Coach Award Picks
Scored under the published methodology, which sets out what counts as right, what a naive guess would have said, and why an earlier call is worth more than a late one.
- Takes logged
- 103
- Graded
- 66
- Average accuracy
- 18.2
- Pundits
- 57
64% settled
out of 100
have made one
How these calls land
Takes in each band
Settled or waiting
66 / 103
graded
37 still pending
Who is good at coach award picks
- James Harrison100 accuracy · 1 graded+150.0
- Tom Pelissero100 accuracy · 1 graded+106.0
- Colin Cowherd100 accuracy · 1 graded+100.0
- Richard Sherman100 accuracy · 1 graded+100.0
- Brandon Carney100 accuracy · 1 graded+100.0
- Peter Schrager100 accuracy · 1 graded+100.0
- Chris Brockman40 accuracy · 5 graded+62.2
- Colleen Wolfe50 accuracy · 2 graded+50.0
- Rich Eisen33 accuracy · 3 graded+44.3
- Jourdan Rodrigue28 accuracy · 6 graded+38.9
- Gregg Rosenthal0 accuracy · 5 graded+0.0
- Jamie Erdahl0 accuracy · 3 graded+0.0
- Kyle Brandt0 accuracy · 3 graded+0.0
- Pat Gustavson0 accuracy · 2 graded+0.0
- Manti Te'o0 accuracy · 2 graded+0.0
- Jason McIntyre0 accuracy · 2 graded+0.0
- Mike Martz0 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Chuck Pagano0 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Ronde Barber0 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Matt Cassel0 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Dave Wannstedt0 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Ollie Connolly0 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Robert Smith0 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Rich Gannon0 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Danny Parkins0 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Dirk Koetter0 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Joe Thomas0 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Marty Mornhinweg0 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Wade Phillips0 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Charles Davis0 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Marvin Lewis0 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Matt Hasselbeck0 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Nick Wright0 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Seth Rollins0 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Greg Jennings0 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Mike Zimmer0 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Mike Tannenbaum0 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Chris Long0 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
provisionalRatings this early are samples, not reputations — the methodology sets out how many articles it takes before we call one settled.
By publisher
- Nightcap (podcast)100.0 · 1 graded
- The Rich Eisen Show (podcast)66.7 · 3 graded
- Overreaction Monday (podcast)33.3 · 7 graded
- Bran Coverage with BenchwarmerBran (podcast)50.0 · 3 graded
- The Herd with Colin Cowherd (podcast)30.0 · 6 graded
- Move the Sticks (podcast)22.2 · 19 graded
- Around the NFL (podcast)5.6 · 9 graded
- The 33rd Team0.0 · 17 graded
- The Colin Cowherd Podcast (podcast)0.0 · 1 graded
Every coach award picks take
26–50 of 103
- PendingDamon BruceCoach Award Picks
Brian Schottenheimer to win Coach of the Year
Ryan Schottenheimer is your coach of the year... I think Brian Schottenheimer is going to be a very good candidate for coach of the year.
Waiting on the season to settle this.said Aug 28, 2026 John Schneider to win GM of the Year
And the fact that John Schneider, GM of the year
Dan Lanning to win Coach of the Year
Oregon hauled in two of them with Dante Moore winning Player of the Year and Dan Lanning taking home Coach of the Year.
Bill Belichick to win Pro Football Hall of Fame induction (2027 class)
it's safe to assume that Belichick will get enough votes after he was surprisingly omitted from this year's induction class.
Jesse Minter to win great first-year head coach
Jesse Minter is going to be a great first-year head coach.
Mike Tomlin to win Coach of the Year
COTY: Mike Tomlin ... that could absolutely be enough to earn him his second Coach of the Year award.
Liam Cohen to win Coach of the Year
But to me, the Jags, Liam Cohen was just such a clear runner-up this past year to Mike Grable that if they just run it back and look even better this year
Liam Cohen to win Coach of the Year
I wrote it down to Liam Cohen... but I'll go Liam Cohen.
Mike Vrabel to win NFL Coach of the Year
I would Ben Johnson would be my two. Vrabel one Ben two.
Liam Cohen to win NFL Coach of the Year
Mike McDonald, Liam Cohen, who would be my call, and then Ben Johnson of the Bears, who probably would be my number two call.
Kyle Shanahan to win Coach of the Year
Kyle Shanahan, he's been my punching bag for a long time, Rich, but he proved he should be coach of the year with that win in Philly on Sunday.
Mike Macdonald to win Coach of the Year
McDonald's probably I think I think he deserves it this year, and that's over by guy Ben Johnson.
Mike McDonald to win Coach of the Year
I'm going to stick with where I was at, which was McDonald one, Kyle Shanahan two, and Ben Johnson three.
Mike Rabel to win Coach of the Year
He is my number one choice, Rabel and everything Colleen said.
Zack Streef to win Assistant Coach of the Year
I'm gonna go with Broncos offensive line code Zack Streef ... so I'm gonna go streat first
Brian Flores to win Assistant Coach of the Year
I was between Brian Flores and Jeff Hafley for the too ... I liked Brian Flores for this award
Mike Rabel to win Coach of the Year
I'll give it to Mike Rabel. Okay, Mike Rabel is the coach of the year.
Matt Burke to win Assistant Coach of the Year
I'm going to go for my number one with Houston Texans defensive coordinator Matt Burke
Vance Joseph to win Assistant Coach of the Year
I'm gonna go with Vance Joseph.
Mike Vrabel to win Coach of the Year
I will go with Mike Vrabel because I think subverting biased.
Liam Cohen to win Coach of the Year
I think Liam Cohen went into a worse situation and turned it around more. So I'll go with our boy.
Kyle Shanahan to win Coach of the Year
I think Shanahan's been coach of the year... No, I would give it to Shanahan and Christian McCaffrey.
- Miss · 0NFL DailyCoach Award Picks
Mike McDonald to win Coach of the Year
but my vote is for Mike McDonald
a naive guess scored 0+0 skillsaid Dec 23, 2025 Kyle Shanahan to win Coach of the Year
Shanna ann is won for me?
Ben Johnson to win Coach of the Year
Ben's been tremendous. I think he's probably maybe my my pick for coach of the year.
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