Staff Writer
Stillwater NewsPress
STILLWATER, Okla. — Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy picked up more hardware Thursday night when he was selected as the winner of the 2011 Paul "Bear" Bryant College Coach of the Year award.
The Cowboys coach led his alma mater to a 12-1 record, first Big 12 championship, first BCS bowl game and first BCS bowl win.
He beat out the other seven finalists - Wisconsin’s Bret Bielema, Baylor’s Art Briles, Michigan’s Brady Hoke, Stanford’s David Shaw, Kansas State’s Bill Snyder, Houston’s Kevin Sumlin and Clemson’s Dabo Swinney - for the award.
This is Gundy’s third national coach of the year award for his work in 2011, as he was earlier named as the Eddie Robinson Award winner by the Football Writers Association of America and as the national coach of the year by American Football Monthly magazine.
Dating back to the start of the 2008 season, Gundy has led the Cowboys to 41 overall victories, which is the seventh-highest total in the nation during that time.
