1978: Woody Hayes
1979: Pete Rozelle and Bowie Kuhn
1980: Bobby Knight
1981: George Steinbrenner
1982: Billy Martin
1983: Paul Giel
1984: Les Steckel
1985: Lou Holtz
1986: Dr. Kenneth Keller
1987: Carl Pohlad
1988: Lou Nanne
1989: Mike Lynn
1990: Kent Hrbek
1991: Chris Doleman
1992: 25 years of Golden
Gophers football
1993: Norm Green
1994: Jack McCloskey
1995: Warren Moon
1996: Kerri Strug
1997: Dennis Green
1998: Carl Pohlad
1999: Clem Haskins
2000: Jesse Ventura
2001: Randy Moss, Cris Carter
2002: Kevin McHale
and Flip Saunders
2003: Glen Mason
2004: Red McCombs
2005: Bob Naegele
2006: Pam Borton
2007: Charlie Weis
2008: Marian Gaborik
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