Army Head Football Coach Emerges as Candidate for Top Coaching Award

The Dodd Trophy Watch List was just posted and the Army West Point Black Knights announced that their head football coach, Jeff Monken, is on it.  The award was established in 1976 in memory of the Georgia Tech head football coach Bobby Dodd. He stressed the importance of success on the field and in the classroom while also giving back to the community as much as possible.  Monken etched himself into the Black Knights record book leading his team to the first ever 12-win season in a 135-year old program last season. More News: Army Football Returns Record-Setting Defenders for League Title Defense Army took home the first conference title in program history in its first year in the American Athletics Conference. The AAC also named him coach of the year.  Along with the AAC honor, he was also awarded the Paul "Bear" Bryant Group of Five Coach of the Year, the Andy Talley Regional Coach of the Year from the Maxwell Football Club, the AFCA Regional Coach of the Year and the ECAC Division I Coach of the Year. "I