Gen. Robert R. Neyland Trophy

The Neyland Trophy is awarded annually by the Knoxville Quarterback Club to an outstanding man who has contributed greatly to intercollegiate athletics. The first presentation in 1967 went to Nathan W. Dougherty and Herman Hickman. Dougherty was the man who hired Gen. Neyland in 1926, and Hickman was Neyland's his first All-American lineman who later became head coach at Yale. The permanent trophy is displayed in the Tennessee Hall of Fame Exhibit in the Neyland-Thompson Sports Center on the University of Tennessee campus.

Fortunately Frank has too much class to turn down an award and I think he is more than worthy to receive it.

1967 - Nathan W. Dougherty, Tennessee 

1967 - Herman Hickman, Yale 

1968 - Wallace Wade, Alabama 

1969 - Bobby Dodd, Georgia Tech 

1970 - John Barnhill, Arkansas 

1971 - Jess Neely, Rice 

1972 - John Vaught, Mississippi 

1973 - Bud Wilkinson, Oklahoma 

1974 - Fritz Crisler, Michigan 

1975 - Lynn "Pappy" Waldorf, California 

1976 - John McKay, Southern California 

1977 - Darrell Royal, Texas 

1978 - Ralph "Shug" Jordan, Auburn 

1979 - Frank Broyles, Arkansas 

1980 - Bob Devaney, Nebraska 

1981 - Ara Parseghian, Notre Dame 

1982 - Bill Murray, Duke 

1983 - Paul "Bear" Bryant, Alabama 

1984 - Woody Hayes, Ohio State 

1985 - Duffy Daugherty, Michigan State 

1986 - Bob Woodruff, Tennessee 

1987 - Charles McClendon, LSU 

1988 - LaVell Edwards, Brigham Young 

1989 - Vince Dooley, Georgia 

1990 - Bo Schembechler, Michigan 

1991 - Murray Warmath, Minnesota 

1992 - Bobby Bowden, Florida State 

1993 - Grant Teaff, Baylor 

1994 - Jerry Claiborne, Kentucky 

1995 - Dan Devine, Notre Dame 

1996 - Hayden Fry, Iowa 

1997 - Terry Donahue, UCLA 

1998 - Lou Holtz, Notre Dame 

1999 - Eddie Robinson, Grambling 

2000 - Tom Osborne, Nebraska 

2001 - Doug Dickey, Tennessee 

2002 - Gene Stallings, Alabama 

2003 - Johnny Majors, Pittsburgh 

2004 - John Gaglidardi, St. John's (Minn.) 

2005 - Barry Switzer, Oklahoma 

2006 - John Cooper, Ohio State 

2007 - John Robinson, UNLV 

2008 - Lloyd Carr, Michigan 

2009 - Phillip Fulmer, Tennessee 

2010 - Ken Sparks, Carson-Newman 

2011 - R.C. Slocum, Texas A&M 

2012 - Fisher DeBerry, Air Force 

2013 - Mack Brown, Texas 

2014 - David Cutcliffe, Duke 

2015 - Jerry Moore, Appalachian State 

2016 - Steve Spurrier 

2017- Frank Beamer