Now in its 39th year, the Paul "Bear" Bryant Coach of the Year award winner will be announced live from Houston's Post Oak Hotel on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, during an awards ceremony presented ...

HOUSTON, January 22, 2025 — Marcus Freeman, head coach at the University of Notre Dame, was named college football Coach of the Year at the American Heart Association’s Paul “Bear” Bryant ...

As a result, he’s been named the 2024 Paul “Bear,” Bryant Coach of the Year. Which brings us to today’s quiz. Freeman is the second Notre Dame head coach to win the award. With that ...

Jan. 14, 1946: Paul “Bear” Bryant is hired as the head football coach for the University of Kentucky. Considered by many to be one of the sport’s greatest football coaches ever, Bryant was ...

"We are honored to award Coach Freeman this year's Paul "Bear" Bryant Coach of the Year Award, recognizing his exemplary efforts both on and off the field," said Nancy Brown, chief executive ...

CW39 Houston Anchor Sharron Melton Dan D'armond, Vice President of the "Bear Bryant Awards" and American Heart Association. and Dan Pratt, Vice President of Creative with Vision Productions. More ...

“It’s always a hard thing to see,” said Ann Bryant, director of the BEAR League, a nonprofit formed in 1998. BEAR stands for Bear Education Aversion Response. Byrant has spent the last 25 ...

On Wednesday night, Freeman was named the 2024 recipient of the Paul “Bear” Bryant Coach of the Year Award. The 39-year-old coach is just the second Fighting Irish coach to win the award all ...

Marcus Freeman has won his third national Coach of the Year honor, receiving the Paul "Bear" Bryant Coach of the Year Award on Wednesday evening. The award honors contributions that improve ...

Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman continues to rack up postseason honors, this time winning the Paul "Bear" Bryant Coach of the Year honor. Expectations were high for Notre Dame coming into the ...