MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Former West Virginia Football Coach and College Football Hall of Famer Don Nehlen and current Mountaineer Football Coach Dana Holgorsen will be honored tonight by the American Football Coaches’ Association on its inaugural Coaches’ Awards Show aired live from the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee, on CBS Sports Network at 9 p.m, ET.
Nehlen has been named the recipient of the AFCA’s 2017 Amos Alonzo Stagg Award. The award is given to those “whose services have been outstanding in the advancement of the best interests in football.”
Holgorsen is being honored as the AFCA’s District 4 Regional Coach of the Year and is a finalist for the National Coach of the Year, which will be announced during tonight’s show.