Friedgen, O'Brien collect ACC season honors

Maryland's Ralph Friedgen (coach of the year) and Danny O'Brien (rookie of the year) collected honors from the ACC on Tuesday.

Friedgen earned his second conference coach of the year award; he previously won in 2001. O'Brien, who started the last nine games for Maryland, became the first Terp to win the rookie of the year award since it was instituted in 1975.

Friedgen led Maryland to a six-win improvement, which is tied for the third best in ACC history.

ACC COACH OF THE YEAR VOTING

29: Ralph Friedgen, Maryland
19: Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech
6: Tom O'Brien, N.C. State
6: Jimbo Fisher, Florida State

Meanwhile, O'Brien completed 179 of 315 passes for 2,257 yards, 21 touchdowns and six interceptions. He took all but seven of the 61 votes cast for rookie of the year and all but three for offensive rookie of the year:

ACC ROOKIE OF THE YEAR VOTING

54: Danny O'Brien, Maryland
3: Josh Harris, Wake Forest
3: Xavier Rhodes, Florida State
1: DeAndre Hopkins, Clemson

ACC OFFENSIVE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR VOTING

58: Danny O'Brien, Maryland
2: Josh Harris, Wake Forest
1: DeAndre Hopkins, Clemson

Comments

[TheAman]

How many times has a school simultaneously held ACC COY in both men's basketball and football?

[Eddie T]

Mr. D1scourse is aware of my alma mater affiliation. So I can speak with some degree of credibility when I say that those who voted for Josh Harris for rookie of the year were either misguided or delusional. O'Brien should have been unanimous.