Notre Dame Football: Brian Kelly makes Bobby Dodd Midseason Watch List
By J.P. Scott
Notre Dame football coach Brian Kelly is being mentioned for a prestigious coaching award for his performance in 2019.
We’re over halfway through October, and the only blemish on the Notre Dame football record at this point is a close loss to Georgia.
If I would have told you that’s where we’d be right now back in July, you probably would have taken it. The Irish are still in the top ten of both major polls and still in the College Football Playoff conversation.
You really can’t ask for much more from Brian Kelly. The people who run The Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Foundation agree.
Officials from the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Foundation and Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl released the midseason watch list for the 2019 Dodd Trophy. The list includes 22 of the nation’s top college football coaches representing seven conferences, as well as Notre Dame football coach Brian Kelly.
The Dodd Trophy, college football’s most coveted coaching award, celebrates the head coach of a team who enjoys success on the gridiron, while also stressing the importance of scholarship, leadership and integrity – the three pillars of legendary coach Bobby Dodd’s philosophy.
Agree or disagree with Kelly’s name on the list, it is quite an honor. Brian Kelly has gone out of his way in recent years to change the way he operates both on and off the playing field. The results are showing both during games and in the classroom.
That’s what you want from a Notre Dame football coach.
The Dodd Trophy was established in 1976 to honor the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division 1A) head football coach whose program represents the highest ideals on and off the field. The award honors the coach of a team which enjoys a successful football season, while also stressing the importance of academic excellence and character, as did Coach Dodd’s teams during his 22 years as head football coach of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.
Coach Dodd remains one of college football’s legendary figures, both as a coach and a player.
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Coach Dodd was a native of Galax, Virginia, and played his college ball at the University of Tennessee where his team had 27 wins, one loss and two ties during the three years he played. Coach Dodd was selected to the National College Football Hall of Fame both as a coach and as a player. Additional information about the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Foundation can be found at www.TheDoddTrophy.com.