UFL Awards: Shannon Harris named Coach of the Year, Bryce Perkins is OPOY

The 2025 UFL Championship is set. 

The Michigan Panthers, who defeated the Birmingham Stallions in the USFL Conference title game, will take on the DC Defenders, who took down the St. Louis Battlehawks in the XFL Conference title game. The championship game will kick off at 8 p.m. ET on  Saturday in St. Louis.

Before the title game gets underway, the UFL is set to handout multiple awards for the 2025 season, including MVP.

Here’s who was honored this year:

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: To be announced Friday, June 13

ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR: To be announced Thursday, June 12

COACH OF THE YEAR: Shannon Harris, DC Defenders

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Bryce Perkins, QB, Michigan Panthers

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Pita Taumoepenu, LB, St. Louis Battlehawks

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR: Leon O’Neal Jr., S, Houston Roughnecks

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