TicketsSAN ANTONIO, Texas – Cincinnati football head coach Luke Fickell was named the 2021 Werner Ladder AFCA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) National Coach of the Year on Sunday at the 2022 AFCA Convention.
Fickell was selected by a vote of the active AFCA members at FBS schools. The AFCA has named a Coach of the Year since 1935. The Werner Ladder AFCA FBS Coach of the Year award is the oldest and one of the most prestigious of all the Coach of the Year awards and is the only one chosen exclusively by coaches.
This fall, Fickell led Cincinnati to a 13-1 record, an appearance in the College Football Playoff Semifinals at the 86th Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, a second consecutive American Athletic Conference championship and the first-ever 13-win season in UC history.
Heading into bowl season, Cincinnati was one of only two teams in the nation that ranked in the Top 10 in scoring offense (8th – 39.2) and scoring defense (4th – 16.1).
UC had an incredible 12 All-AAC First Team selections led by two-time league Offensive Player of the Year quarterback Desmond Ridder and unanimous Defensive Player of the Year Ahmad "Sauce" Gardner. Ridder finished with 44 career victories – the third-most in college football history.
Fickell led UC to back-to-back 11-win seasons in 2018 and 2019, and a 9-1 overall record in the condensed 2020 season, including an appearance in the 2021 Peach Bowl.
He is a three-time AAC Coach of the Year, winning the conference honors in 2021, 2020 and 2018.
Fickell 2021 Coach of the Year Awards
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Fickell was selected by a vote of the active AFCA members at FBS schools. The AFCA has named a Coach of the Year since 1935. The Werner Ladder AFCA FBS Coach of the Year award is the oldest and one of the most prestigious of all the Coach of the Year awards and is the only one chosen exclusively by coaches.
This fall, Fickell led Cincinnati to a 13-1 record, an appearance in the College Football Playoff Semifinals at the 86th Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, a second consecutive American Athletic Conference championship and the first-ever 13-win season in UC history.
Heading into bowl season, Cincinnati was one of only two teams in the nation that ranked in the Top 10 in scoring offense (8th – 39.2) and scoring defense (4th – 16.1).
UC had an incredible 12 All-AAC First Team selections led by two-time league Offensive Player of the Year quarterback Desmond Ridder and unanimous Defensive Player of the Year Ahmad "Sauce" Gardner. Ridder finished with 44 career victories – the third-most in college football history.
Fickell led UC to back-to-back 11-win seasons in 2018 and 2019, and a 9-1 overall record in the condensed 2020 season, including an appearance in the 2021 Peach Bowl.
He is a three-time AAC Coach of the Year, winning the conference honors in 2021, 2020 and 2018.
Fickell 2021 Coach of the Year Awards
- Werner Ladder AFCA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) National Coach of the Year
- Eddie Robinson Award presented by the FWAA
- The Dodd Trophy
- The Home Depot National Coach of the Year
- Sporting News National Coach of the Year
- AAC Coach of the Year
The Cincinnati Athletics Ticket Office is now accepting deposits for 2022 football season tickets here.
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