NDSU head football coach Craig Bohl was named the American Football Coaches Association's Football Championship Subdivision Region 4 Coach of the Year. It is the first time Bohl has received the honor, which was announced Dec. 6.

The 2011 Regional Coaches of the Year winners will be recognized at the association’s Coach of the Year Dinner in San Antonio, Texas, on Jan. 10.

Bohl, who has a 72-31 record in nine seasons, received the 2011 Missouri Valley Football Conference's Bruce Craddock Coach of the Year award. A finalist for the Eddie Robinson Award, he led the Bison to a conference co-championship, 10-1 overall record, and a No. 2 overall seed in this year's NCAA Division I Football Championship.