Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski won his second AP NFL Coach of the Year award, edging out Houston Texans' DeMeco Ryans in an exceptionally close race. Stefanski received 21 first-place votes, 18 second-place votes, and 6 third-place votes, totaling 165 points under the 5-3-1 scoring system. Ryans was a close second with 20 first-place votes, 21 second-place votes, and 2 third-place votes, also totaling 165 points. Stefanski's one additional first-place vote was the tiebreaker that secured him the award. Had the voting taken place a week later, there's speculation that Ryans could have been the winner. Other coaches in the voting included Dan Campbell, Kyle Shanahan, John Harbaugh, and Sean McVay.
.@ShannonSharpe and @stephenasmith on Kevin Stefanski winning Coach of the Year: https://t.co/w9SC5g9SaD
My coach ballot: 1. DeMeco Ryans, Texans. 2. Kevin Stefanski, Browns. 3. Kyle Shanahan, 49ers. https://t.co/8M93v2Nubj
“Kevin Stefanski did a hell of a job in Cleveland, but DeMeco Ryans deserves the COY trophy.” — @Michaelirvin88 https://t.co/G9c9A8mJEw
DeMeco Ryans and Kevin Stefanski tied in Coach of the Year voting... Stefanski won the tiebreaker with ONE more first place vote 😳 Pour one out for anyone with a DeMeco Ryans COTY future ❌ https://t.co/WHZCG23Gaz
This is how close DeMeco Ryans came to winning AP NFL Coach of the Year https://t.co/FFtJ4UcpGw
This mirrors my ballot, except I had DeMeco Ryans over Stefanski https://t.co/Yh41q73Kf0
The award when to Cleveland's Kevin Stefanski, but it was about as close as it could get. https://t.co/p0ZowgEiqI
Voting in the AP NFL Coach of the Year was about as close as it gets. https://t.co/wAUnNH1t5G
Texans coach DeMeco Ryans lost a tiebreaker to Cleveland's Kevin Stefanski for the AP's Coach of the Year award. https://t.co/bpH4SZVkoC
What?!? DeMeco Ryans finished second in the Coach of the Year category?? Wowwww…
Texans' DeMeco Ryans loses tiebreaker for NFL Coach of Year award https://t.co/zMwEH8kCL6
Kevin Stefanski wins Coach of the Year via a tiebreaker, becomes a rare 2 time winner of the award: https://t.co/d3lSMB5HGZ
Kevin Stefanski wins second COY award https://t.co/raWnLS0Az7
Former Alabama player DeMeco Ryans tied for AP NFL coach of the year but lost tiebreaker on first-place votes. https://t.co/qf86AZdbed
Brown HC Kevin Stefanksi is the NFL Coach of the year 🏆 https://t.co/zK6qC3yPna
Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski won COTY on tiebreaker with Texans' DeMeco Ryans, garnering one more first-place tally to win https://t.co/EZMBYUNUPZ https://t.co/bf6cZc2UMR
Congrats to Kevin Stefanski, well deserved. But no coach in the NFL finished +7 wins over the previous year, with a 31-point playoff win like… DeMeco Ryans It’s still surreal to know he’s OUR leader. He & Nick Caserio have changed the course of this whole thing. Thanks Cap!!
Demeco Ryans lost COTY by ONE first place vote 😳 Stefanski: 21-18-6 Ryans: 20-21-2 https://t.co/B9GmcxyLdO
"And the AP Coach of the Year presented by Verizon is...Steven Stefanski." https://t.co/1gkcyJQWrp
The tightest of races: Kevin Stefanski and DeMeco Ryans each received 165 points in voting for AP NFL Coach of the Year, but Stefanski won with 21 first-place votes to Ryans’ 20. Congrats, Steven.
Kevin Stefanski is a good coach. I think he's the 12th coach to win the award at least twice. Andy Reid has won COY once. Kyle Shanahan never has. Belichick only won it 3 times. Rename it "HC of the team that did better than voters expected" (and then give it to DeMeco)
Stefanski wins AP award for second time. The contract extension will happen soon.
This is how close the results were 👇 Kevin Stefanski 21-18-6 = 165 DeMeco Ryans 20-21-2 = 165 https://t.co/jhCLAoTulO
Had the voting taken place one week later, DeMeco Ryans would have won coach of the year.
Wow, Kevin Stefanski won on a tie-breaker over DeMeco Ryans. https://t.co/la8Un4afMY
For the record, I had Ryans first and Stefanski second. https://t.co/RiFTg7PDvn
Demeco Ryans came in second for coach of the year by ONE vote. https://t.co/UeO9DbOXpu
Congratulations to Kevin Stefanski! I voted for DeMeco Ryans. https://t.co/5Eu8Bo2STM
Close race. DeMeco Ryans literally lost by 1 first-place vote. https://t.co/vExe0E7aXx
Coach of the Year voting: • Kevin Stefanski: 21 • DeMeco Ryans: 20 • Dan Campbell: 3 • Kyle Shanahan: 3 • John Harbaugh: 2 • Sean McVay: 1 https://t.co/sdiqkVy5dp
Steven Stefanski Coach of the Year. Good grief. Just read the prompter.
Voting for AP Coach of the Year (5-3-1 scoring): Kevin Stefanski, Cleveland, 21-18-6=165 DeMeco Ryans, Houston, 20-21-2=165 Dan Campbell, Detroit, 3-3-9=33 Kyle Shanahan, San Francisco, 3-3-2=26 John Harbaugh, Baltimore, 2-2-10=26 Sean McVay, Los Angeles Rams, 1-2-10=21 Mike…