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NEW YORK -- The Associated Press will recognize the NFLs top assistant coach with a new award beginning this season, the news organization announced Wednesday. The Assistant Coach of the Year award will be the APs eighth NFL honour, joining MVP, Coach of the Year, Comeback Player of the Year, Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year, and Offensive and Defensive Rookies of the Year. A nationwide panel of 50 media members who regularly cover the league will vote on all the awards, and the winners will be announced on Super Bowl eve. The award will be open to any assistant coach, from co-ordinators to position coaches to quality control coaches. New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan, who spent a decade as an assistant coach in Baltimore before getting his current job, called the award "a great idea, and overdue." "Every head coach is an extension of his staff," said Ryan, who won a Super Bowl as an assistant with the Ravens. "Thats the absolute truth. I dont care how good one man is, he cant get the job done without an outstanding set of assistant coaches. And this is a way to recognize them. "There are a lot of great assistant coaches out there who deserve to be recognized." Every year since Dallas Cowboys head coach Jimmy Johnson won the award in 1990, the APs Coach of the Year has served an apprenticeship on an NFL staff. That includes longtime assistants such as Dan Reeves, Dick Jauron and Marvin Lewis. In 2012, Indianapolis offensive co-ordinator Bruce Arians replaced the ill Chuck Pagano early in the season as an interim head coach and led the Colts to the AFC South title. Pagano won the AP Coach of the Year. He parlayed that success into his first NFL head coaching gig, guiding the Arizona Cardinals to a turnaround 10-6 record last season. Arians is the only interim to win Coach of the Year. "This kind of award can spark other things for a coach in his career," Ryan said of the new assistant coach award. "It gives these guys a platform and an owner takes notice, gets to know this guy and his work. This is a big deal." Giants coach Tom Coughlin, who served on staffs with the Eagles, Packers and Giants, knows exactly what makes a good assistant coach. "You want people who are goal-oriented, who aspire to improve their lot and be in a position to have greater responsibility," Coughlin said. "But it always gets back to Square 1: You are happy only when your players and your unit and your team performs well. "Its important that they are being evaluated by their ability to motivate and to teach and coach and create an environment where they can perform to the best of their ability, and in turn, so does the team." This is the first new award the AP will be handing out since 1998, when the first Comeback Player of the Year honour was won by Buffalo quarterback Doug Flutie. Most of the other AP awards date back to the 1950s and 60s. Michael Jordan Jersey Throwback . 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Coming off an ugly three-game sweep at the hands of the Yankees, Toronto found itself in a deep hole early after the Reds put an eight spot up on starter Liam Hendriks (six runs in 1 2/3 innings pitched) and Todd Redmond in the second.Charleston, WV (SportsNetwork.com) - Jonathan Holton scored 14 points, including 11 in the second half, to help No. 22 West Virginia sneak past rival Marshall 69-66 on Sunday. Holton scored eight of his points at the free throw line for the Mountaineers (9-1) while pulling down six rebounds. Jevon Carter also had 14 points and six boards. Juwan Staten led West Virginia with 15 points on 5-of-12 shooting. The Thundering Herd (3-6) lost their sixth straight game despite getting a game-high 18 points from Justin Edmonds, who shot 4-of-6 from 3-point range and added six assists and six rebounds. Marshall outshot West Virginia 50 percent to 38.6 percent, but the Herd lost the turnover battle 24-15 and allowed the Mountaineers to score 33 points off those miscues. The Herd held a persistent lead in the second half that ballooned to as much eight with 11:28 remaining, but the Mountaineers 8-0 run allowed them to tie the game at 49-49 with 8:27 left. With under six minutes to go, Gary Brownes five straight points gave the Mountaineers their first lead since early in the second half, and they never trailed the rest of the game. West Virginia struggled making free throws, shooting just 64.7 percent from the lline, but its defense prevented the Herd from retaking the lead.dddddddddddd Although Marshall shot 10-of-18 in the second half, it only made two shots from the floor over the final 10 minutes of the game. The game between these in-state rivals started getting chippy at the under eight-minute media timeout of the first half. Staten and Marshalls Cheikh Sane each received technical fouls. After the technicals were called, the Mountaineers went cold from the field, only making two more shots before the half. The second one was key, though, as Carters jumper beat the buzzer to tie the game at 27-27 after the first 20 minutes. WVU shot 0-for-7 from long distance in the first half and was just 36.7 percent overall. Staten led the Mountaineers with eight points, and Edmonds paced all scorers with nine at the half. Game Notes West Virginia improved to 32-11 in the Capital Classic rivalry ... The Mountaineers have made a 3-point shot in 498 consecutive games ... West Virginia outrebounded Marshall 36-26 ... The Mountaineers next take the court on Saturday against N.C. State at Madison Square Garden... The Thundering Herd take on King College on Tuesday. ' ' '