WACO, Texas – For the second year in a row and fifth time in his career, Kutztown University head coach Jim Clements has been recognized as an American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Regional Coach of the Year.
 
Clements was selected as the Division II Region 1 Coach of the Year for the fourth time –all since 2019 (2019, 2021, 2023, 2024). His first AFCA Regional Coach of the Year honor came back in 2010 at Division III Delaware Valley.
 
The Golden Bears have emerged as one of the perennial elites in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference and Super Region One under Clements. After leading Kutztown to 12 consecutive victories, a PSAC championship and its first-ever SR1 title in 2023, Clements has the Maroon and Gold achieving new heights in 2024.
 
On its way to the first unbeaten regular season in the program's modern era (11-0), Kutztown has achieved its highest national ranking in the AFCA Division II Poll with its current No. 3 rank, won a school record and Division II-best 20 consecutive regular season games (dating back to 2023) and captured a second straight PSAC championship.
 
The winningest coach in program history, Clements is 10 wins shy of 100 in his KU career (90-28, .763) and boasts a 60-11 (.845) record in PSAC East games after his team went a perfect 7-0 this fall for its fourth unbeaten run through the division and PSAC East crown in the last five seasons.
 
Clements has guided the Golden Bears to winning campaigns in each of his 10 seasons (11 years), including four 10+ win seasons. He's a four-time PSAC East Coach of the Year. In 18 seasons as a college head coach between Delaware Valley and Kutztown, Clements is 156-52 (.750).
 
The AFCA selects five Regional Coach of the Year award winners in each of the five divisions of collegiate football: Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), Division II, Division III and NAIA. Winners are chosen by active members of the AFCA who cast votes for coaches in their respective regions and divisions.
 
Clements is one of only three repeat winners from 2023 along with FCS Region 2's Chennis Berry (South Carolina State) and Division III Region 1's Curt Fitzpatrick (SUNY Cortland).
 
In addition to Clements, Division II's Regional Coach of the Year recipients were Valdosta State's Tremaine Jackson (Region 2), Central Oklahoma's Adam Dorrel (Region 3), Oauchita Baptist's Todd Knight (Region 4) and Augustana (S.D.)'s Jerry Olszewski (Region 5).
 
The regional award winners are finalists for AFCA National Coach of the Year, which the organization will announce across all divisions on Monday, Dec. 16.