Ryan Day is one of 21 coaches on the preseason watch list for the Dodd Trophy, which honors a college football coach who is both successful on the field and promotes scholarship, leadership and integrity off the field.
To be eligible for the Dodd Trophy watch list this year, a coach’s program must have an Academic Progress Rate of 980 or better. Ohio State had a perfect score of 1000 in its single-year APR from the 2021-22 academic year.
The full list of coaches on this year’s watch list:
- Dave Aranda, Baylor, 990 APR
- Andy Avalos, Boise State, 982 APR
- Mack Brown, North Carolina, 984 APR
- Dave Clawson, Wake Forest, 1000 APR
- Ryan Day, Ohio State, 1000 APR
- Dave Doeren, NC State, 988 APR
- Kirk Ferentz, Iowa, 980 APR
- P.J. Fleck, Minnesota, 994 APR
- Marcus Freeman, Notre Dame, 991 APR
- Willie Fritz, Tulane, 981 APR
- Jim Harbaugh, Michigan, 1000 APR
- Gus Malzahn, UCF, 986 APR
- Joey McGuire, Texas Tech, 997 APR
- Mike Norvell, Florida State, 981 APR
- Sam Pittman, Arkansas, 994 APR
- Nick Saban, Alabama, 997 APR
- Steve Sarkisian, Texas, 983 APR
- Dabo Swinney, Clemson, 985 APR
- Mel Tucker, Michigan State, 982 APR
- Brent Venables, Oklahoma, 997 APR
- Kyle Whittingham, Utah, 988 APR
It‘s the fourth straight year Day has made the watch list for the Dodd Trophy, which first-year coaches are not eligible to win. Jim Tressel became the only Ohio State coach to win the award, which was established in 1976, during OSU’s 2002 national championship season.
