A week ago, the Broyles Award announced their largest group of nominees that in the history of the prestigious award.
Today, they have released their list of semifinalists, and it's an outstanding group of coaches.
The group of coaches span from Group of Five (Army and Boise State) to every Power Four conference in college football along with Notre Dame.
Defensive coordinators dominate the group with 11 guys, while just four offensive coordinators were selected.
Four former FBS head coaches find themselves on this year's list in Marcus Arroyo (former UNLV head coach), Dirk Koetter (former Boise State and Arizona State head coach), Al Golden (former Temple and Miami head coach), and Tom Allen (former Indiana head coach).
Last year, veteran Iowa defensive coordinator took home the hardware.
This group will get paired down even more into a select group of finalists that will attend the Broyles event scheduled for February.