Mark McLeod, ESPN Radio

Florida defensive coordinator Dan Quinn was named a finalist for the Broyles Award, given annually to the nation's top defensive coach. LSU defensive coordinator John Chavis was the 2011 winner. Florida has never had an assistant coach win the award.

The Broyles Award selection committee has chosen the following five finalists for the 2012 Broyles Award:

• Mike Bobo, Offensive Coordinator, Georgia
• Bob Diaco, Defensive Coordinator, Notre Dame
• Kliff Kingsbury, Offensive Coordinator, Texas A&M
• Dan Quinn, Defensive Coordinator, Florida
• Derek Mason, Defensive Coordinator, Stanford

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The 2012 Broyles Award winner will be announced on Tuesday, December 4 at 11:30 a.m. at the Peabody Hotel in Little Rock, AR. The Broyles Award is presented by The Rotary Club of Little Rock. The winner of the 2011 Broyles Award was John Chavis, Louisiana State University.

The Broyles Award honors the top assistant college football coach in America and was established in 1996 to honor legendary Arkansas Head Coach Frank Broyles. Coach Broyles had a track record of producing some of the most successful assistant coaches in college football history.

The Broyles Award is a member of the National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA). The NCFAA was founded in 1997 as a coalition of the major collegiate football awards to protect, preserve and enhance the integrity, influence and prestige of the game’s predominant awards. The NCFAA encourages professionalism and the highest standards for the administration of its member awards and the selection of their candidates and recipients. For more information, visit the association's official website, ncfaa.org