Coach of the Year

Mark Whipple
Massachusetts

This is the one people will be talking about for a long time, the gophers-to-governors turnaround of the Massachusetts Minutemen under first-year man Mark Whipple.

Whipple simply took a 2-9 team from 1997, installed his schemes, recruited a quarterback and some other key components, entered the national playoffs as the No. 11 seed with three losses, and won out&-beating three (McNeese State, No. ...Login to Read More