MacIntyre Collects Another National Coach of the Year Award

ATLANTA – Mike MacIntyre has received another national coach of the year award. Colorado's head coach was named the Home Depot Coach of the Year Wednesday, the high honor coming for the man who led the Buffaloes to their first 10-win season in 15 years.

The awards are starting to stack up for MacIntyre after the Buffaloes completed the single-greatest turnaround in Pac-12 Conference history, going from 1-8 in league play a season ago to 8-1 this year and Pac-12 South Division champions.

MacIntyre has already been named the Pac-12 Conference Coach of the Year, was named the 2016 Walter Camp Coach of the Year on Dec. 1 and most recently on Tuesday of this week was named a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year and AFCA Coach of the Year awards.

MacIntyre will be honored by Home Depot Vice President Dave Abbott at The Home Depot College Football Awards show, which is live Thursday from the College Football Hall of Fame and Chick-fil-A Fan Experience in Atlanta. ESPN is televising the college football awards show live, starting at 5 p.m. MT.

In addition to helping construct CU's turnaround that is the greatest in Pac-12 Conference history, MacIntyre's Buffaloes this year became only the ninth Power-5 team since 1972 to jump from four or fewer wins one year up to 10 or more wins the next. CU was 4-9 overall in 2015, but currently stands 10-3 heading into the Dec. 29 Valero Alamo Bowl in San Antonio where the Buffs will face No. 13 Oklahoma State.

CU enters the bowl game - its first since 2007 - ranked No. 10 in the final College Football Playoff poll and No. 11 in the Associated Press Top 25.

Thursday evening's presentation in Atlanta is just a part of MacIntyre's busy schedule this week. Since playing in last Friday's Pac-12 Championship game, MacIntyre has been on the road recruiting the first part of this week. Thursday morning he will be in San Antonio for the Valero Alamo Bowl press conference that also features Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy.

Then after flying to Atlanta for the awards show Thursday night, MacIntyre will return to Boulder on Friday for the first of 15 bowl practices for the Buffaloes before their Dec. 29 bowl game against the Cowboys.

MacIntyre Collects Another National Coach of the Year Award

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