Indiana University Athletics
Haines Tabbed Broyles Award Nominee
11/26/2024 6:00:00 PM | Football
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana football's defensive coordinator Bryant Haines has been announced as a semifinalist for the Broyles Award, which honors college football's top assistant coaches.
In just his first year, Haines has had an immediate impact on a unit that ranks among the top-10 in numerous defensive categories. He revived an Indiana defense that ranked 98th in scoring defense and 85th in total defense in 2023 into a top-5 defense in just one season.
His unit has limited opponents to under 100-yards rushing in seven of 11 games in 2024, which is a program record (since 1950), and leads the FBS in rushing defense (76.1). His aggressive style of play helps IU rank top-20 nationally with 77.0 tackles for loss and 32.0 sacks on the season.
His defense has led the nation in rushing defense in each of the last two regular seasons.
Per Pro Football Focus, Indiana has the No. 3 rated defense in the nation (94.3), behind only Ohio State and Texas. Overall, the defense has allowed 20-plus points on just three occasions in 2024, 30 points just once, and held the opposition to under 300-yards of total offense six times.
His ability to adjust in-game has been a plus for IU, as well, and none more impressive than holding Michigan State to 193 yards of total offense - including a program-record minus-36 yards rushing - after the Spartans gained 123 yards on the first two offensive drives of the game (70 yards on its next 10 drives - 7.0 yards per drive).
In Week 11, the Hoosiers held Michigan to 206 yards of total offense to mark its lowest offensive output since the start of the 2016 season. A Week 13 meeting with Ohio State saw IU hold the Buckeyes to its fourth-lowest total offense output (316 yards) since the beginning of the 2018 season.
Haines is one of 65 nominees that were selected from approximately 1,500 assistant coaches representing 131 FBS programs across the country. A selection committee of distinguished former head coaches, broadcasters and a committee representing the Football Writers Association of America will select 15 semi-finalists, then five finalists from the list of nominees, and an overall winner.
The Broyles Award was created in 1996 recognizing Coach Frank Broyles' legacy of selecting and developing great assistants during his hall of fame career as head coach at Arkansas.
In just his first year, Haines has had an immediate impact on a unit that ranks among the top-10 in numerous defensive categories. He revived an Indiana defense that ranked 98th in scoring defense and 85th in total defense in 2023 into a top-5 defense in just one season.
His unit has limited opponents to under 100-yards rushing in seven of 11 games in 2024, which is a program record (since 1950), and leads the FBS in rushing defense (76.1). His aggressive style of play helps IU rank top-20 nationally with 77.0 tackles for loss and 32.0 sacks on the season.
His defense has led the nation in rushing defense in each of the last two regular seasons.
Per Pro Football Focus, Indiana has the No. 3 rated defense in the nation (94.3), behind only Ohio State and Texas. Overall, the defense has allowed 20-plus points on just three occasions in 2024, 30 points just once, and held the opposition to under 300-yards of total offense six times.
His ability to adjust in-game has been a plus for IU, as well, and none more impressive than holding Michigan State to 193 yards of total offense - including a program-record minus-36 yards rushing - after the Spartans gained 123 yards on the first two offensive drives of the game (70 yards on its next 10 drives - 7.0 yards per drive).
In Week 11, the Hoosiers held Michigan to 206 yards of total offense to mark its lowest offensive output since the start of the 2016 season. A Week 13 meeting with Ohio State saw IU hold the Buckeyes to its fourth-lowest total offense output (316 yards) since the beginning of the 2018 season.
Haines is one of 65 nominees that were selected from approximately 1,500 assistant coaches representing 131 FBS programs across the country. A selection committee of distinguished former head coaches, broadcasters and a committee representing the Football Writers Association of America will select 15 semi-finalists, then five finalists from the list of nominees, and an overall winner.
The Broyles Award was created in 1996 recognizing Coach Frank Broyles' legacy of selecting and developing great assistants during his hall of fame career as head coach at Arkansas.
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