<Tr> <Th> Most recent </Th> <Td> Sean McVay </Td> </Tr> <P> The Associated Press National Football League Coach of the Year Award is presented annually by the Associated Press (AP) to the National Football League (NFL) coach adjudged to have had the most outstanding season . It has been awarded since the 1957 season . Since 2011, the winner has been announced at the annual NFL Honors ceremony held the day before the Super Bowl . </P> <P> Don Shula has won the most AP NFL Coach of the Year awards, receiving four during his 33 - year head coaching career: three with the Baltimore Colts and one with the Miami Dolphins . Chuck Knox and Bill Belichick have each been awarded three times . The incumbent AP NFL Coach of the Year is Sean McVay, who led the Los Angeles Rams to the playoffs after a surprising turnaround, inheriting a team that went 4 - 12 the previous year and led them to an 11 - 5 record and division crown . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Bold </Th> <Td> Team won NFL championship (1957--1965) or Super Bowl (1966--present) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Italics </Th> <Td> First - year head coach of that team </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> * </Td> <Td> Currently active NFL head coach </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Name (X) </Th> <Td> Denotes number of times received the award </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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