TCU's Sonny Dykes was named The Associated Press Coach of the Year on Monday after leading the No. 3 Horned Frogs to the College Football Playoff in his first season with the school.
Dykes received 37 of 46 first-place votes and 120 points from AP Top 25 voters to become the second TCU to win the award, which is presented by Regions Bank. The first two were won by Gary Patterson , the coach Dykes replaced after last season.
Tulane coach Willie Fritz was second with 40 points and two first-place votes, followed by Tennessee's John Heupel and last year's winner, Jim Harbaugh of Michigan . Georgia's Kirby Smart also received a first-place vote. Dykes' path to AP coach of the year is unique. The award was established in 1998 and no coach had ever won his first coach of the year on his fourth stop as an Bowl Subdivision head coach.
"Sometimes it's more about the chemistry of things and trying to get the chemistry of those rooms right as opposed to necessarily adding talent," Dykes said."That part of it, I think, is really overlooked. Just the chemistry and creating competition and all that."
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