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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.
Awarded for | the top women's basketball coach in the Big West Conference |
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History | |
First award | 1983–84 |
First winner | Sheila Strike-Bolla & Jim Bolla, UNLV |
Most wins | 8, UC Santa Barbara |
Most recent | Laura Beeman, Hawaii |
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 program with the most awards is UC Santa Barbara with 8, with Mark French's conference-leading 7 awards and Lindsay Gottlieb garnering the award in 2009. 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.[1]
Season | Coach | School | Source(s) |
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1983–84 | Sheila Strike-Bolla Jim Bolla |
UNLV | [2] |
1984–85 | Sheila Strike-Bolla (2) Jim Bolla (2) |
UNLV (2) | |
1985–86 | Joan Bonvicini | Long Beach State | |
1986–87 | Bill Nepfel | Hawaii | |
1987–88 | Maryalyce Jeremiah | Cal State Fullerton | |
1988–89 | Vince Goo | Hawaii (2) | |
1989–90 | Jim Bolla (3) | UNLV (3) | |
1990–91 | Maryalyce Jeremiah (2) | Cal State Fullerton (2) | |
1991–92 | Mark French | UC Santa Barbara | |
1992–93 | Vince Goo (2) | Hawaii (3) | |
1993–94 | Vince Goo (3) | Hawaii (4) | |
1994–95 | Colleen Matsuhara | UC Irvine | |
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 | Tina Slinker | North Texas | |
1999–2000 | Mark French (5) | UC Santa Barbara (5) | |
Faith Mimnaugh | Cal Poly | ||
2000–01 | Mark French (6) | UC Santa Barbara (6) | |
2001–02 | Jennifer Young | UC Riverside | |
2002–03 | Mark French (7) | UC Santa Barbara (7) | |
2003–04 | Mike Divilbiss | Idaho | |
2004–05 | Tammy Holder | Cal State Northridge | |
2005–06 | Mary Hegarty | Long Beach State (2) | |
2006–07 | John Margaritis | UC Riverside (2) | |
2007–08 | Sandy Simpson | UC Davis | |
2008–09 | Lindsay Gottlieb | UC Santa Barbara (8) | |
2009–10 | Sandy Simpson (2) | UC Davis (2) | |
2010–11 | Faith Mimnaugh (2) | Cal Poly (2) | |
2011–12 | Jason Flowers | Cal State Northridge (2) | |
2012–13 | Lynne Roberts | Pacific | |
2013–14 | Jason Flowers (2) | Cal State Northridge (3) | |
2014–15 | Laura Beeman | Hawaii (5) | [2][3] |
2015–16 | John Margaritis (2) | UC Riverside (3) | [2] |
2016–17 | Jennifer Gross | 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) | [4] |
2020–21 | Jennifer Gross (5) | UC Davis (7) | [5] |
Tamara Inoue | UC Irvine (2) | ||
2021–22 | Laura Beeman (2) | Hawaii (6) | [6] |
2022–23 | Jeff Cammon | Long Beach State (3) | |
2023–24 | Laura Beeman (3) | Hawaii (7) | [7] |
School | Winners | Years |
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UC Santa Barbara | 8 | 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2009 |
Hawaii[lower-alpha 1] | 7 | 1987, 1989, 1993, 1994, 2015, 2022, 2024 |
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[lower-alpha 2] | 3 | 1984, 1985, 1990 |
Cal State Fullerton | 2 | 1988, 1991 |
Cal Poly | 2 | 2000, 2011 |
UC Irvine | 2 | 1995, 2021 |
Idaho[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 2005 |
North Texas[lower-alpha 4] | 1 | 1999 |
Pacific[lower-alpha 5] | 1 | 2013 |
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