Three days after being hired as the next football coach at Nebraska, Scott Frost has been named the winner of the 2017 Home Depot Coach of the Year Award.
He will be presented with the award on Thursday at the College Football Awards show in Atlanta, which will air live on ESPN at 6 p.m. Central
Frost was selected as the winner after leading Central Florida to a 12-0 record and an American Athletic Conference championship as the only undefeated FBS team in 2017. He accepted the Nebraska coaching job on Dec. 2, but will coach the 10th-ranked Knights in the Peach Bowl on Jan. 1 against No. 7 Auburn.
In its 24-year history, the 42-year old Frost is the fourth-youngest coach to win the award. Frost is also one of five coaches to earn the honor in either their first or second year as a collegiate head coach, a group that includes Nebraska’s Frank Solich, in 1999.
Frost compiled an 18-7 record in two seasons at UCF after inheriting an 0-12 team. According to ESPN, UCF is the only team in FBS history to go from a winless regular season to an undefeated one in a span of just two seasons.