Englehart named FCS Region 4 Coach of the Year
Presbyterian head coach Steve Englehart
Another accolade in a season full of them, Presbyterian College football head coach Steve Englehart was selected as the 2025 FCS Region 4 Coach of the Year by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) on Tuesday.
Englehart coached the Blue Hose to a 10-2 record this past season, which ended Saturday with a 29-25 victory over visiting Marist. PC finished second in the Pioneer Football League, barely missing out on a tie with Drake for the league title and the NCAA FCS playoffs.
The AFCA recognizes five regional Coach of the Year winners in each of the Association’s five divisions: FBS, FCS, Division II, Division III, and NAIA. The winners are voted on by active members of the Association.
Englehart joins Lehigh’s Kevin Cahill, Tennessee Tech’s Bobby Wilder, West Georgia’s Joel Taylor, and Montana’s Bobby Hauck as the five Region Coach of the Year winners at the FCS level.
This comes less than 24 hours after Englehart was named a top-15 finalist for the Stats Perform Eddie Robinson Award, presented to the FCS National Coach of the Year.
Each winner of the AFCA Regional Coach of the Year awards will be honored on Monday, Jan. 12 during the 2026 AFCA Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina.
AFCA Award History
– The AFCA began recognizing district coaches of the year following the 1960 season. They first awarded eight district winners in each of two divisions: university and college. In the years since, the distribution has evolved into the 25 recipients we see today.
– Englehart automatically becomes a top-five finalist for AFCA FCS National Coach of the Year by virtue of Tuesday’s announcement. The winner will be unveiled on December 15.
– Eighteen coaches are being awarded their first AFCA Region Coach of the Year accolades, Englehart among them. This is the first ti
me in Presbyterian history that a head coach has been selected for this prestigious honor.
