miami FL Larry Coker2002 Ohio State Jim Tressel2003 LSU Nick Saban USC2004 vacated b USC2005 Texas Mack Brown2006 Florida Urban Meyer2007 LSU Les Miles2008 Florida Urban Meyer2009 Alabama Nick Saban2010 Auburn Gene Chizik2011 Alabama Nick Saban2012 Alabama2013 Florida State Jimbo Fisher2014 Ohio State Urban Meyer2015 Alabama Nick Saban2016 Clemson Dabo Swinney2017 Alabama Nick Saban2018 Clemson Dabo Swinney2019 LSU Ed Orgeron2020 Alabama Nick Saban2021 Georgia Kirby Smart2022 Georgia2023 Michigan Jim Harbaugh Listed if the AP Poll champion was different than the Coaches Poll champion USC was later stripped of its 2004 Coaches Poll championship due to NCAA sanctions By school edit School Number SeasonsAlabama 11 1961 1964 1973 1979 1992 2009 2011 2012 2015 2017 2020Oklahoma 6 1950 1955 1956 1975 1985 2000USC 6 1962 1967 1972 1974 1978 2004LSU 4 1958 2003 2007 2019Ohio State 4 1957 1968 2002 2014Nebraska 4 1971 1994 1995 1997Miami FL 4 1983 1987 1989 2001Texas 4 1963 1969 1970 2005Clemson 3 1981 2016 2018Florida State 3 1993 1999 2013Notre Dame 3 1966 1977 1988Florida 3 1996 2006 2008Georgia 3 1980 2021 2022Michigan State 2 1952 1965Penn State 2 1982 1986TCU 2 1935 1938 Tennessee 2 1951 1998Auburn 1 2010BYU 1 1984Georgia Tech 1 1990Maryland 1 1953Michigan 1 2023Minnesota 1 1960Oklahoma State 1 1945 Pittsburgh 1 1976Syracuse 1 1959Texas A amp M 1 1939 UCLA 1 1954Washington 1 1991 Retroactively awarded 15 11 12 Blue Ribbon Commission editIn 2016 the AFCA tasked a Blue Ribbon Commission to select Coaches Trophy winners for 1922 1949 16 The commission consisted of former coachs Grant Teaff Vince Dooley and R C Slocum 16 Season School Head coach AP champion a 1935 TCU 11 Dutch Meyer 1938 TCU 12 1939 Texas A amp M 17 Homer Norton1945 Oklahoma A amp M 18 Jim Lookabaugh Army Listed if the AP Poll champion was different than the AFCA Blue Ribbon Commission champion See also editCoaches Poll NCAA Division I FBS national football championshipReferences edit a b FBS coaches poll will continue every week despite BCS going away Associated Press January 13 2013 Retrieved January 28 2014 a b c Trophy Archived from the original on November 26 2011 Retrieved November 28 2011 Trophy dimensions dimensionsguide com dead link Football Central United Press International October 25 1986 Retrieved October 11 2021 SPORTS NEWS BRIEFS New Trophy Set For No 1 Team The New York Times September 25 1986 Dennis Dodd February 18 2014 Amway new sponsor of glass football national championship trophy CBSsports com Retrieved February 19 2014 Fornelli Tom October 13 2016 Why Oklahoma State has been named college football s 1945 national champion CBS Sports Retrieved December 4 2018 Culpepper Chuck October 13 2016 Oklahoma State just won the 1945 college football national championship The Washington Post Retrieved January 16 2018 Tramel Berry August 23 2017 Why Why is Oklahoma State on an island with the retroactive titles News OK Retrieved December 4 2018 Marshall Kendrick October 18 2016 AFCA member explains why OSU awarded 1945 national championship Tulsa World Retrieved December 4 2018 a b c The Coaches Trophy 1935 Texas Christian University Trophy Schollmaier Arena American Football Coaches Association March 21 2023 Archived from the original on March 23 2023 The American Football Coaches Association Honors The National Football Champion Texas Christian University 1935 a b c The Coaches Trophy 1938 Texas Christian University Trophy Schollmaier Arena American Football Coaches Association March 21 2023 Archived from the original on March 23 2023 The American Football Coaches Association Honors The National Football Champion Texas Christian University 1938 a b Dan Wolken January 13 2014 In Playoff era AFCA will continue to award Coaches Trophy USA Today Retrieved April 25 2014 Dennis Dodd July 23 2013 New College Football Playoff will reportedly feature a new trophy CBSSports com Archived from the original on July 9 2015 Retrieved July 30 2013 Culpepper Chuck October 13 2016 Oklahoma State just won the 1945 college football national championship The Washington Post Retrieved September 22 2018 a b Marshall Kendrick October 18 2016 Written at Stillwater Oklahoma AFCA member explains why OSU awarded 1945 national championship Tulsa World Tulsa Oklahoma Archived from the original on December 30 2021 Retrieved March 24 2023 a href Template Cite news html title Template Cite news cite news a CS1 maint unfit URL link The Coaches Trophy 1939 Texas A amp M University Trophy Hall of Champions at Kyle Field American Football Coaches Association April 8 2017 Archived from the original on November 1 2023 The American Football Coaches Association Honors The National Football Champion Texas A amp M University 1939 a href Template Cite sign html title Template Cite sign cite sign a CS1 maint unfit URL link The Coaches Trophy 1945 Oklahoma A amp M Trophy Heritage Hall Gallagher Iba Arena American Football Coaches Association March 10 2017 Archived from the original on April 9 2023 The American Football Coaches Association Honors The National Football Champion Oklahoma A amp M 1945 a href Template Cite sign html title Template Cite sign cite sign a CS1 maint unfit URL link Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Coaches 27 Trophy amp oldid 1205070081, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
