Big West Conference Women's Basketball Coach of the Year

Big West Coach of the Year
Awarded for	the top women's basketball coach in the Big West Conference
History
First award	1983–84
First winner	Sheila Strike-Bolla & Jim Bolla, UNLV
Most wins	8, Hawaii & UC Santa Barbara
Most recent	Tamara Inoue, UC Irvine

Awarded forthe top women's basketball coach in the Big West Conference

First award1983–84

First winnerSheila Strike-Bolla & Jim Bolla, UNLV

Most wins8, Hawaii & UC Santa Barbara

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.^[1]

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Season	Coach	School	Source(s)
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)
1999–2000	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]
2020–21	Tamara Inoue	UC Irvine (2)	^[5]
2021–22	Laura Beeman (2)	Hawaii (6)	^[6]
2022–23	Jeff Cammon	Long Beach State (3)
2023–24	Laura Beeman (3)	Hawaii (7)	^[7]
2024–25	Laura Beeman (4)	Hawaii (8)	^[8]
2025–26	Tamara Inoue (2)	UC Irvine (3)	^[9]

School	Winners	Years
UC Santa Barbara	8	1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2009
Hawaii^[a]	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 Irvine	3	1995, 2021, 2026
UC Riverside	3	2002, 2007, 2016
UNLV^[b]	3	1984, 1985, 1990
Cal State Fullerton	2	1988, 1991
Cal Poly	2	2000, 2011
Idaho^[c]	1	2005
North Texas^[d]	1	1999
Pacific^[e]	1	2013

v t e Big West Conference women's basketball
Current teams	Cal Poly Mustangs Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners Cal State Fullerton Titans Cal State Northridge Matadors Hawaii Rainbow Wahine (leaving in 2026) Long Beach State Beach UC Davis Aggies (leaving in 2026) UC Irvine Anteaters UC Riverside Highlanders UC San Diego Tritons (leaving in 2027) UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
Future teams	California Baptist Lancers Sacramento State Hornets Utah Valley Wolverines (all joining in 2026)
Championships & awards	Big West Conference women's basketball tournament Player of the Year Coach of the Year
Seasons	1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26

Big West Conference Women's Basketball Coach of the Year

Winners by school

Notes

References

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