Al Golden joins fellow defensive coordinator Bob Diaco (2012) as the only Notre Dame football winners of the Broyles Award since its inception in 1996.

Notre Dame's season ended in heartbreak with the National Championship Game defeat to Ohio State, and things are getting worse for the program after the departure of Al Golden

Former Notre Dame defensive coordinator Al Golden has won the Broyles Award as college football's top assistant coach, the Frank & Barbara Broyles Foundation announced Thursday night. Named after the College Football Hall of Fame coach of Missouri and Arkansas, the award has honored the nation's top assistant since 1996.

Golden has been named the winner of this year's Broyles Award, which is given to the top assistant coach in college football. He's the second Irish assistant coach to win the award after Bob Diaco did so in 2012.

One of college football's most prestigious coaching awards, the Broyles Award, was given to former Notre Dame defensive coordinator Al Golden late Thursday night. Golden joins Bob Diaco in 2012 as the only Notre Dame coaches to win the award given to the best assistant coach in college football.

Al Golden, former defensive coordinator for the University of Notre Dame, topped a field of five finalists for the 2024 Broyles