MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Former West Virginia Football Coach and College Football Hall of Famer Don Nehlen and current Mountaineer Football Coach Dana Holgorsen will be honored tonight by the American Football Coaches’ Association on its inaugural Coaches’ Awards Show aired live from the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee, on CBS Sports Network at 9 p.m, ET.

 

Nehlen has been named the recipient of the AFCA’s 2017 Amos Alonzo Stagg Award.  The award is given to those “whose services have been outstanding in the advancement of the best interests in football.”

 

Holgorsen is being honored as the AFCA’s District 4 Regional Coach of the Year and is a finalist for the National Coach of the Year, which will be announced during tonight’s show.

 

Other FBS coaches named as regional coaches of the year are Navy’s Ken Niumatalolo (District 1), Alabama’s Nick Saban (District 2), Western Michigan’s P.J. Fleck (District 3) and Colorado’s Mike MacIntyre (District 5). The winners were selected by active members of the Association who vote for coaches in their respective regions and divisions. 

 

West Virginia finished its 2016 campaign with a 10-3 overall record and a 7-2 mark in the Big 12, tying for second place. The football program won 10 games for the ninth time in program history and the seven wins are the most as a league member.