University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Hudspeth Enters Top 10 of Coaches Award
10/22/2011 5:00:00 AM | Football
With the Ragin' Cajuns football team off to a hot start at 6-1 and first year head coach Mark Hudspeth garnering national media attention, coach Hudspeth recently cracked the top 10 in the running for the 2011 Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award.
Click here to view the recent article on the Cajuns success by ESPN.com's Andrea Adelson.
Created in 2006, the award recognizes one college football coach from each NCAA division (I-FBS, I-FCS, II and III), rewarding them for their sportsmanship, integrity, responsibility and excellence. Winners will receive $50,000 to donate to a charity of their choice, a $20,000 grant to each school's alumni association and the Coach of the Year trophy.
Fan voting will decide the top 15 coaches from each division. From there 10 coaches from Division I-FBS and five coaches from each of the three other divisions will be based on the criteria below.
Sportsmanship
Total personal foul penalties committed by head coach, staff or players.
Integrity
Integrity violations committed by head coach, staff or players on and off the field including NCAA compliance violations.
Responsibility
Participation in community service projects by either an individual coach or team during the 2011 year.
Excellence
On the Field - Winning percentage, current season ranking, total penalties and year-over-year improvement in win percentage and team ranking.*
In the Classroom - Divisions I-FBS and I-FCS are measured by current academic progress rate (APR) scores and year-over-year APR score change in comparison to division. Divisions II and III are measured by the total number of Academic All-Americans in the past three seasons ('10, '09, '08).
Fans can vote once each day until the Dec. 4 deadline when the 15 finalist will be chosen. Below is a timeline of the selection process:
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2011 Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award Timeline
Evaluation (Dec. 4 – Dec. 6)
The top fifteen vote getters in each division are evaluated based on Sportsmanship, Integrity, Responsibility and Excellence. The selection committee then chooses ten finalists from Division I-FBS, five from Division I-FCS, five from Division II and five from Division III.
Finalist Voting (Dec. 6 – Dec. 22)
Fans have the opportunity to vote on the finalists from each division to impact who will be named a 2011 Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year. The national media and the College Football Hall of Fame selection committee also place their final votes.
Votes Tallied (Dec. 12 – Jan. 8, 2012)
Votes are tallied based on the following equation:
20% Fan Votes
55% College Football Hall of Fame Selection Committee Votes
25% National Media Votes
Winners Announced (Jan. 9, 2012)
The four winners will be announced in advance of the BCS National Championship Game hosted in New Orleans.
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