Selection Committee for the Fred Mitchell Award


  • Carl Allegretti – played at Butler University, Deloitte Tax – member of Deloitte’s US Board of Directors, proud sponsor of US Army All-American Bowl, National Football Foundation’s Outstanding Contribution to Amateur Football Award, American Youth Football Hall of Fame (inducted 2009)

  • Tom Beck – retired Head Coach of Illinois Benedictine, Elmhurst and Grand Valley State, College Football Hall of Famer (inducted 2004), Board Member for the National Football Foundation Chicago Metro Chapter

  • George Blanda – QB and place-kicker with the Bears, Colts, Oilers and Raiders, Pro Football Hall of Famer (inducted 1981), holds multiple team and NFL records including playing in 26 NFL seasons and 340 games

  • Kevin Butler – place-kicker for the Chicago Bears and Arizona Cardinals, the only player to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame solely as a place-kicker (inducted 2001), played for the Georgia Bulldogs, named to the collegiate All-Century teams for Sports Illustrated and the Walter Camp Foundation

  • Sean Gothier – National Football Foundation Minnesota Chapter Board President, Capital One Bowl Team Selection Committee

  • Teddy Greenstein – Chicago Tribune college football sportswriter, Heisman Trophy voter

  • Lou Holtz – retired Head Coach of William & Mary, North Carolina State, Arkansas, Minnesota, Notre Dame and South Carolina, ESPN College Football Analyst, College Football Hall of Famer (inducted 2008)

  • Paul Hornung – 1956 Heisman Trophy winner, two-time All-American from Notre Dame, College Football Hall of Famer (inducted 1985), Pro Football Hall of Famer (inducted 1986), Green Bay Packers halfback and place-kicker

  • Dan Jiggetts – Ivy League Hall of Famer, captain of Harvard’s football team, Chicago Bears offensive lineman, Board Member for the National Football Foundation Chicago Metro Chapter, Comcast SportsNet

  • Chris Kearney – National Football Foundation Chicago Metro Chapter Board President, Capital One Bowl Team Selection Committee, Tatum Partner & Practice Leader

  • Conrad "Connie" Kowal – Chicago Baseball Museum Executive Director, sports marketing executive formerly with the New Orleans Saints and Chicago Cubs

  • Marv Levy – Pro Football Hall of Fame Head Coach (inducted 2001), Head Coach for the Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs, college coach at Coe College, Wyoming and Harvard, kicking teams coach for the Philadelphia Eagles, special teams coach for the Los Angeles Rams

  • Greg Loberg – Managing Partner and Founder of Loberg Miki accounting and tax professional services firm

  • Steve McMichael – two-time All-American from the University of Texas, College Football Hall of Famer (inducted 2009), place-kicker and defensive tackle with the Longhorns, defensive tackle for the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers, head coach for the Chicago Slaughter (2009 Continental Indoor Football League Champions), Board Member for the National Football Foundation Chicago Metro Chapter

  • Jeff Michalczyk – linebacker at Drake University, received the National Football Foundation St. Louis Chapter Scholar-Athlete Award, The Private Bank Managing Director

  • Fred Mitchell – Wittenberg University Athletic Hall of Fame (inducted 1995), Chicago Tribune sports columnist and author


  • Carol Monroe – Florida Citrus Sports Senior Director of Hospitality & Collegiate Conference Relations


  • Mark Murphy – Green Bay Packers President, Team Captain on the Washington Redskins Super Bowl teams in 1983 and 1984


  • Rob Perry – Capital One Bowl Team Selection Committee, high school football referee


  • Don Pierson – retired Chicago Tribune pro football sportswriter, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame writers’ wing


  • Bill Sanderson - high school football coach for 10 years including the 1994 Homewood-Flossmoor staff that won the Illinois state championship, Frankfort Falcons youth football coach, Evergreen Park Community High School Principal

  • Gale Sayers – Chicago Bears and Kansas Jayhawks running back, College Football Hall of Famer (inducted 1977), Pro Football Hall of Famer (inducted 1977), named NFL all-time halfback, NFL lifetime kickoff return leader, Sayers Corporation and the Gale Sayers Center

  • Caroline Schrenker – Chicago Bears Director of Community Relations, Bears Care Board of Directors, Board Member for the National Football Foundation Chicago Metro Chapter

  • Bob Thomas – kicked the winning field goal for Notre Dame to win the 1974 National Championship, NCAA Silver Award winner, Academic All-American, place-kicker for ten seasons with the Chicago Bears, kicked one season each for the Detroit Lions and San Diego Chargers, former Chief Justice of Illinois Supreme Court

  • Wolfe Tone – Board Member for the National Football Foundation Chicago Metro Chapter, Herky Hawkeye mascot at the University of Iowa, Deloitte Tax Partner

  • Todd Wilkins – place-kicker for the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater conference championship teams in the late 1980s, Capital One Bowl Team Selection Committee, Senior Vice President for Orren Pickell Designers & Builders

  • Gary Zauner – place-kicker for the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, NFL and College Kicking Consultant and Special Teams Coach for 13 years in the NFL with Minnesota, Baltimore and Arizona

  • Rob Zvonar – Head Football Coach at Lincoln-Way East High School, 2005 Illinois State Champions, 2007 Coach at the US Army All-American Bowl