ORANGEBURG, SC—South Carolina State head football coach Buddy Pough has been selected as the top coach in HBCU with the BOXTOROW Coach of the Year Award.

Pough had the biggest turnaround of the season after the Bulldogs finished last season with a 5-6 overall record and a 4-3 mark in conference play. The 2019 season saw the Bulldogs finish 8-3 overall and 6-2 in MEAC play. He led South Carolina State to its 17^th MEAC championship overall and the seventh in his tenure. The Bulldogs got a key program win over then-No. 8^th ranked Wofford (champion of the Southern Conference) to start the season and never looked back.

Pough claims his third MEAC Coach of the Year honor during his career, while sharing this year's BOXTOROW Coach of the Year award with Damon Wilson of Bowie State.
The voters of the BOXTOROW Superlative Awards are comprised of media members from around the country that cover HBCU football. 

COACHES OF THE YEAR
2019       Buddy Pough, South Carolina State/Damon Wilson, Bowie State
2018    Sam Washington, North Carolina A&T
2017    Rod Broadway, North Carolina A&T
2016    Broderick Fobbs, Grambling State and Jerry Mack, NC Central
2015    Broderick Fobbs, Grambling State
2014    Jay Hopson, Alcorn State
2013    Rod Reed, Tennessee State
2012    Connell Maynor, Winston-Salem State
2011    Connell Maynor, Winston-Salem State
2010    Brian Jenkins, Bethune-Cookman
2009    Henry Frazier, Prairie View A&M
2008    Rod Broadway, Grambling State
2007    Al Lavan, Delaware State