Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh Is AP Coach Of The Year, Fickell 2nd
Dec 10, 2021, 10:22 AM
Head coach Jim Harbaugh of the Michigan Wolverines celebrates with the trophy after the Michigan Wolverines defeated the Iowa Hawkeyes 42-3 to win the Big Ten Championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium on December 04, 2021 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images)
(Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images)
AP – Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh is The Associated Press college football coach of the year.
He led the Wolverines to their first Big Ten title in 17 years and a berth in the College Football Playoff.
Harbaugh is the first Michigan coach to win the award and the first from the Big Ten since Penn State’s Joe Paterno in 2005.
BREAKING: Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh is The Associated Press college football coach of the year, finishing ahead of Cincinnati’s Luke Fickell and others.
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Cincinnati’s Luke Fickell finished second.
Baylor’s Dave Aranda was third and Michigan State’s Mel Tucker was fourth.
