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<\/a>Campbell<\/p><\/div>One of 22 coaches on the watch list, Campbell has guided the Rockets to a 6-0 start for the first time since 1997. UT is ranked No. 19 in the AP media poll and No. 20 in the USA Today coaches poll. Toledo has not been ranked this high since 1997 when it was No. 18 in the AP poll. The all-time highest ranking for Toledo came in 1970 when UT was No. 12 in the final AP poll.<\/p>\n
In December, five to 10 finalists will be announced. Finalists will attend an awards banquet Jan. 13 at the Hilton Americas Houston, where the winner will be announced live. <\/p>\n
The Paul \u201cBear\u201d Bryant Coach of the Year Award is the only college coaching honor determined after all bowl games are concluded and is voted on by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. The 2014 winner was Gary Patterson of Texas Christian University.<\/p>\n
The Bryant Award has raised more than $6 million in the past 29 years to fund research, advocacy and educational programs across the country that are necessary for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease and stroke. Bryant always talked about being bigger than something other than himself. The Bryant Awards offer an opportunity to do just that \u2014 to be a part of team Bryant in the fight against heart disease and stroke.<\/p>\n
Additional information on the Bryant Award is available at bryantawards.com.<\/p>\n
Campbell and the Rockets will return to the field Saturday, Oct. 24, when they travel to UMass. The opening kick against the Minuteman is slated for 3 p.m. at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough.<\/p>\n
Paul \u201cBear\u2019 Bryant Coach of the Year Watch List<\/strong> Toledo Football Coach Matt Campbell is one of 22 named to the Watch List for the 2015 Paul \u201cBear\u201d Bryant Coach of the Year Award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":310,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36613"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/310"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36613"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36616,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36613\/revisions\/36616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nArt Briles, Baylor
\nMatt Campbell, Toledo
\nDavid Cutcliffe, Duke
\nMark Dantonio, Michigan State
\nKirk Ferentz, Iowa
\nJimbo Fisher, Florida State
\nJustin Fuente, Memphis
\nMike Gundy, Oklahoma State
\nJim Harbaugh, Michigan
\nTom Herman, Houston
\nBrian Kelly, Notre Dame
\nJim McElwain, Florida
\nUrban Meyer, Ohio State
\nLes Miles, LSU
\nPat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh
\nGary Patterson, TCU
\nMatt Rhule, Temple
\nNick Saban, Alabama
\nDavid Shaw, Stanford
\nKevin Sumlin, Texas A&M
\nDabo Swinney, Clemson
\nKyle Whittingham, Utah<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"