Fresh off of a big win over No. 7 Auburn, Florida Gators (6-0, 3-0 SEC) head coach Dan Mullen has been selected as The Dodd Trophy Coach of the Week, as announced on Tuesday by officials from the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Foundation and Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl.

The No. 10 Gators hosted undefeated Auburn on Saturday and sent the Tigers home with a 24-13 loss in a complete game by the offense, defense, and special teams. The defense was especially hot allowing just one touchdown and forcing four turnovers and six three-and0outs on the Tigers.

Mullen and the gators are on a 10-game winning streak dating back to the last four games of last season. The streak is the longest for the program dating back to the 208-2009 seasons. Saturday’s win over Auburn was the first this season over a ranked opponent.

"Coach Mullen has quickly restored the Florida program to national prominence," said Jim Terry, chairman of the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Foundation. "Coach Dodd would be proud of his ability to turn around the program in such a short amount of time, while also remaining committed to excellence in the classroom and the community."

In his second year at Florida, Mullen led the Gators to a 10-3 mark and a matchup in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl against Michigan where the Gators won handily 41-15.

The Dodd Trophy Coach of the Week award honors a football coach who led his team to a significant victory during the previous week, while also embodying the award's three pillars of scholarship, leadership and integrity.

The current No. 7 Gators and Mullen continue to ramp up the schedule and head to Death Valley this Saturday to take on No. 5 LSU. The Tigers feature the No. 1 scoring offense in the country (54.6 points/ game) and a pass happy attack led by Joe Burrow. The 8:00 p.m. tilt on ESPN will also be within the confines of Tiger Stadium, a place that Mullen is very familiar and weary of.

“I’ve been there a lot through the years. Probably, I think, it will be after this one, I think it will be there and Kentucky the stadiums I’ve been to the most as a visiting coach in the league. It’s a great environment for college football, an intimidating environment. They have a great crowd. The place is loud, intimidating, a crazy environment. That’s SEC football. That’s what it’s all about. We’ve got to go in and try to manage the environment and try to do a good job executing.”

Florida still has a big time schedule after LSU. A week later they will travel to South Carolina. After a bye week, they face No. 3 Georgia in Jacksonville. That is followed by Vanderbilt, Missouri and Florida State. Only the Vanderbilt and Florida State games will be played in Gainesville.