WNBA Coach of the Year
Sports award
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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 1997 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 four selections.
Winners
| Denotes coach who is still active in the WNBA | |
| Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach | |
| Inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach | |
| 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 |
- McConnell-Serio is a member of the Women's Hall of Fame, but as a player instead of a coach.
- 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.
Multi-time winners
| Awards | Coach | Team(s) | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Cheryl Reeve | Minnesota Lynx | 2011, 2016, 2020, 2024 |
| 3 | Mike Thibault | Connecticut Sun (2) / Washington Mystics (1) | 2006, 2008, 2013 |
| Van Chancellor | Houston Comets | 1997, 1998, 1999 | |
| 2 | Bill Laimbeer | Detroit Shock (1) / New York Liberty | 2003, 2015 |
| Curt Miller | Connecticut Sun | 2017, 2021 | |
| Dan Hughes | Cleveland Rockers (1) / San Antonio Silver Stars (1) | 2010, 2007 |
See also
References
- "WNBA Coach of the Year". Retrieved January 19, 2009.
- "Thibault to be named 2008 WNBA Coach of the Year". Retrieved September 20, 2008.