NBL1 West Coach of the Year Award

The NBL1 West Coach of the Year is an annual NBL1 West award given to the best head coach of the regular season in both the Men's and Women's competitions. Known as the State Basketball League (SBL) Coach of the Year from 1989 to 2019, the SBL was rebranded to NBL1 West in 2021.

In the pre-SBL competition, the 1988 season had Coaches of the Year documented.^[1]

In 2014, the Men's Coach of the Year award was named in honour of John Gardiner^[2] following his death.^[3] A former Olympian, Gardiner was involved with basketball for more than 50 years as a player, coach and administrator at all levels of the game. He coached more than 400 games and won five MSBL championships with the Perry Lakes Hawks, including four consecutive between 2001 and 2004.^[3]

Winners[]

Pre-SBL[]

Year	"A" Women District Competition		"A" Men District Competition		Ref
Year	Coach	Team	Coach	Team	Ref
1988	Glenn Ellis	Stirling	Dan Hunt	East Perth	^[1]

SBL[]

John Gardiner

Year	WSBL		MSBL		Ref
Year	Coach	Team	Coach	Team	Ref
1989	Don Sheppard	Perth Redbacks	Don Sheppard	Perth Redbacks	^[4]
1990	Van Kailis	Wanneroo Wolves	Don Sheppard (2)	Perth Redbacks
1991	Kim Poore	Cockburn Cougars	Alan Black	Souwest Slammers
1992	Glenn Ellis (2)	Swan City Mustangs	Greg Gurr	Cockburn Cougars
1993	Glenn Ellis (3)	Swan City Mustangs	Nick Morken	Rainbow Coast Raiders
1994	Paul Dugan	Wanneroo Wolves	Norm Majors	Swan City Mustangs
1995	Glenn Ellis (4)	Swan City Mustangs	Steve Hawkins	Bunbury City Slammers
1996	Steve Jenkins	Willetton Tigers	Jeff Anderson	Willetton Tigers
1997	John Triscari	Rockingham Flames	Wayne Hayres	Geraldton Buccaneers
1998	Lloyd Klaman	Cockburn Cougars	Scott Marsden	Cockburn Cougars
1999	Rick Morcom	Perry Lakes Hawks	C. J. Jackson	Mandurah Magic
2000	Rick Morcom (2)	Perry Lakes Hawks	Mike Ellis	Stirling Senators
2001	Brad Spicer	Cockburn Cougars	John Gardiner	Perry Lakes Hawks
2002	Keith Horwood	Perth Redbacks	John Gardiner (2)	Perry Lakes Hawks
2003	Lukas Carey	Rockingham Flames	Shayne Hampel	Cockburn Cougars
2004	Brooke Ryan	Mandurah Magic	Shayne Hampel (2)	Cockburn Cougars
2005	Robyn Winter	Willetton Tigers	Shayne Hampel (3)	Cockburn Cougars
2006	Jason Kyle	Mandurah Magic	Steve Charlton	Goldfields Giants
2007	Rick Morcom	Perry Lakes Hawks	Andy Stewart	Lakeside Lightning
2008	Robyn Winter (2) Gary McKay	Willetton Tigers Cockburn Cougars	John Gardiner (3)	Perry Lakes Hawks
2009	Glenn Ellis (5)	Perry Lakes Hawks	Andy Stewart (2)	Lakeside Lightning
2010	Narelle Henry	Perth Redbacks	Andy Stewart (3)	Lakeside Lightning
2011	Anthony Fletcher	East Perth Eagles	Andy Stewart (4)	Lakeside Lightning
2012	Ryan Petrik	Rockingham Flames	Jason Chalk	Mandurah Magic
2013	Glenn Ellis (6)	Stirling Senators	Andy Stewart (5)	Lakeside Lightning
2014	Darren Nash	Lakeside Lightning	Mark Utley	Rockingham Flames
2015	Randy Miegel	Mandurah Magic	Matt Parsons	Cockburn Cougars
2016	Craig Friday	Joondalup Wolves	Matt Parsons (2)	Cockburn Cougars
2017	Randy Miegel (2)	Mandurah Magic	Charles Nix	South West Slammers
2018	Craig Mansfield	Lakeside Lightning	Dave Daniels	Lakeside Lightning
2019	Craig Watts	Mandurah Magic	Dave Daniels (2)	Lakeside Lightning
2020	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

NBL1 West[]

Year	Women's NBL1 West		Men's NBL1 West		Ref
Year	Coach	Team	Coach	Team	Ref
2021	Blake Srdarev	East Perth Eagles	Adam Nener	Willetton Tigers	^[5]

References[]

^ ^a ^b McDonald's State Basketball League Handbook 1989. Western Australian Basketball Federation (Inc.). 1989. p. 42; 63.
^ "2014 BASKETBALL WA AWARD WINNERS". BasketballWA.asn.au. 9 September 2014. Archived from the original on 25 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Basketball mourns passing of WA great". TheWest.com.au. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
^ "AWARDS HISTORY". SBL.asn.au. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
^ "Pozoglou and Sharp named NBL1 West MVPs". NBL1.com.au. 14 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.

[handbook89-1] McDonald's State Basketball League Handbook 1989. Western Australian Basketball Federation (Inc.). 1989. p. 42; 63.

[2] "2014 BASKETBALL WA AWARD WINNERS". BasketballWA.asn.au. 9 September 2014. Archived from the original on 25 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.

[west-3] "Basketball mourns passing of WA great". TheWest.com.au. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2017.

[4] "AWARDS HISTORY". SBL.asn.au. Retrieved 25 October 2017.

[5] "Pozoglou and Sharp named NBL1 West MVPs". NBL1.com.au. 14 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.

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