The NAIA Football Coach of the Year is awarded annually to the best

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. From 1979 to 1996, a separate award was given to the best coach in each of the NAIA's two football divisions.

Winners

Single award (1956–1978)

*Note: ''Even though the NAIA split its football championship into two divisions in 1970, only a single Coach of the Year award was given out until 1979.''

Separate awards (1979–1996)

Division I

Division II

Single award (1997–present)

Coaches with multiple wins

Schools with multiple wins

References

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