Big West Conference Women's Basketball Coach of the Year
{{short description|College basketball award}}
{{Infobox sports award
| name = Big West Coach of the Year
| image = Big West Conference logo 2021.svg
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption =
| awardedfor = the top women's basketball coach in the Big West Conference
| presenter =
| first = 1983–84
| last =
| firstwinner = Sheila Strike-Bolla & Jim Bolla, UNLV
| mostwins = 8, Hawaii & UC Santa Barbara
| mostrecent = Laura Beeman, Hawaii
| url =
}}
The Big West Conference Women's Basketball Coach of the Year is an annual college basketball award given to head coaches in the Big West Conference.
The award was first given at the end of the 1983–84 season, when the conference was known as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association (PCAA), to husband and wife co-coaches Sheila Strike and Jim Bolla of UNLV. The programs with the most awards are Hawaii and UC Santa Barbara with 8, with Mark French's conference-leading 7 awards and Laura Beeman garnering the award in 2025. Jennifer Gross is the only head coach to win five consecutive coach of the year honors, her most recent being after the 2020–21 season.{{Cite tweet|number=1368981134932013060|user=BigWestHoops|title=One of the #BWWBB Co-Coaches of the year is @UCDavisWBB Jennifer Gross! ...|author=#BigWestHoops}}
Winners
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Big West Conference|color=white}} |Season
! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Big West Conference|color=white}} |Coach ! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Big West Conference|color=white}} |School ! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Big West Conference|color=white}} |Source(s) |
|---|
| 1983–84
| Sheila Strike-Bolla | UNLV |
| 1984–85
| Sheila Strike-Bolla (2) | UNLV (2) |
| 1985–86 |
| 1986–87
| Hawaii |
| 1987–88 |
| 1988–89
| Hawaii (2) |
| 1989–90
| Jim Bolla (3) | UNLV (3) |
| 1990–91
| Maryalyce Jeremiah (2) | Cal State Fullerton (2) |
| 1991–92 |
| 1992–93
| Vince Goo (2) | Hawaii (3) |
| 1993–94
| Vince Goo (3) | Hawaii (4) |
| 1994–95 |
| 1995–96
| Mark French (2) | UC Santa Barbara (2) |
| 1996–97
| Mark French (3) | UC Santa Barbara (3) |
| 1997–98
| Mark French (4) | UC Santa Barbara (4) |
| 1998–99 |
| rowspan=2|1999–2000
| Mark French (5) | UC Santa Barbara (5) |
| Faith Mimnaugh
| Cal Poly |
| 2000–01
| Mark French (6) | UC Santa Barbara (6) |
| 2001–02 |
| 2002–03
| Mark French (7) | UC Santa Barbara (7) |
| 2003–04
| Idaho |
| 2004–05 |
| 2005–06
| Long Beach State (2) |
| 2006–07
| UC Riverside (2) |
| 2007–08
| UC Davis |
| 2008–09
| UC Santa Barbara (8) |
| 2009–10
| Sandy Simpson (2) | UC Davis (2) |
| 2010–11
| Faith Mimnaugh (2) | Cal Poly (2) |
| 2011–12
| Cal State Northridge (2) |
| 2012–13
| Pacific |
| 2013–14
| Jason Flowers (2) | Cal State Northridge (3) |
| 2014–15
| Hawaii (5) | {{cite web |title=Beeman named Coach of Year in Big West basketball |url=https://www.staradvertiser.com/2015/03/09/sports/beeman-named-coach-of-year-in-big-west-basketball/ |website=Honolulu Star-Advertiser |access-date=25 May 2021}} |
| 2015–16
| John Margaritis (2) | UC Riverside (3) |
| 2016–17
| UC Davis (3) |
| 2017–18
| Jennifer Gross (2) | UC Davis (4) |
| 2018–19
| Jennifer Gross (3) | UC Davis (5) |
| 2019–20
| Jennifer Gross (4) | UC Davis (6) |
| rowspan=2 | 2020–21
| Jennifer Gross (5) | UC Davis (7) |
| Tamara Inoue
| UC Irvine (2) |
| 2021–22
| Laura Beeman (2) | Hawaii (6) |
| 2022–23
| Long Beach State (3) | |
| 2023–24
| Laura Beeman (3) | Hawaii (7) |
| 2024–25
| Laura Beeman (4) | Hawaii (8) |
== Winners by school ==
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" | ||
| School | Winners | class=unsortable | Years |
|---|---|---|
| UC Santa Barbara | 8 | 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2009 |
| Hawaii{{efn|group=ws|Hawaii left the Big West Conference in 1996 to join the Western Athletic Conference, and rejoined the Big West in 2012.}} | 8 | 1987, 1989, 1993, 1994, 2015, 2022, 2024, 2025 |
| UC Davis | 7 | 2008, 2010, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 |
| Cal State Northridge | 3 | 2005, 2012, 2014 |
| Long Beach State | 3 | 1986, 2006, 2023 |
| UC Riverside | 3 | 2002, 2007, 2016 |
| UNLV{{efn|group=ws|UNLV left the Big West Conference for the Mountain West Conference in 1996.}} | 3 | 1984, 1985, 1990 |
| Cal State Fullerton | 2 | 1988, 1991 |
| Cal Poly | 2 | 2000, 2011 |
| UC Irvine | 2 | 1995, 2021 |
| Idaho{{efn|group=ws|Idaho left the Big West Conference for the Western Athletic Conference in 2005 and is currently a member of the Big Sky Conference.}} | 1 | 2005 |
| North Texas{{efn|group=ws|North Texas left the Big West Conference for the Sun Belt Conference in 2000 and is currently a member of the American Athletic Conference.}} | 1 | 1999 |
| Pacific{{efn|group=ws|Pacific left the Big West Conference for the West Coast Conference in 2013.}} | 1 | 2013 |
- Among current Big West members, Bakersfield and UC San Diego have yet to have an honored coach.
- Boise State, Fresno State, Nevada, New Mexico State, San Diego State, San Jose State, and Utah State never had an honored coach during their Big West tenures. Another former member, Cal State Los Angeles, left what was then known as the PCAA before the conference sponsored women's sports.
= Notes =
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References
{{reflist}}{{Big West Conference Women's Basketball Coach of the Year navbox}}{{Big West Conference women's basketball navbox}}
{{Women's college basketball award navbox}}
Category:NCAA Division I women's basketball conference coaches of the year