USA TODAY streams AFCA Awards Show today

After a new national champion was crowned Monday night in Atlanta, the spotlight turns to Charlotte for the annual American Football Coaches Association Awards Show presented by Amway — slated for 8 p.m. ET Tuesday and hosted exclusively by the USA TODAY Network. More than 8,000 coaches, former coaches and players will gather to present end-of-season awards, including FBS Coach of the Year and the Amway Coach’s Call of the Year, powered by USA TODAY.

The coach of the year finalists will be presented by a coaching star. Central Florida’s Scott Frost, now taking over at Nebraska, will be introduced by former Cornhuskers coach Frank Solich; Georgia’s Kirby Smart by Virginia’s Bronco Mendenhall; Wisconsin’s Paul Chryst by Northwestern’s Pat Fitzgerald; Iowa State’s Matt Campbell by TCU’s Gary Patterson; and Fresno State’s Jeff Tedford by Liberty’s Turner Gill. Last year’s FBS Coach of the Year was Colorado’s Mike MacIntyre. The awards show will air live on USA TODAY.com and on USA TODAY Sports’ Facebook page. This year’s event, showcased at the NASCAR Hall of Fame, will be hosted by Rick Neuheisel, the former UCLA coach and Rose Bowl-winning quarterback for the Bruins, as well as former ESPN broadcaster Bonnie Bernstein. Preceding the awards show will be a green-carpet event (6 p.m. ET) hosted by USA TODAY Sports Pulse’s Trysta Krick and Adam Woodard, along with USA TODAY national college football writer George Schroeder. The three will interview coaches as they arrive.

Former Marshall coach Jack Lengyel will be honored, along with Jenks (Okla.) High School coach Allan Trimble, who will receive the Power of Influence Award as he fights ALS. Coaches from FCS, Division II, Division III and NAIA will also be recognized.