AEEB Coach of the Year Award

{{Short description|Spanish baseball award}}

{{Liga ACB awards}}

The AEEB Coach of the Year Award is an annual basketball award that is given by the Spanish Basketball Coaches Association (Spanish: Asociación Española de Entrenadores de Baloncesto (AEEB). It recognizes the best coach of the year in Spain.

The award was established in 1975, and the person recognized as the 'AEEB Coach of the Year' receives the AEEB Coach of the Year trophy, which is named after Antonio Díaz-Miguel. This award is considered the most important one for basketball coaches in Spain, since it is based on votes by other coaches.{{cite web|url=http://www.aeeb.es/v2/asociacion.php?area=asociacion&sub=trofeos |title=Trophies |publisher=aeeb.es |language=Spanish |accessdate=2010-11-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100916233815/http://aeeb.es/v2/asociacion.php?area=asociacion&sub=trofeos |archivedate=2010-09-16 }} The top-tier level basketball league in Spain, the Liga ACB, also gives a coach of the year award, the ACB Best Coach award, which has been awarded since the 2007–08 season.

Past winners

File:AitoGarcíaUnicaja.JPG is a 4 time Liga ACB AEEB Coach of the Year (1976, 1990, 2006, 2008).]]

File:XaviPascual.jpg is a 3 time Liga ACB AEEB Coach of the Year (2009, 2010, 2011).]]

File:PabloLaso Madrid-CB Sevilla marzo 2013.JPG is a 4 time Liga ACB AEEB Coach of the Year (2013, 2015, 2016, 2018).]]

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Season

! Coach

! Liga ACB Team

1974–75

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Pedro Ferrándiz

| Real Madrid

1975–76

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Aíto García Reneses

| Cotonificio Badalona

1976–77

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Lolo Sainz

| Real Madrid

1977–78

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Antoni Serra

| Joventut Badalona

1978–79

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Rafael Peyró

|

1979–80

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Ángel Palmi & {{flagicon|ESP}} Luis Rodrigo

|

1980–81

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Antonio Díaz-Miguel

|

1981–82

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Ignacio Pinedo

|

1982–83

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Antonio Díaz-Miguel (2×)

|

1983–84

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Manuel Coloma

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1984–85

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Lolo Sainz (2×)

| Real Madrid

1985–86

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Juan Jiménez

| TDK Manresa

1986–87

| {{flagicon|ESP}} José Antonio Figueroa

| Cajabilbao

1987–88

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Alfred Julbe

| RAM Joventut

1988–89

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Mario Pesquera

| Caja Ronda

1989–90

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Aíto García Reneses (2×)

| FC Barcelona

1990–91

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Lolo Sainz (3×)

| Montigalà Joventut

1991–92

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Miguel Ángel Martín

| Estudiantes Caja Postal

1992–93

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Gustavo Aranzana

| Elosúa León

1993–94

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Pedro Martínez

| TDK Manresa

1994–95

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Javier Imbroda

| Unicaja

1995–96

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Salva Maldonado

| TDK Manresa

1996–97

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Alfred Julbe (2x)

| Festina Joventut

1997–98

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Luis Casimiro

| TDK Manresa

1998–99

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Javier Imbroda (2×)

| Caja San Fernando

1999–00

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Sergio Scariolo

| Real Madrid Teka

2000–01

| {{flagicon|Montenegro}} Duško Ivanović

| TAU Cerámica

2001–02

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Edu Torres

| Caprabo Lleida

2002–03

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Paco Olmos

| Pamesa Valencia

2003–04

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Pepu Hernández

| Adecco Estudiantes

2004–05

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Trifón Poch

| Etosa Alicante

2005–06

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Aíto García Reneses (3×)

| DKV Joventut

2006–07

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Joan Plaza

| Real Madrid

2007–08

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Aíto García Reneses (4×)

| DKV Joventut

2008–09

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Xavi Pascual

| FC Barcelona

2009–10

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Xavi Pascual (2×)

| FC Barcelona

2010–11

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Xavi Pascual (3×)

| FC Barcelona

2011–12

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Sito Alonso

| Lagun Aro GBC

2012–13

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Pablo Laso

| Real Madrid

2013–14

| {{flagicon|CRO}} Velimir Perasović

| Valencia Basket

2014–15

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Pablo Laso (2×)

| Real Madrid

2015–16

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Pablo Laso (3×)

| Real Madrid

2016–17

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Pedro Martínez (2×)

| Valencia Basket

2017–18

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Pablo Laso (4×)

| Real Madrid

2018–19

| {{flagicon|SER}} Svetislav Pešić

| FC Barcelona

Most successful coaches

Below is the list of the most successful coaches, those with 2 or more awards won:

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!Name

!Awards

{{flagicon|ESP}} Aíto García Renesesstyle="text-align:center;"| 4
{{flagicon|ESP}} Pablo Lasostyle="text-align:center;"| 4
{{flagicon|ESP}} Lolo Sainzstyle="text-align:center;"| 3
{{flagicon|ESP}} Xavi Pascualstyle="text-align:center;"| 3
{{flagicon|ESP}} Antonio Díaz-Miguelstyle="text-align:center;"| 2
{{flagicon|ESP}} Pedro Martínezstyle="text-align:center;"| 2
{{flagicon|ESP}} Alfred Julbestyle="text-align:center;"| 2
{{flagicon|ESP}} Javier Imbrodastyle="text-align:center;"| 2

See also

References

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