Broyles Award Release (With Additions IU Athletics)

Little Rock, AR - November 23, 2016 - The Frank & Barbara Broyles Foundation is pleased to announce the nominees for the 2016 nominees for the Broyles Award. The 40 nominees in this year's class were chosen from almost 1,500 assistant coaches representing over 128 Division One college football programs. Below is the full list of nominees for this year's Broyles Award:

Alabama - Jeremy Pruitt, Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
Arkansas State - Joe Cauthen, Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
Army West Point - Jay Bateman, Defensive Coordinator
Auburn - Kevin Steele, Defensive Coordinator
Boise State - Scott Huff, Co-Offensive Coordinator/Offensive
Washington State - Alex Grinch, Defensive Coordinator/Secondary
Brigham Young - Ed Lamb, Special Team Coordinator/Safeties
Clemson - Brent Venables, Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
Colorado - Jim Leavitt, Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
Colorado State - Will Friend, Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line
Georgia Southern - Chad Lunsford, Special Teams Coordinator/Tight Ends
Houston - Todd Orlando - Defensive Coordinator
Indiana - Tom Allen, Defensive Coordinator
Iowa State - Tom Manning, Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line
Louisiana Tech - Todd Fitch, Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers
LSU - Dave Aranda, Defensive Coordinator
Miami - Manny Diaz, Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
Michigan - Don Brown, Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
Missouri - Glen Elarbee, Offensive Line
Navy - Ivan Jasper, Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
Nebraska - Trent Bray, Linebackers
North Carolina - Larry Porter, Special Teams Coordinator/Running Backs
North Carolina State - Ryan Nielsen, Defensive Line
Oklahoma State - Mike Yurcich, Coordinator/Quarterbacks
Old Dominion - Brian Scott, Offensive Coordinator
Ole Miss - Matt Luke, Co-Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line
Ohio State - Kerry Coombs, Special Teams Coordinator/Cornerbacks
Penn State - Joe Moorhead, Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
Pittsburgh - Matt Canada, Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
South Carolina - Travaris Robinson, Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs
Stanford - Mike Bloomgren, Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line
Temple - Phil Snow, Defensive Coordinator/Safeties
Troy - Matt Moore, Co-Offensive Coordinator
UCF - Erik Chinander, Defensive Coordinator
USC - Clancy Pendergast, Defensive Coordinator
Wake Forest - Mike Elko, Defensive Coordinator/Safeties
Western Kentucky - Tony Levine, Co-Offensive Coordinator/Special Teams Coordinator
Western Michigan - Kirk Ciarrocca, Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
West Virginia - Tony Gibson, Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
Wisconsin - Justin Wilcox, Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers

The Broyles Award honors college football's top assistant coach. The award was established in 1996 to recognize legendary head football Coach Frank Broyles. Coach Broyles had a track record of producing some of the most successful assistant coaches in college football history.

Indiana associate head coach/defense Tom Allen is a nominee for the 2016 Broyles Award, the Frank & Barbara Broyles Foundation announced today. The 40 nominees in this year's class were chosen from almost 1,500 assistant coaches representing over 128 Division One college football programs.

Allen is the second Hoosiers assistant is as many years to earn a nomination for the prestigious honor. Assistant head coach/offensive line coach Greg Frey was a candidate in 2015.

In his first season in Bloomington, Allen has engineered one of the top defensive turnarounds in the country. Allen's charges have improved in every major statistical category against a schedule featuring four top 10 opponents, a program first.

IU is holding its opponents to 382.0 total yards, an improvement of 127.3 yards from 2015, the largest improvement in the country. The Hoosiers have limited their foes to 94.1 fewer passing yards, also first nationally, and 10.0 fewer points, which ranks 10th.

Indiana has surrendered 30 fewer touchdowns vs. 2015 and lowered opponents third down conversions by 11.9 percent. The defense has limited big plays, allowing 35 fewer 20-plus yard plays vs. 2015, 12 fewer 30-plus yarders, eight fewer 40-plus yarders and 11 fewer 50-plus yarders.

IU is tied for third in the Big Ten in defensive TDs (2, T-31st nationally), fourth in third down percentage (30.2, 10th), fifth in tackles for loss (78, T-26th), tied for fifth in fumbles recovered (6), sixth in defensive passing efficiency (119.4, 34th) and interceptions (10), and tied for sixth in sacks (24).

Junior linebacker Tegray Scales is first in the conference in tackles (106; 14th nationally) and solo stops (78; 2nd nationally, 1st among Power 5 schools), and second in tackles for loss (16.5; T-13th). His seven double-figure tackle games put him in a share of first in the league (T-3rd nationally).

Redshirt junior linebacker Marcus Oliver holds the program record and is the NCAA active leader with 11 career forced fumbles, while redshirt junior cornerback Rashard Fant's 18 passes defended and 16 pass breakups are first in the nation. Fant is also tied for first in the NCAA among active players with 46 career passes defended (Breon Borders, Duke; Desmond King, Iowa).

The legendary 18-member selection committee will select five finalists from the list of nominees and an overall winner. Those finalists will be invited to travel to Little Rock, Ark., where the 2016 Broyles Award winner will be announced on Tuesday, Dec. 6, at 1 p.m. at the Marriott Hotel.

This year marks the first time the Frank & Barbara Broyles Foundation has presented the award. Proceeds from the 2016 Broyles Award will go to support the mission of the Broyles Foundation; to educate, support, and connect with Alzheimer's caregivers.

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