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Kay Yow Award

{{Infobox award

| name = Kay Yow Award

| image = Kay Yow cropped.jpg

| imagesize = 155px

| caption = Kay Yow

| awarded_for = the nation's top women's coach in NCAA Division I basketball who also displays great character off the court

| presenter = Collegeinsider.com

| country = United States

| location =

| year = 2010

| holder = Larry Vickers

| website = https://www.kayyowaward.com

}}

File:Teri Moren 03 (cropped).jpg, the 2022–23 winner]]

The Kay Yow National Coach of the Year Award is an award given annually to the women's college basketball head coach in NCAA Division I competition who displays great character both on and off the court. The award was established in 2010 and is named for legendary women's head coach Kay Yow, who coached at NC State from 1975 to 2009 before succumbing to stage 4 breast cancer. Yow was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1987 but still continued to coach until the illness forced her to take a medical leave of absence in early 2009. Yow accumulated over 700 wins as a head coach, and also led the United States women's basketball team to an Olympic gold medal in 1988.{{Cite web |title=Inductees into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame – Kay Yow |url=http://www.wbhof.com/yow.html |access-date=9 April 2010 |publisher=Women's Basketball Hall of Fame |archive-date=16 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616040353/http://www.wbhof.com/yow.html |url-status=dead }}

Selection

The award is presented to the coach who has exhibited great personal character both as a coach and as a person. A committee of 26 members, ranging from women's basketball analysts, former and current head coaches, and Yow's three siblings (sisters Deborah and Susan, and brother Ronnie), chooses the winner among a field of finalists.{{Cite web |year=2010 |title=Kay Yow Award |url=http://www.collegeinsider.com/yow/ |access-date=9 April 2010 |publisher=CollegeInsider.com}}

Winners

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|Awarded the Naismith College Coach of the Year the same season

Coach (X)

|Denotes the number of times the coach has been awarded the Kay Yow Award

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!Year

!Coach

!School

!Record

!Postseason result

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| 2009–10

| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" | {{sortname|Connie|Yori}}*

| Nebraska

| 32–2

| NCAA Sweet 16

| {{Cite web |last=Associated Press |date=6 April 2010 |title=Nebraska's Connie Yori wins first Kay Yow Award |url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/bk/bkc/women/6946421.html |access-date=9 April 2010 |publisher=Houston Chronicle}}{{dead link|date=May 2024}}

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| 2010–11

| {{sortname|Matt|Bollant}}

| Green Bay

| 34–2

| NCAA Sweet 16

| {{Cite web |date=13 April 2011 |title=Green Bay women's basketball head coach Matt Bollant named Coach of the Year |url=http://www.horizonleague.org/blog/green-bay-womens-basketball-head-coach-matt-bollant-named-coach-of-the-year.html |access-date=23 April 2011 |publisher=Horizon League |archive-date=25 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725180512/http://www.horizonleague.org/blog/green-bay-womens-basketball-head-coach-matt-bollant-named-coach-of-the-year.html |url-status=dead }}

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| 2011–12

| {{sortname|Karl|Smesko}}

| Florida Gulf Coast

| 29–3

| NCAA first round

| {{Cite web |date=10 January 2013 |title=FGCU's Karl Smesko Next on Friday's A-Sun Insider |url=http://www.atlanticsun.org/wbasketball/news/2012-13/7256/fgcus-karl-smesko-next-on-fridays-a-sun-insider/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116114851/http://atlanticsun.org/wbasketball/news/2012-13/7256/fgcus-karl-smesko-next-on-fridays-a-sun-insider/ |archive-date=16 January 2013 |access-date=27 February 2013 |publisher=Atlantic Sun Conference}}

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| 2012–13

| {{sortname|Katie|Abrahamson-Henderson}}

| Albany

| 27–4

| NCAA first round

|{{Cite web|url=http://www.kayyowaward.com/awards/9/Katie-Abrahamson-Henderson-2013-Kay-Yow-Award|title=Albany Katie Abrahamson-Henderson {{!}} Kay Yow Award {{!}} CollegeInsider.com   {{!}}   College Basketball Awards   {{!}}   CollegeInsider.com|website=kayyowaward.com|access-date=2019-04-09}}

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| 2013–14

| {{sortname|David|Six|dab=basketball}}

|Hampton

| 28–4

| NCAA first round

|{{Cite web|url=http://www.kayyowaward.com/history.php|title=The Kay Yow National Coach of the Year Award   {{!}}   College Basketball Awards   {{!}}   CollegeInsider.com|website=kayyowaward.com|access-date=2019-04-09}}

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|2014–15

|Tricia Fabbri

|Quinnipiac

|31–4

| NCAA first round

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|2015–16

|Brian Boyer

|Arkansas State

|27–6

|WNIT second round

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|2016–17

|Maureen Magarity

|New Hampshire

|26–6

|WNIT first round

|

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|2017–18

|Sue Guevara

|Central Michigan

|30–5

|NCAA Sweet 16

|{{Cite web |last=Sneddon |first=Andy |title=CMU's Guevara named 'Kay Yow National Coach of the Year' |url=https://www.themorningsun.com/sports/cmu-s-guevara-named-kay-yow-national-coach-of-the/article_11551300-e1e3-50ff-8c1e-b074ab48fec9.html |access-date=2019-04-09 |website=The Morning Sun |language=en}}{{dead link|date=May 2024}}

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|2018–19

|Kellie Harper

|Missouri State

|25–10

|NCAA Sweet Sixteen

|{{Cite web |date=2019-04-08 |title=Kellie Harper Named Kay Yow Coach Of The Year |url=https://www.ktts.com/2019/04/08/kellie-harper-named-kay-yow-coach-of-the-year/ |access-date=2019-04-09 |website=KTTS}}

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|2019–20

|Brian Giorgis

|Marist

|26–4

|Canceled

|{{cite web |title=Marist's Giorgis Named Kay Yow Coach Of The Year |url=https://maacsports.com/news/2020/3/24/womens-basketball-marists-giorgis-named-kay-yow-coach-of-the-year.aspx |website=Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference |access-date=26 April 2020 |date=24 March 2020}}

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|2020–21

|Jarrod Olson

|California Baptist

|26–1

|WNIT Quarterfinal

|{{cite web |title=Jarrod Olson Named College Insider Kay Yow National Coach of the Year |url=https://cbulancers.com/news/2021/3/31/womens-basketball-jarrod-olson-named-college-insiders-kay-yow-national-coach-of-the-year.aspx |website=CBU Athletics |access-date=6 July 2021}}

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|2021–22

|Dawn Plitzuweit

|South Dakota

|29–6

|NCAA Sweet Sixteen

|{{Cite web |title=The Kay Yow National Coach of the Year Award {{!}} College Basketball Awards {{!}} CollegeInsider.com |url=https://www.kayyowaward.com/ |access-date=2022-04-01 |website=kayyowaward.com}}

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|2022–23

|Teri Moren

|Indiana

|28–4

|NCAA second round

|{{Cite web |date=April 3, 2024 |title=Indiana's Teri Moren is the recipient of the 2023 Kay Yow Award… |url=https://www.kayyowaward.com/ |access-date=April 8, 2023 |website=kayyowaward.com}}

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|2023–24

|Carly Thibault-DuDonis

|Fairfield

|31–2

|NCAA first round

|{{Cite news |last=Barker |first=Sean |date=April 3, 2024 |title=Fairfield women's coach earns national coach of year honors |url=https://www.sheltonherald.com/college/article/fairfield-basketball-carly-thibault-dudonis-19383792.php |access-date=April 6, 2024 |work=Shelton Herald |language=en}}

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|2024–25

|Larry Vickers

|Norfolk State

|30–5

|NCAA first round

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See also

References

;General

  • {{Cite web |publisher=CollegeInsider.com |title=Kay Yow National Coach of the Year Award |url=http://www.collegeinsider.com/yow/ |access-date=9 April 2010}}

;Specific

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External links

  • [http://www.kayyowaward.com/ Official site]

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