2006 AWARD WINNER - JIM GROBE
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY

 

Jim Grobe, head football coach at Wake Forest University, is in his sixth season at Wake Forest. His Demon Deacons finished their regular season with 11 wins - a school record which included a perfect 6-0 road record.

The Deacs earned their first ever trip to a BCS Bowl Game, playing the University of Louisville in the FedEX Orange Bowl.

A native of Huntington, West Virginia, Grobe earned his undergraduate degree from The University of Virginia in 1975 and earned a Master's degree in guidance and counseling from The University of Virginia in 1978. He played middle guard at Virginia 1973 and linebacker in 1974. He was a two-year starter and was named Academic All-ACC.

  


Prior to coaching at Wake Forest, he was coach of the Ohio Bobcats from 1995 -2000 where he led Ohio to an 8-3 record in 1997 and a 7-4 record in 2000.

His Wake Forest team won the ACC football championship in 2006 by defeating Georgia 9-6 in the conference title game. He was unanimously selected as the 2006 Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year.

Grobe and his wife, Holly, have two sons, Matt and Ben. Matt is a 1995 graduate of Marshall who works as the golf sales coordinator at Lake Las Vegas Resort in Las Vegas. He and his wife, Melanie, have a daughter, Mackenzie (8), and a son, Cameron (4). Ben graduated from Ohio University in 2002 with a degree in health care administration. He currently resides in Charlotte and works for Jefferson-Pilot Financial.

 

 

PREVIOUS WINNERS OF THE BOBBY DODD
COACH OF THE YEAR AWARD
2006   Jim Grobe   Wake Forest University 1990 Bobby Ross   Georgia Tech
                 
2005   Joe Paterno   Penn State University 1989 Bill Curry   University of Alabama
                 
2004   Paul Johnson   US Naval Academy 1988 Don Nehlen   West Virginia University
         
2003   Bob Stoops   University of Oklahoma 1987 Dick MacPherson   Syracuse University
       
2002   Jim Tressel   The Ohio State University 1986 Dick Sheridan   North Carolina State
       
2001   Ralph Friedgen   University of Maryland 1986 Fisher DeBerry   Air Force Academy
         
2000   George O'Leary   Georgia Tech 1984 Jim Wacker   Texas Christian University
           
1999   Frank Beamer   Virginia Tech 1983 Ken Hatfield   Air Force Academy
           
1998   Bill Snyder   Kansas State University 1982 George MacIntyre   Vanderbilt University
           
1997   Mike Price   Washington State University 1981 Joe Paterno   Penn State University
           
1996   Bob Sutton   United States Military Academy 1980 Bobby Bowden   Florida State Universityy
             
1995   Gary Barnett   Northwestern Univeristy 1979 LaVell Edwards   Brigham Young University
             
1994   Fred Goldsmith   Duke University 1978 Tom Osborne   University of Nebraska
             
1993   Barry Alvarez   University of Wisconsin 1977 Bo Schembechler   University of Michigan
             
1992   Eddie Robinson   Grambling State University 1976 Vince Dooley   University of Georgia
             
1991   George Welsh   University of Virginia