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American college basketball award From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Naismith College Coach of the Year Award (officially known for sponsorship reasons as the Werner Ladder Naismith College Coach of the Year)[1] is an award given by the Atlanta Tipoff Club to one men's and one women's NCAA Division I collegiate coach each season since 1987. The award was originally given to the two winning coaches of the NCAA Division I basketball tournament for the first two years of its existence; in 1989, the Naismith Award's governing board decided to give it out via voting process.
Awarded for | the most outstanding men's and women's basketball head coaches in NCAA Division I |
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Presented by | Atlanta Tipoff Club |
History | |
First award | 1987 |
Most recent | Dan Hurley, UConn (men) Dawn Staley, South Carolina (women) |
The men's side has had five multiple winners: John Calipari and Mike Krzyzewski with three each, and Tony Bennett, Mark Few, and Jay Wright with two each.
The women's side has also had five multiple winners: Geno Auriemma with eight; Pat Summitt with five; Dawn Staley with four; and Muffet McGraw and Tara VanDerveer with three each.
* | Denotes coaches inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame |
Coach (#) | Denotes the number of times the coach has won the award at that point |
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