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NFL Coach of the Year Bets: Odds, Picks & Predictions (2024)

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The 2024 NFL regular season is several weeks away. However, it's time to get those preseason NFL bets in. While betting on team win totals, division winners, and award winners, betting on individual awards like Coach of the Year futures can be extremely profitable.

Our panel of BettingPros analysts weighed in on where they’re placing their wagers for this season’s Coach of the Year. Here’s what they said.

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BettingPros Analysts’ Coach of the Year Picks

Dave Canales (+2000)

I find the coaching of the year award requirements somewhat irritating. You're looking for the coach who does the most with the least to work with at his disposal. Usually, it also pairs with a coach helping the progress of a young or retread quarterback. The latter happened last season with Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski overcoming injuries with Joe Flacco to lead the Browns to the playoffs. Although he narrowly beat head coach DeMeco Ryans, who brought the Texans back from the dead in his first year as the head coach. The team also wins more games than the previous year (or just exceeds expectations).

Dave Canales is a name that comes to mind for me, given the low (I mean, like the core of the Earth low) expectations of the Carolina Panthers franchise. But Canales has had the "Midas touch" in his last two landing spots, specifically getting the best out of quarterbacks ie Geno Smith and Baker Mayfield. I should note that although Trevor Lawrence did not get love from votes in the Comeback Player of the Year award in the first season following Urban Meyer, Doug Pederson was recognized with several votes for coach of the year after taking over Jacksonville in 2022. We could see Canales get similar love from the voters if he can right the ship in Carolina in a weaker NFC South division.

The roster is vastly improved, and Carolina should benefit from much better injury luck in 2024. Last year, they were the third-most injured team, 31st on defense and 27th on offense. And as a fun twist, the Panthers look to start the season on a high note against Dennis Allen’s Saints, who have the longest odds to win COY (while owning the shortest odds to be the first coach fired on some more offshore sportsbooks). With how this number moves during the season, Canales won’t be 20-1 after Week 1.
-Andrew Erickson

Antonio Pierce (+3000)

In a category so wide-open, I want to back a long shot, and Pierce is a compelling long shot. Pierce went 5-4 over the second half of the season after being promoted to replace the unpopular Josh McDaniel. Pierce is a players’ coach with a likable persona, which should help him with voters. To earn serious consideration for this award, Pierce needn’t topple Andy Reid and the Chiefs to win the division; guiding the Raiders to their third playoff appearance in 22 years should be enough to do the trick. The Raiders’ underrated defense finished eighth in DVOA last season, and if Pierce can earn a playoff berth without a top-drawer QB, he’ll be considered a magician.
-Pat Fitzmaurice

Raheem Morris (+1300)

Morris has the fifth-best odds for the award this year. With a revitalized offense with Kirk Cousins under center, the easiest strength of schedule (per Sharp Football Analysis), and a weak NFC South division, Morris could easily take home this award in 2024. All of this makes this a strong bet to place in this futures market.
-Derek Brown

Shane Steichen (+1400)

Shane Steichen took a Gardner Minshew-led offense to the playoffs last year. Need I say more? Now, he has a returning Anthony Richardson and hopefully a full (healthy) season of Jonathan Taylor on the horizon. They could absolutely win this division.
-Joe Pisapia

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