Auburn coach Gene Chizik won the Paul "Bear" Bryant College Coach of the Year Award on Tuesday night. Chizik, whose Tigers won the national championship, beat out six other finalists for the honor. He said he hasn't had time to reflect on his team's perfect 14-0 season and the school's first national title since 1957 because he's been so busy with recruiting. "You work so hard and you're so demanding on yourself, it's really hard to grasp everything until there's a month or two that passes," he said. "You really don't have time to sit back. A month or two later when it really slows down and you get a chance to back off is when you really realize it." He said recruiting has also kept him too busy to think about next season. "I'm not there yet," he said. "We'll get there. We've moved on to the next phase and that's really finishing up this recruiting year really strong. Next year will get here quick enough. We're trying to finish up and wrap up this year and I'm sure we'll get to that pretty soon."
Chizik was one of eight finalists for the award, including Nevada’s
Chris Ault, Wisconsin’s
Bret Bielema, Michigan State’s
Mark Dantonio, Stanford’s
Jim Harbaugh, Oregon’s
Chip Kelly, Arkansas’
Bobby Petrino and Texas A&M’s
Mike Sherman.
Chizik was honored to win an award bearing Bryant's name.
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