Results of The Dispatch Ohio College Football Coach of the Year Award from balloting by coaches in the state. First-place votes are worth three points, second-place votes two points and third-place votes one. First-place votes are in parentheses.
Brian Kelly, Cincinnati (10) - 33
Jim Tressel, Ohio State (4) - 21
Joe Fincham, Wittenberg (3) - 17
Frank Solich, Ohio University (2) - 11
Larry Kehres, Mount Union (1) - 10
Greg Debeljak, Case Western Reserve (1) - 5
Rick Chamberlin, Dayton - 4
Dale Carlson, Ohio Dominican (1) - 3
Jon Wauford, Findlay - 3
David Taynor, Urbana - 1