Sun Belt Conference football individual awards

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This is a list of Sun Belt Conference players and coaches who have been recognized for their work on the field at the end of each football season.

Player of the Year[edit]

Season Player Pos. Team Ref.
2001 Wes Counts QB Middle Tennessee [1][2]
2002 Brandon Kennedy DT North Texas [3][4][5][6]
2003 Brandon Kennedy (2) DT North Texas [7][8][5][6]
2004 Jamario Thomas RB North Texas [9][10][11]
2005 Steven Jyles QB UL Monroe [12][13][14]
2006 Omar Haugabook QB Troy [15][16][17]
2007 Rusty Smith QB Florida Atlantic [18][19][20][21]
2008 Tyrell Fenroy RB UL Lafayette [22][23][24]
2009 Levi Brown QB Troy [25][26]
2010 T. Y. Hilton WR FIU [27][28]
2011 Ryan Aplin QB Arkansas State [29][30][31]
2012 Ryan Aplin (2) QB Arkansas State [32][33][29][30][34]
2013 Antonio Andrews RB Western Kentucky [35][36][37]
2014 Elijah McGuire RB UL Lafayette [38][39][40][41]
2015 Nick Arbuckle QB Georgia State [42][43][44][45][46]
2016 Ja'Von Rolland-Jones DE Arkansas State [47][48][49][50][51]
2017 Ja'Von Rolland-Jones (2) DE Arkansas State [52][53][54][55]
2018 Justice Hansen QB Arkansas State [56][57][58]
2019 Omar Bayless WR Arkansas State [59][60][61][62]
2020 Grayson McCall QB Coastal Carolina [63][64][65][66]
2021 Grayson McCall (2) QB Coastal Carolina [67][68][65][69]
2022 Grayson McCall (3) QB Coastal Carolina [70][71][65][72]
2023 Jordan McCloud QB James Madison [73][74][75]

Source:[76]

Offensive Player of the Year[edit]

Season Player Pos. Team Ref.
2001 Dwone Hicks RB Middle Tennessee [1][77][2]
2002 Danny Smith RB Arkansas State [3][4]
2003 Patrick Cobbs RB North Texas [7][8]
2004 Jamario Thomas RB North Texas [9][10][11]
2005 Steven Jyles QB UL Monroe [12][14]
2006 Omar Haugabook QB Troy [15][16][17]
2007 Omar Haugabook (2) QB Troy [18][20][21]
2008 Michael Desormeaux QB UL Lafayette [23][22][24]
2009 Levi Brown QB Troy [25][26]
2010 Bobby Rainey RB Western Kentucky [78][79][28][27]
2011 Bobby Rainey (2) RB Western Kentucky [79][31]
2012 Kolton Browning QB UL Monroe [32][80][34][33]
2013 Antonio Andrews RB Western Kentucky [35][36][37]
2014 Elijah McGuire RB UL Lafayette [38][39][40][41]
2015 Larry Rose III RB New Mexico State [42][81][82][46]
2016 Jalin Moore RB Appalachian State [47][83][84][49]
2017 Justice Hansen QB Arkansas State [52][85][53][54][55]
2018 Zac Thomas QB Appalachian State [56][58][86][57]
2019 Darrynton Evans RB Appalachian State [59][87][88][60][61][62]
2020 Jonathan Adams WR Arkansas State [63][66]
2021 Jalen Tolbert WR South Alabama [67][89][69]
2022 Todd Centeio QB James Madison [70][90][72]
2023 Kimani Vidal RB Troy [73][91][75]

Source:[92]

Defensive Player of the Year[edit]

Season Player Pos. Team Ref.
2001 Brad Kassell LB North Texas [1][93][2]
2002 Brandon Kennedy DT North Texas [3][4][5][6]
2003 Chris Hurd LB North Texas [7][8]
2004 DeMarcus Ware DE Troy State [9][10][94]
2005 Jeff Littlejohn DT Middle Tennessee [14][12][95]
2006 Keyonvis Bouie LB FIU [15][17]
2007 Tyrell Johnson S Arkansas State [21][18][96][20]
2008 Alex Carrington DE Arkansas State [23][22][97][24]
2009 Cardia Jackson LB UL Monroe [26][98][25]
Chris McCoy DE Middle Tennessee
2010 Jamari Lattimore DE Middle Tennessee [99][28][27]
2011 Brandon Joiner DE Arkansas State [100][31]
2012 Quanterus Smith DE Western Kentucky [32][101][34][33][102]
2013 Xavius Boyd LB Western Kentucky [36][37]
2014 David Mayo LB Texas State [38][103][104][40][41]
2015 Ronald Blair DE Appalachian State [42][105][46]
2016 Rashad Dillard DE Troy [47][49][50][51]
2017 Jeremy Reaves S South Alabama [52][53][54][55]
2018 Ronheen Bingham DE Arkansas State [56][57][58]
2019 Akeem Davis-Gaither LB Appalachian State [59][106][107][60][61][62]
2020 Tarron Jackson DE Coastal Carolina [63][64][108][66]
2021 D'Marco Jackson LB Appalachian State [67][109][69]
2022 Carlton Martial LB Troy [70][72]
2023 Jalen Green DE James Madison [73][110][74][75]

Source:[111]

Coach of the Year[edit]

Season Coach Team Ref.
2001 Darrell Dickey North Texas [1][2]
2002 Darrell Dickey (2) North Texas [3][4]
2003 Darrell Dickey (3) North Texas [7][8]
2004 Darrell Dickey (4) North Texas [9][10]
2005 Steve Roberts Arkansas State [12][112][113][14]
2006 Rick Stockstill Middle Tennessee [17][15]
2007 Howard Schnellenberger Florida Atlantic [18][114][20][21]
2008 Larry Blakeney Troy [23][22][24]
2009 Larry Blakeney (2) Troy [25][26][115]
Rick Stockstill Middle Tennessee
2010 Mario Cristobal FIU [27][28]
2011 Hugh Freeze Arkansas State [31]
2012 Todd Berry UL Monroe [32][34][33]
2013 Joey Jones South Alabama [116][37]
2014 Willie Fritz Georgia Southern [38][117][40][41]
2015 Trent Miles Georgia State [42][118][43][46]
2016 Paul Petrino Idaho [47][119][49][50][51]
2017 Neal Brown Troy [52][53][54][55]
2018 Scott Satterfield Appalachian State [56][57][58]
2019 Billy Napier Louisiana [59][60][120][61][62]
2020 Jamey Chadwell Coastal Carolina [63][64][121][66]
2021 Billy Napier (2) Louisiana [67][69]
2022 Jon Sumrall Troy [70][72]
2023 Curt Cignetti James Madison [73][74][75]

Source:[122]

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