The American Football Coaches Association has named Stanford’s head football coach DAVID SHAW one of five regional Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) coaches of the year. Shaw, the Bradford M. Freeman Director of Football, is now a finalist for National Coach of the Year.
The 2011 Regional Coach of the Year winners will be recognized at a dinner next month during the AFCA’s convention in San Antonio, Texas. The winner of the National Coach of the Year award will be named during the convention as well.
In his first year as a head coach, Shaw has guided the Cardinal to an 11-1 regular season record and No. 4 Bowl Championship Series ranking. Stanford will head to Arizona for the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 2, where the Cardinal will play Oklahoma State.