After leading the Wolverines to the College Football Playoff, Jim Harbaugh became the first Michigan coach to win the AP Coach of the Year Award. He received 22 of 53 first-place votes to finish ahead of Cincinnati’s Luke Fickell.
Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh is The Associated Press college football coach of the year after leading 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 AP Coach of the Year Award, and the first from the Big Ten since Penn State ‘s Joe Paterno in 2005. «It’s a tremendous reflection on the entire staff, players,» Harbaugh told AP.
