Is it possible to create a yearly, horizontal calendar in Sharepoint?  So far I have only found coding advice, but I am completely unfamiliar with coding.

It seems you need to build custom one

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/9a04e655-152e-4aee-823d-9c41cfdd6809/sharepoint-calendaryearlyquaterly-view?forum=sharepointdevelopmentprevious

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/6ee408ab-2422-4786-ab1e-a2f7082efc39/sharepoint-custom-calendar-horizontal?forum=sharepointdevelopment

other option is 3rd party tools