DALLAS – For a program-record third time, Middle Tennessee head coach Rick Stockstill has been named conference Coach of the Year.
Conference USA announced the award, as voted on by the league's 14 head football coaches, on Wednesday. It's the first time the 13-year Blue Raider football coach has won Coach of the Year in C-USA after winning it twice in the Sun Belt Conference (2006 and co-COY in 2009).
Stockstill has led MT to an 8-5 record this season with a bowl game left against Appalachian State. The Blue Raiders also played in the C-USA Championship game for the first time.