Coaching Tree Hot Seat Annual Coaches Awards
| Award | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2018 Toughest Season | Chip Kelly (3-9 UCLA Season that was supposed to be the great return for Chip Kelly to the college ranks). |
| 2018 Shake if Off Award | Clay Helton (Finished 5-7 after two 10+ win seasons with USC. Lost the last 3 games of the season including one to Cal and missed a bowl game.) |
| 2018 Most Valuable | Jeff Tedford (12-2 Fresno State Las Vegas Bowl winners over ASU as well as wins over UCLA and SDSU.) |
| 2018 Coach of the Year | Dabo Swinney (First ever 15-0 season in College Football history as Clemson were National Champions & 2018 ACC Champions) |
| 2018 Best Coach Under 50 | Lincoln Riley (12-2 Oklahoma CFB Playoff and Big 12 Champions) |
| 2018 Best Coach Over 50 | Nick Saban (14-1 Alabama Season, National Runner-Up SEC Champions and one of the more dominating Alabama offenses ever seen.) |
| 2017 Toughest Season | David Bailiff (2017 Rice Season 1-11. Win Totals since '13 -> 10, 8, 5, 3, 1, Fired) |
| 2017 Shake if Off Award | Butch Jones (4-6 Tennessee after promising 5, 7, 9, 9 seasons) |
| 2017 Most Valuable | Scott Frost (12-0 UCF Season (Colley Matrix National Champions) Peach Bowl & American Conf. Champions) |
| 2017 Coach of the Year | Scott Frost (12-0 UCF Season (Colley Matrix National Champions) Peach Bowl & American Conf. Champions) |
| 2017 Best Coach Under 50 | Scott Frost (12-0 UCF Season (Colley Matrix National Champions) Peach Bowl & American Conf. Champions) |
| 2017 Best Coach Over 50 | Nick Saban (13-1 Alabama Season, National Champions with brilliant coaching moves in Championship game) |
| 2016 Toughest Season | Tim DeRuyter (2016 Season started 1-7 (0-4 in conference) with Fresno State before being fired midseason.) |
| 2016 Shake if Off Award | Mark Helfrich (4-8 Oregon season after winning 13 and 9 games the two seasons prior) |
| 2016 Most Valuable | James Franklin (11-3 Penn State Rose Bowl (Loss) & 2016 Big Ten Champions) |
| 2016 Coach of the Year | P.J. Fleck (13-1 Western Michigan Cotton Bowl (Loss) & 2016 MAC Champions) |
| 2016 Best Coach Under 50 | P.J. Fleck (13-1 Western Michigan Cotton Bowl (Loss) & 2016 MAC Champions) |
| 2016 Best Coach Over 50 | Nick Saban (14-1 Alabama National Runner Up & 2016 SEC Champions) |
| 2015 Toughest Season | Tim DeRuyter (3-9 2015 Season after winning the Mountain West West division title the season before) |
| 2015 Shake if Off Award | Gary Pinkel (5-7 Missouri Season after a brilliant legacy (113-66) of 15 years in Columbia) |
| 2015 Most Valuable | Dabo Swinney (14-1 Clemson National Runner Up & 2015 ACC Champions) |
| 2015 Coach of the Year | Tom Herman (12-1 Houston & 2015 AAC Champions) |
| 2015 Best Coach Under 50 | Tom Herman (12-1 Houston & 2015 AAC Champions) |
| 2015 Best Coach Over 50 | Nick Saban (12-1 Alabama National Champions & 2015 Big Ten Champions) |
| 2014 Toughest Season | Brady Hoke (5-7 Michigan Season that saw the worst Michigan record since 2009 Rich Rodriguez's season (Since 1967 before then). |
| 2014 Shake if Off Award | June Jones (Started SMU season 0-2 and resigned due to personal reasons. 112-82 Career coach before 2014 season.) |
| 2014 Most Valuable | Gary Patterson (12-1 TCU Peach Bowl & 2014 Big 12 Champions) |
| 2014 Coach of the Year | Urban Meyer (14-1 Ohio State National Champions & 2014 Big Ten Champions) |
| 2014 Best Coach Under 50 | Mark Helfrich (13-2 Oregon National Runner Up & 2014 Pac 12 Champions) |
| 2014 Best Coach Over 50 | Urban Meyer (14-1 Ohio State National Champions & 2014 Big Ten Champions) |