Allen Park — The Associated Press released a list of finalists for its offseason awards on Wednesday, and Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell didn't make the cut for the group's Coach of the Year honors. That award will be given to Brian Daboll, of the New York Giants, Jacksonville's Doug Pederson or San Francisco's Kyle Shanahan when announced early next month.
All three of the finalists led their teams to the playoffs.
Daboll, in his first year with the Giants, took the franchise from four wins last year to a 9-7-1 mark in 2022. The team also bested the Minnesota Vikings on the road in the Wild Card round of the postseason before getting dumped by NFC East-rival Philadelphia in the divisional round last weekend.