KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel has been named a semifinalist for the George Munger Award, Tennessee Athletics announced Wednesday.
The award annually recognizes football's most outstanding coach with exceptional leadership, strategic innovation and significant impact on the game.
The honor is named in tribute to George Munger, a respected figure in college football known for his influential coaching career.
Heupel guided Tennessee to another 10-win season and its first College Football Playoff berth. This is the second time in three years that Heupel was named a semifinalist. He was a finalist in 2022.
He is the third coach in the University of Tennessee history with multiple 10-win regular seasons, joining Phillip Fulmer and Gen. Robert Neyland. The Vols join Texas and Georgia as the only SEC programs to win 10 regular season games in 2024.
According to UT Athletics, Tennessee has won 30 games over the past three seasons under Heupel, which ranks third among charter SEC members and ninth in the Football Bowl Subdivision during that span. The 30 victories are the most over three years for Tennessee since winning 30 games from 1998 to 2000.
The No. 9 seed Vols play at No. 8 seed Ohio State at 8 p.m. EST on Saturday, live on ABC and ESPN.
