Bluffton College head football coach Carlin Carpenter came in at #6 on the 2000 Ohio College Coach of the Year Award balloting.
Carpenter guided BC to a 7-3 record during the 2000 season and a share of the Heartland Conference championship. The 7-3 record was Bluffton's second in a row. He set the Bluffton all-time wins record during the season and now has 95 career wins under his belt.
Carpenter received one first place vote and came in third among Division III coaches.
Check out the full results below or at this Columbus Dispatch page.
First place votes in parentheses
| Name, School | Points | |
| Larry Kehres, Mt. Union | 73 (18) | |
| Gary Pinkel, Toledo | 41 (5) | |
| Joe Fincham, Wittenberg | 26 (3) | |
| Jim Grobe, Ohio U. | 22 (5) | |
| Jim Tressel, Youngstown State | 17 (1) | |
| Carlin Carpenter, Bluffton | 10 (1) | |
| Mike Wallace, Wilmington | 8 (1) | |
| Tom Kaczkowski, Ohio Northern | 5 | |
| John Cooper, Ohio State | 2 | |
| Rick Minter, Cincinnati | 2 | |
| Lee Owens, Akron | 1 | |
| Greg Pscodna, Defiance | 1 |
