Associated Press NFL Coach of the Year Award


The Associated Press National Football League Coach of the Year Award is presented annually by the Associated Press to the National Football League coach adjudged to have had the most outstanding season. It has been awarded since the 1957 season. Since 2011, the winner has been announced at the annual NFL Honors ceremony held the day before the Super Bowl.
Don Shula has won the most AP NFL Coach of the Year awards, receiving four during his 33-year head coaching career: three with the Baltimore Colts and one with the Miami Dolphins. Chuck Knox and Bill Belichick have each been awarded three times. The incumbent AP NFL Coach of the Year is Matt Nagy, who led the Chicago Bears to the playoffs after a surprising turnaround, inheriting a team that went 5–11 the previous year and leading them to an 12–4 record and division title.

Winners

BoldTeam won NFL championship or Super Bowl
ItalicsFirst-year head coach of that team
^Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame
*Currently active NFL head coach
Name Denotes number of times received the award

SeasonCoachTeamRecordRef
'Detroit Lions8–4
^Baltimore Colts9–3
'^Green Bay Packers7–5
Philadelphia Eagles10–2
New York Giants10–3–1
New York Giants12–2
^Chicago Bears11–1–2
^Baltimore Colts12–2
^Chicago Bears9–5
^Dallas Cowboys10–3–1
^
^ 		Los Angeles Rams
Baltimore Colts		11–1–2
11–1–2
^ Baltimore Colts13–1
^Minnesota Vikings12–2
Cincinnati Bengals8–6
'^ Washington Redskins9–4–1
^ Miami Dolphins14–0
Los Angeles Rams12–2
St. Louis Cardinals10–4
'Baltimore Colts10–4
^Cleveland Browns9–5
'Denver Broncos12–2
Seattle Seahawks9–7
Washington Redskins10–6
Buffalo Bills11–5
^San Francisco 49ers13–3
^Washington Redskins8–1
^ Washington Redskins14–2
Seattle Seahawks12–4
^Chicago Bears15–1
New York Giants14–2
New Orleans Saints12–3
^* Chicago Bears12–4
Green Bay Packers10–6
^Dallas Cowboys7–9
Detroit Lions12–4
'^Pittsburgh Steelers11–5
'New York Giants11–5
New England Patriots10–6
'Philadelphia Eagles10–6
Carolina Panthers12–4
'New York Giants10–5–1
Atlanta Falcons14–2
St. Louis Rams13–3
'New Orleans Saints10–6
Chicago Bears13–3
*Philadelphia Eagles12–4
*New England Patriots14–2
San Diego Chargers12–4
Chicago Bears11–5
*New Orleans Saints10–6
* New England Patriots16–0
'Atlanta Falcons11–5
Cincinnati Bengals10–6
* New England Patriots14–2
'San Francisco 49ers13–3
'Indianapolis Colts9–3
*Carolina Panthers12–4
*Arizona Cardinals11–5
* Carolina Panthers15–1
Dallas Cowboys13–3
'*Los Angeles Rams11–5
*Chicago Bears12–4
*Baltimore Ravens14–2