NFL Coach of the Year odds are available at legal online sportsbooks. As we get ready for more NFL action, Dan Quinn (+220) holds a lead over Sean Payton (+650) as the favorite to win the award. Futures wagers on the NFL Coach of the Year winner are available to place at any time.
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Dan Quinn, Dan Quinn +4500
Quinn and the Washington Commanders are the surprising leaders of the NFC East at 5-2, beating the visiting Panthers on Sunday, 40-7. Jayden Daniels suffered a rib injury during the game and is questionable as Washington returns to action at home this week versus the Bears.
Kevin O’Connell, Kevin O’Connell -550
O’Connell and the Minnesota Vikings dropped to 5-1 with a 31-29 home loss to the Lions on Sunday. The team is currently fourth in the league in point differential at +61. The Vikings are on the road this week to face the Rams on Thursday Night Football.
Dan Campbell, Dan Campbell +375
Campbell and the Detroit Lions improved to 5-1 with Sunday’s win over the Vikings. Since a Week 2 home loss to the Buccaneers, the club has ripped off four consecutive victories. Detroit is home this week to welcome the 1-5 Titans.
First-year coaches — is there a connection?
Over the past seven seasons, a first-year head coach has won the award four times. Seven teams hired new head coaches over the offseason.
- Atlanta Falcons: Raheem Morris, +2800
- Carolina Panthers: Dave Canales, +25000
- Los Angeles Chargers: Jim Harbaugh, +550
- New England Patriots: Jerod Mayo, +25000
- Seattle Seahawks: Mike Macdonald, +1800
- Tennessee Titans: Brian Callahan, +13000
- Washington Commanders: Dan Quinn, +275
Morris and Harbaugh were among the offseason favorites to win the award. The Falcons and Chargers were both expected to take some steps forward after disappointing campaigns. The forecast isn’t quite as clear for the five other new hires.
Canales takes over a Panthers team that posted the league’s worst record a season ago at 2-15. There was optimism that Bryce Young would show some improvement under center after a challenging rookie season, but he was benched in favor of Andy Dalton after game two.
Mayo is tasked with replacing Bill Belichick in New England. The Patriots struggled to a record of 4-13 in Belichick’s final season. The club selected Drake Maye with the third overall pick at the NFL Draft.
Macdonald takes over in Seattle following the departure of Pete Carroll. He inherits a team that went 9-8, just missing out on a wild card spot. Callahan is on the sidelines in Tennessee after the Mike Vrabel era came to an end with a 6-11 mark.
Quinn heads to Washington after spending the last three seasons as the defensive coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys. He was previously a head coach with the Falcons from 2015-20. He made the playoffs twice, losing to the Patriots at the 2017 Super Bowl.
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Breaking down previous NFL Coach of the Year winners
The table below lists the past decade of NFL Coach of the Year award winners.
| Season | Coach | Team | Record | Previous Year |
| 2023 | Kevin Stefanski | Cleveland Browns | 11-6 | 7-10 |
| 2022 | Brian Daboll | New York Giants | 9-7-1 | 4-13 |
| 2021 | Mike Vrabel | Tennessee Titans | 12-5 | 11-5 |
| 2020 | Kevin Stefanski | Cleveland Browns | 11-5 | 6-10 |
| 2019 | John Harbaugh | Baltimore Ravens | 14-2 | 10-6 |
| 2018 | Matt Nagy | Chicago Bears | 12-4 | 5-11 |
| 2017 | Sean McVay | Los Angeles Rams | 11-5 | 4-12 |
| 2016 | Jason Garrett | Dallas Cowboys | 13-3 | 4-12 |
| 2015 | Ron Rivera | Carolina Panthers | 15-1 | 7-8-1 |
| 2014 | Bruce Arians | Arizona Cardinals | 11-5 | 10-6 |
Eight of the 10 winners improved their team’s record by four or more wins from the previous season. Of the last three, Vrabel had the smallest increase over the previous campaign with one victory, going from 11-5 to 12-5 in the NFL’s first 17-game regular season.
Four of the winners won the award in their first season with their new team, with Daboll the last to pull it off in 2022. Stefanski, last year’s winner, has won twice during his tenure, including his first season in Cleveland in 2020.
NFL Coach of the Year FAQ
The NFL Coach of the Year award is voted on by a panel of 50 sports journalists from across the US. Voters make three selections, with the choices receiving points on a sliding scale of 5-3-1. The nominee with the highest tally of total points wins the award.
Don Shula holds the record with four Coach of the Year awards. Bill Belichick and Chuck Knox are next with three each.
Yes, an interim head coach can win the award. It happened once before, with Bruce Arians winning the honors with a 9-3 record after taking over on the sidelines for the Indianapolis Colts in 2012.
Yes, this has happened three times. Joe Gibbs was the last to win it two years in a row in 1982-83. Allie Sherman (1961-62) and Don Shula (co-winner with George Halas in 1967, lone winner in 1968) are the other two members of the club.