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Bill O'Brien added yet another national coaching honor to his resume Thursday night, becoming the Bear Bryant Coach of the Year. Joe Paterno won the first-ever Bear Bryant Award after leading the Nittany Lions to the 1986 national championship. Pe...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Heading into next season, NittanyNation takes a closer look at holes left by departing Penn State players and the candidates who might fill them. CENTER Who: Matt Stankiewitch was a finalist for the Rimington Award, given...

Bill O'Brien reeled in another coaching honor on Wednesday by becoming the Maxwell Football Club's Coach of the Year, according to a Penn State spokesman. O'Brien's name has been a fixture on award lists since he helped Penn State overcome the sa...

Bill O'Brien was named ESPN.com's Coach of the Year, and Michael Mauti earned a spot on the accompanying All-America team. O'Brien's award comes on the heels of an improbable 8-4 season in which he helped pull together a university reeling from un...

Two of Penn State's offensive seniors and head coach Bill O'Brien received national honors Monday. O'Brien became one of nine finalists for the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award, and center Matt Stankiewitch was named one of six finalists for...

Bill O'Brien was the unaninmous pick for Big Ten Coach of the Year, winning honors Tuesday night from both the coaches and the media. "This is a fantastic honor," O'Brien said. "It's very humbling." He became the seventh first-year coach since ...

Bill O'Brien is a semifinalist for the Maxwell Football Club's Coach of the Year award. Sixteen semifinalists were announced Monday, and O'Brien was just one of two Big Ten coaches to earn a spot on the list. Ohio State's Urban Meyer was the other...

With a majority of Penn State's games now in the books, the pretenders are starting to become separated from the true candidates. Michael Mauti and Gerald Hodges are now both semifinalists for the Butkus Award, and Mauti is a strong contender to r...

The reputation of Linebacker U seems as strong as ever after two linebackers made a prestigious semifinalist list Monday. Penn State linebackers Gerald Hodges and Michael Mauti advanced to the Butkus Award's list of 12 semifinalists -- making the ...

A week after Penn State's Lombardi Award snub, some good news arrived on the watch list front: Tight end Kyle Carter was added to the Mackey Award's midseason list. Carter became the lone freshman to make the list of 26 candidates, and he's one of...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Michael Mauti passed on the chance Wednesday to talk about his snub on the list of quarter-finalists for the Lombardi Award, but others at Penn State spoke up and expressed surprise at the move. "If he's not one of the top fi...

One major awards list saw a lot of movement recently -- and none of it benefited Penn State. The Rotary Lombardi Award quarterfinalists were announced Monday, and all of Penn State's players were somehow shut out. The award, given annually to the ...

With the season halfway over, NittanyNation has looked over the games and each player performance to decide this year's midseason awards. Who's the team MVP to this point, and who's the biggest underachiever? NittanyNation has it all below: Tea...

The awards picture is starting to materialize, and one Penn State player might soon become a favorite to win an award or two. Every week, NittanyNation will check in and update how some of its best players are faring on the awards lists. Penn Stat...

Jordan Hill knew expectations for him were high entering this season. He couldn't forget. A tour bus features his mug, and his name is plastered on two awards lists. He expected to take over for Devon Still, who was drafted in the second round by ...

Linebacker Michael Mauti has been added to the Bednarik Award Watch List, according to team spokesman Jeff Nelson. Despite suffering a torn ACL early last season, Mauti was placed on the preseason Butkus Award Watch List and appears to be having t...