WNBA Coach of the Year

{{WNBA Awards}}

The Women's National Basketball Association's Coach of the Year is an annual Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) award given since the league's inaugural season. The winner is selected at the end of regular season by a panel of sportswriters from the United States, each of whom casts a vote for first, second and third place selections. Each first-place vote is worth five points; each second-place vote is worth three points; and each third-place vote is worth one point. The person with the highest point total, regardless of the number of first-place votes, wins the award.

Seven coaches have won both this award and the WNBA Finals in the same season: Van Chancellor (1997–1999), Bill Laimbeer (2003), John Whisenant (2005), Brian Agler (2010), Cheryl Reeve (2011), Sandy Brondello (2014), and Becky Hammon (2022).

Cheryl Reeve has won the award the most times, with 4 selections.

Winners

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|Denotes coach who is still active in the WNBA

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|Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach

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|Inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach

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|Denotes coach whose team won championship that year

Player (X)

|Denotes the number of times the coach has won

Team (X)

|Denotes the number of times a coach of this team has won

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" summary="Season (sortable), Player (sortable), Position (sortable), Nationality (sortable) and Team (sortable)"
scope="col"| Season

!scope="col"| Coach

!scope="col"| Nationality

!scope="col"| Team

!scope="col"| Record

scope="row" style="background-color:#FFCC00; text-align: center"| 1997

!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| Van Chancellor

| {{USA}}

| Houston Comets

| style="text-align: center"| 18–10

scope="row" style="background-color:#FFCC00; text-align: center"| 1998

!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| Van Chancellor (2)

| {{USA}}

| Houston Comets (2)

| style="text-align: center"| 27–3

scope="row" style="background-color:#FFCC00; text-align: center"| 1999

!scope="row" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| Van Chancellor (3)

| {{USA}}

| Houston Comets (3)

| style="text-align: center"| 26–6

style="text-align: center"| 2000

| Michael Cooper

| {{USA}}

| Los Angeles Sparks

| style="text-align: center"| 28–4

style="text-align: center"| 2001

| Dan Hughes

| {{USA}}

| Cleveland Rockers

| style="text-align: center"| 22–10

style="text-align: center"| 2002

|scope="row" style="background-color:#FFFF99"| Marianne Stanley

| {{USA}}

| Washington Mystics

| style="text-align: center"| 17–15

scope="row" style="background-color:#FFCC00; text-align: center"| 2003

| Bill Laimbeer

| {{USA}}

| Detroit Shock

| style="text-align: center"| 25–9

style="text-align: center"| 2004

| Suzie McConnell-Serio{{efn|group=w|McConnell-Serio is a member of the Women's Hall of Fame, but as a player instead of a coach.}}

| {{USA}}

| Minnesota Lynx

| style="text-align: center"| 18–16

scope="row" style="background-color:#FFCC00; text-align: center"| 2005

| John Whisenant

| {{USA}}

| Sacramento Monarchs

| style="text-align: center"| 25–9

style="text-align: center"| 2006

| Mike Thibault

| {{USA}}

| Connecticut Sun

| style="text-align: center"| 26–8

style="text-align: center"| 2007

| Dan Hughes (2)

| {{USA}}

| San Antonio Silver Stars

| style="text-align: center"| 20–14

style="text-align: center"| 2008

| Mike Thibault (2)

| {{USA}}

| Connecticut Sun (2)

| style="text-align: center"| 21–13

style="text-align: center"| 2009

| Marynell Meadors

| {{USA}}

| Atlanta Dream

| style="text-align: center"| 18–16

scope="row" style="background-color:#FFCC00; text-align: center"| 2010

| Brian Agler

| {{USA}}

| Seattle Storm

| style="text-align: center"| 28–6

scope="row" style="background-color:#FFCC00; text-align: center"| 2011

!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| Cheryl Reeve

| {{USA}}

| Minnesota Lynx (2)

| style="text-align: center"| 27–7

style="text-align: center"| 2012

| Carol Ross

| {{USA}}

| Los Angeles Sparks (2)

| style="text-align: center"| 24–10

style="text-align: center"| 2013

| Mike Thibault (3)

| {{USA}}

| Washington Mystics (2)

| style="text-align: center"| 17–17

scope="row" style="background-color:#FFCC00; text-align: center"| 2014

!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| Sandy Brondello

| {{AUS}}

| Phoenix Mercury

| style="text-align: center"| 29–5

style="text-align: center"| 2015

| Bill Laimbeer (2)

| {{USA}}

| New York Liberty

| style="text-align: center"| 23–11

style="text-align: center"| 2016

!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| Cheryl Reeve (2)

| {{USA}}

| Minnesota Lynx (3)

| style="text-align: center"| 28–6

style="text-align: center"| 2017

| Curt Miller

| {{USA}}

| Connecticut Sun (3)

| style="text-align: center"| 21–13

style="text-align: center"| 2018

| Nicki Collen

| {{USA}}

| Atlanta Dream (2)

| style="text-align: center"| 23–11{{cite web|url=http://www.wnba.com/news/atlantas-nicki-collen-named-2018-wnba-coach-of-the-year/|title=Atlanta’s Nicki Collen Named 2018 WNBA Coach Of The Year|website=wnba.com|publisher=WNBA|date=August 28, 2018|access-date=August 29, 2018}}

style="text-align: center"| 2019

| James Wade

| {{USA}}/{{FRA}}

| Chicago Sky

| style="text-align: center"| 20–14{{cite web|url=https://www.wnba.com/news/chicagos-james-wade-named-2019-wnba-coach-of-the-year/|title=Chicago’s James Wade Named 2019 WNBA Coach Of The Year|website=wnba.com|publisher=WNBA|date=September 11, 2019|access-date=September 11, 2019}}

style="text-align: center"| 2020

!scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| Cheryl Reeve (3)

| {{USA}}

| Minnesota Lynx (4)

| style="text-align: center"| 14–8{{cite web|url=https://www.wnba.com/news/cheryl-reeve-named-wnba-coach-of-the-year/|title=Cheryl Reeve Named WNBA Coach Of The Year

|website=wnba.com|publisher=WNBA|date=September 17, 2020|access-date=September 18, 2020}}

style="text-align: center"| 2021

| Curt Miller (2)

| {{USA}}

| Connecticut Sun (4)

| style="text-align: center"| 26–6{{cite web|url=https://www.wnba.com/news/connecticut-sun-head-coach-curt-miller-named-2021-coach-of-the-year/|title=Connecticut Sun Head Coach Curt Miller Named 2021 Coach Of the Year

|website=wnba.com|publisher=WNBA|date=September 28, 2021|access-date=September 28, 2021}}

scope="row" style="background-color:#FFCC00; text-align: center"| 2022

| bgcolor=#CFECEC | Becky Hammon

| {{USA}}/{{RUS}}

| Las Vegas Aces (2){{efn|group=w|name=Aces|The San Antonio Silver Stars and Las Vegas Aces are the same franchise. The franchise was a founding league member as the Utah Starzz, and moved to San Antonio after the 2002 season. The word "Silver" was dropped in 2014, and the team moved to Las Vegas after the 2017 season.}}

| align=center | 26–10{{cite press release|url=https://www.wnba.com/news/las-vegas-aces-becky-hammon-named-2022-wnba-coach-of-the-year/ |title=Las Vegas Aces’ Becky Hammon Named 2022 WNBA Coach Of The Year |publisher=WNBA |date=August 26, 2022 |access-date=August 26, 2022}}

align=center | 2023

! scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| Stephanie White

| {{USA}}

| Connecticut Sun (5)

| style="text-align: center"| 27–13{{cite press release |url=https://www.wnba.com/news/stephanie-white-coach-of-year-wnba-2023 |title=Connecticut Sun's Stephanie White Named 2023 WNBA Coach of the Year |publisher=WNBA |date=September 17, 2023 |access-date=September 17, 2023}}

align=center | 2024

! scope="row" style="background-color:#CFECEC"| Cheryl Reeve (4)

| {{USA}}

| Minnesota Lynx (5)

| style="text-align: center"| 30–10{{cite web |url=https://www.cbssports.com/wnba/news/lynxs-cheryl-reeve-wins-record-fourth-wnba-coach-of-the-year-award-adds-top-executive-honors-as-well/ |title=Lynx's Cheryl Reeve wins record fourth WNBA Coach of the Year award, adds top executive honors as well |website=cbssports.com |date=October 2, 2023 |access-date=September 17, 2023}}

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See also

References

  • {{cite web | url=http://www.wnba.com/history/coach_year.html| title=WNBA Coach of the Year | access-date=January 19, 2009 }}
  • {{cite web | url=http://www.wnba.com/news/awards08_coach.html| title=Thibault to be named 2008 WNBA Coach of the Year | access-date=September 20, 2008 }}

Notes