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The American Football Coaches Association is an association of football coaches on all levels and is responsible for the Coaches Poll that determines the national champion each year. The American Football Coaches Association is also responsible for the Top 25 poll for Division II and Division III. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The USA Today Coaches Poll is the current name for a weekly ranking of the top 25 NCAA Division I-A college football and Division I college basketball teams. ... AFCA can refer to: Air Force Communications Agency American Football Coaches Association Category: ... Division II (or DII) is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. ... Division III consists of institutions who recognize that collegiate athletics can be an integral part of the educational process. ...

The AFCA was founded in a meeting for 43 coaches at the Hotel Astor in New York City on Dec. 27, 1921. It is headquartered in Waco, Texas (the headquarters building is located across from Baylor University). It has been suggested that Neighborhoods of Waco be merged into this article or section. ... Baylor University is a private, Baptist-affiliated research university located in Waco, Texas. ...

Maj. Charles Daly of the U.S. Military Academy was the first president. He was followed by John Heisman. Other presidents have included Bear Bryant, Darrell Royal, Eddie Robinson, Bo Schembechler and Vince Dooley. The 2006 president is Mel Tjeerdsma. Alternate meanings: West Point (disambiguation). ... John William Heisman (October 23, 1869 – October 3, 1936) was a prominent American football player and college football coach in the early era of the sport and is the namesake of the Heisman Trophy awarded annually to the seasons best college football player. ... Paul William Bear Bryant (September 11, 1913–January 26, 1983) was an American college football coach. ... Darrell K. Royal, b. ... There are a number of noted individuals named Eddie Robinson: Eddie Robinson, a former American football coach, legendary for his tenure at Grambling State University in Louisiana Eddie Robinson, an American soccer player Eddie Robinson, an American basketball player Eddie Robinson, an American baseball player This is a disambiguation page... Glenn Edward Bo Schembechler (April 1, 1929 – November 17, 2006) was an American college football coach best known as the head coach at the University of Michigan, where he coached the Wolverines from 1969 until 1989. ... Vincent Joseph Dooley (born September 4, 1932 in Mobile, Alabama) was the head football coach (seasons 1964 through 1988) and athletic director (1979 to 2004) at the University of Georgia. ... Mel Tjeerdsma (born 1947) is a football coach of Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri who has led the team to four NCAA Division II national championship games (and winning two). ...

In 2006 the Association has 10,000 members and represents coaches at all levels including the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, the National Junior College Athletic Association, the National Federation of State High School Associations, the National Football League, the Canadian Football League, USA Football, the National Football Foundation, College Football Hall of Fame, and Pop Warner Football. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often pronounced N-C-Double-A or N-C-Two-A ) is a voluntary association of about 1,200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics is a professional organization for college and university athletic directors in the United States. ... The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (better known as the NAIA) traces its roots to the National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball. ... The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) is an association of community college athletic departments throughout the United States of America. ... The National Federation of State High School Associations (or NFHS) is the body which oversees and governs most high school interscholastic athletics and extracirriculars in the United States at the national level. ... == The first NFL player was Wade Zane, he played for the L.A Rams The National Football League (NFL) is the largest and most prestigious professional American football league, consisting of thirty-two teams from American cities and regions. ... Lions Stampeders Eskimos Roughriders Blue Bombers Tiger-Cats Argonauts Alouettes The Canadian Football League (CFL), also known by its French name, Ligue canadienne de football (LCF), is a professional sports league located in Canada that plays Canadian football, and is the second most popular sports league in Canada. ... USA Football is an independent non-profit organization that promotes the development and operation of American football at all amateur levels throughout the United States. ... National Football Foundation logo The National Football Foundation (NFF) is a non-profit organization founded in 1947 by General Douglas MacArthur, legendary Army Black Knights football coach Earl Red Blaik and journalist Grantland Rice. ... College Football Hall of Fame front. ... The current official logo of the Pop Warner Little Scholars. ...

The Association has established a code of ethics and has made safety recommendations. It teams with USA Today and ESPN for the Division I-A Coaches Poll. USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. ... {{Infobox Network | network_name = ESPN| network_logo = | country =  United States| network_type = Cable Television Network| available = National| owner = The Walt Disney Company (80%) Hearst Corporation (20%)| key_people = George Bodenheimer, President, ESPN, Inc. ... Division I is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States. ... The USA Today Coaches Poll is the current name for a weekly ranking of the top 25 NCAA Division I-A college football and Division I college basketball teams. ...

All-American Teams

Since 1945, the American Football Coaches Association has selected an All-American team. It is the only one selected exclusively NCAA the coaches themselves. All-American, a Broadway musical with book by Mel Brooks, music by Charles Strouse, and lyrics by Lee Adams, opened in New York on March 19, 1962, and played 80 performances. ...

The AFCA currently selects an All-American team in four divisions: Division I-A, Division I-AA, Division II (NCAA Division II and all NAIA teams) and Division III (NCAA Division III teams). From 1945 until 1967, only one team was chosen. From 1967 through 1971, two teams, University Division and College Division, were selected. In 1972, the College Division was split into College I and College II. In 1979, the University Division was split into two teams — NCAA Division I-A and NCAA Division I-AA, yeilding the four teams the Association names every November. In 1996, the College I and College II divisions were renamed AFCA Division II and AFCA Division III respectively.

The Coaches’ All-America Team has been sponsored by various entities throughout the years but it is now under its own banner, the AFCA. These are the sponsors/publishers of the team throughout the years.

1945-47: Published in Saturday Evening Post
1948-56: Published in Collier’s
1957-59: General Mills
1960-93: Eastman Kodak
1994: Schooner’s International
1995-96: AFCA
1997-1999: Burger King
2000-present: AFCA
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Presidents of the American Football Coaches Association

1921 - Charles D. Daly - United States Military Academy
1922 - Charles D. Daly - United States Military Academy
1923 - John W. Heisman - University of Pennsylvania
1924 - John W. Heisman - Rice Institute
1925 - Robert Zuppke - University of Illinois
1926 - Gilmour Dobie - Cornell University
1927 - William H. Cowell - University of New Hampshire
1928 - William W. Roper - Princeton University
1929 - Hugo Bezdek - Pennsylvania State College
1930 - W.A. Alexander - Georgia Tech
1931 - John F. Meehan - Manhattan College
1932 - Marvin A. Stevens - Yale University
1933 - D.E. McGugin - Vanderbilt University
1934 - Dana X. Bible - University of Nebraska
1935 - D.W. Bierman - University of Minnesota
1936 - D.O. McLaughry - Brown University
1937 - Harry Kipke - University of Michigan
1938 - Harry A. Stuhldreher - University of Wisconsin
1939 - Lou Little - Columbia University
1940 - A.N. McMillin - Indiana University
1941 - Fritz Crisler - University of Michigan
1942 - Madison Bell - Southern Methodist University
1943 - Madison Bell - Southern Methodist University
1944 - Ray Morrison - Temple University
1945 - Ray Morrison - Temple University
1946 - Richard C. "Dick" Harlow - Harvard University
1947 - E.E. Wieman - University of Maine
1948 - Harvey Harman - Rutgers University
1949 - L.R. Meyer - Texas Christian University
1950 - Lynn O. Waldorf - University of California
1951 - Lloyd P. Jordan - Harvard University
1952 - Carl G. Snavely - University of North Carolina
1953 - Don Faurot - University of Missouri
1954 - George A. Munger - University of Pennsylvania
1955 - Ray Eliot - University of Illinois
1956 - Jess C. Neely - Rice Institute
1957 - George K. James - Cornell University
1958 - Charles B. Wilkinson - University of Oklahoma
1959 - Wallace Butts - University of Georgia
1960 - Charles A. "Rip" Engle - Pennsylvania State University
1961 - Jack C. Curtice - Stanford University
1962 - William D. Murray - Duke University
1963 - Woody Hayes - Ohio State University
1964 - Len Casanova - University of Oregon
1965 - Abe Martin - Texas Christian University
1966 - Dan Jessee - Trinity College (Connecticut)
1967 - Ben Schwartzwalder - Syracuse University
1968 - Murray Warmath - University of Minnesota
1969 - Paul Dietzel - University of South Carolina
1970 - Frank Broyles - University of Arkansas
1971 - Earle Edwards - North Carolina State University
1972 - Paul Bryant - University of Alabama
1973 - John McKay - University of Southern California
1974 - Bob Blackman - University of Illinois
1975 - Darrell Royal - University of Texas
1976 - Eddie Robinson - Grambling State University
1977 - Ben Martin - United States Air Force Academy
1978 - Carmen Cozza - Yale University
1979 - Charles McClendon - Louisiana State University
1980 - Jerry Claiborne - University of Maryland
1981 - Harold "Tubby" Raymond - University of Delaware
1982 - Jim Ostendarp - Amherst College
1983 - Bo Schembechler - University of Michigan
1984 - Dave Maurer - Wittenberg University
1985 - Vince Dooley - University of Georgia
1986 - Vic Rowen - San Francisco State University
1987 - LaVell Edwards - Brigham Young University
1988 - Joe Restic - Harvard University
1989 - Don James - University of Washington
1990 - John Majors - University of Tennessee
1991 - Bill Manlove - Widener University
1992 - John Cooper - Ohio State University
1993 - Hayden Fry - University of Iowa
1994 - Ron Schipper - Central College (Iowa)
1995 - Billy Joe - Florida A&M University
1996 - Fisher DeBerry - United States Air Force Academy
1997 - Don Nehlen - West Virginia University
1998 - Roy Kidd - Eastern Kentucky University
1999 - Rocky Rees - Shippensburg University
2000 - Bob Ford - University at Albany
2001 - Joe Taylor - Hampton University
2002 - Glen Mason - University of Minnesota
2003 - Phil Fulmer - University of Tennessee
2004 - Ken Hatfield - Rice University
2005 - Scot Dapp - Moravian College
2006 - Mel Tjeerdsma - Northwest Missouri State University
2007 - Ken Sparks - Carson-Newman College

AFCA National Championship Trophy

The AFCA National Championship Trophy is the trophy awarded by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) to the winner of college football's BCS National Championship Game, which determines the national champion for purposes of the Coaches Poll. The trophy has been awarded since 1986. A college football game between Colorado State University and the Air Force Academy. ... The BCS National Championship Game or BCS title game is the final bowl game of the annual Bowl Championship Series and is intended by Series organizers to determine the NCAA Division I-A national football championship. ... The USA Today Coaches Poll is the current name for a weekly ranking of the top 25 NCAA Division I-A college football and Division I college basketball teams. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The trophy consists of a Waterford Crystal football affixed to an ebony base, and carries a value of over $30,000. The winning school retains permanent possession of the trophy, as a new one is awarded every year. The world-famous Waterford Crystal Ball is lowered in Times Square, New York City, on New Years Eve Waterford Crystal is a trademark brand of crystal glassware produced in Waterford, Ireland, by the company Waterford Wedgwood plc. ...

The trophy has undergone several sponsorship changes over the years. It was sponsored by the Gerrits Foundation during the initial 1986 and 1987 seasons. Pepsi came aboard as a co-sponsor in 1988 and 1989. McDonald's was the sole sponsor from 1990 until 1992. Sears became the trophy's sponsor in 1993 and remained so until 2001. Circuit City assumed sponsorship duties for the 2002 season. ADT Security Services, the current sponsor, took over in 2003. Pepsi-Cola is a soft drink commonly called Pepsi, which is produced and manufactured by PepsiCo. ... McDonalds Corporation (NYSE: MCD) is the worlds largest chain of fast-food restaurants, primarily selling hamburgers, chicken, french fries, milkshakes and soft drinks. ... This article refers to Sears as it existed prior to its merger with Kmart. ... Circuit City (NYSE: CC) is a Fortune 200 company, and the third largest consumer electronics retailer in the United States with over $11 billion USD in sales[1], behind Best Buy and Wal-Mart. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...

As the sponsor obtains naming rights to the trophy, its current name is actually the "ADT National Championship Trophy."

See also

• List of presidents of the American Football Coaches Association
• AFCA National Championship Trophy

Presidents of the American Football Coaches Association are: 1921 - Charles D. Daly - United States Military Academy 1922 - Charles D. Daly - United States Military Academy 1923 - John W. Heisman - University of Pennsylvania 1924 - John W. Heisman - Rice Institute 1925 - Robert Zuppke - University of Illinois 1926 - Gilmour Dobie - Cornell University 1927 - William... AFCA logo The AFCA National Championship Trophy is the trophy awarded by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) to the winner of college footballs BCS National Championship Game, which determines the national champion for purposes of the Coaches Poll. ...

External link

• Official site