AP NFL Assistant Coach of the Year Award

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National Football League award sports award

The AP NFL Assistant Coach of the Year Award is an annual honor presented by the Associated Press to recognize the league’s most outstanding assistant coach for that season.

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Label	Occurrences
AP NFL Assistant Coach of the Year Award canonical	1
NFL Assistant Coach of the Year	1
NFL Assistant Coach of the Year Award	1
NFL Assistant Coach of the Year Award (PFWA)	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6000703 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: AP NFL Assistant Coach of the Year Award
Context triple: [AP NFL awards, includesAward, AP NFL Assistant Coach of the Year Award]

A. AP NFL Coach of the Year
The AP NFL Coach of the Year is an annual Associated Press award recognizing the most outstanding head coach in the National Football League each season.
B. UPI NFL Coach of the Year
The UPI NFL Coach of the Year was an annual award presented by United Press International to recognize the most outstanding head coach in the National Football League each season.
C. NFL Coach of the Year
The NFL Coach of the Year is an annual award recognizing the most outstanding head coach in the National Football League for that season.
D. UPI AFC Coach of the Year
The UPI AFC Coach of the Year was an annual award presented by United Press International to recognize the most outstanding head coach in the American Football Conference of the NFL.
E. Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year
The Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year is an annual honor recognizing the most outstanding head coach in the National Football League as determined by Sporting News.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: AP NFL Assistant Coach of the Year Award
Target entity description: The AP NFL Assistant Coach of the Year Award is an annual honor presented by the Associated Press to recognize the league’s most outstanding assistant coach for that season.

A. AP NFL Coach of the Year
The AP NFL Coach of the Year is an annual Associated Press award recognizing the most outstanding head coach in the National Football League each season.
B. UPI NFL Coach of the Year
The UPI NFL Coach of the Year was an annual award presented by United Press International to recognize the most outstanding head coach in the National Football League each season.
C. NFL Coach of the Year
The NFL Coach of the Year is an annual award recognizing the most outstanding head coach in the National Football League for that season.
D. UPI AFC Coach of the Year
The UPI AFC Coach of the Year was an annual award presented by United Press International to recognize the most outstanding head coach in the American Football Conference of the NFL.
E. Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year
The Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year is an annual honor recognizing the most outstanding head coach in the National Football League as determined by Sporting News.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (35)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	National Football League award ⓘ sports award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	AP Assistant Coach of the Year ⓘ
awardedFor	most outstanding assistant coach in a given NFL season ⓘ
category	coaching award ⓘ
competition	National Football League ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
eligibleRecipients	NFL assistant coaches ⓘ
field	professional sports ⓘ
firstSeasonAwarded	2014 NFL season ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
governingBody	Associated Press ⓘ
inception	2014 ⓘ
languageOfPresentation	English ⓘ
league	NFL ⓘ linked to: National Football League
level	professional ⓘ
notableAspect	recognizes contributions of non-head coaches ⓘ
organizationTypeOfPresenter	news agency ⓘ
partOf	AP NFL awards ⓘ
presentedAt	NFL Honors ceremony ⓘ linked to: NFL Honors
presentedBy	Associated Press ⓘ
presenterAbbreviation	AP ⓘ
purpose	to honor the NFL's most outstanding assistant coach each season ⓘ
region	North America ⓘ
relatedAward	AP NFL Coach of the Year Award ⓘ linked to: AP NFL Coach of the Year AP NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award ⓘ linked to: NFL Comeback Player of the Year AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award ⓘ linked to: NFL Defensive Player of the Year AP NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year Award ⓘ linked to: NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year AP NFL Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ linked to: NFL Most Valuable Player Award AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year Award ⓘ linked to: NFL Offensive Player of the Year Award AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Award ⓘ linked to: NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year
scope	league-wide ⓘ
selectionMethod	Associated Press voting panel ⓘ linked to: Associated Press Sports Editors
sport	American football ⓘ
typicalAnnouncementTime	week before the Super Bowl ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

AP NFL awards → includesAward → AP NFL Assistant Coach of the Year Award ⓘ

Kyle Shanahan → awardReceived → NFL Assistant Coach of the Year ⓘ

linked to: AP NFL Assistant Coach of the Year Award

Pro Football Writers of America awards → hasAwardCategory → NFL Assistant Coach of the Year Award (PFWA) ⓘ

linked to: AP NFL Assistant Coach of the Year Award

NFL awards → includesAward → NFL Assistant Coach of the Year Award ⓘ

linked to: AP NFL Assistant Coach of the Year Award

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