WNBA Coach of the Year 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 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.
Six coaches have won the award and later proceeded to win the WNBA Finals: Van Chancellor (1997–1999), Bill Laimbeer (2003), John Whisenant (2005), Brian Agler (2010), Cheryl Reeve (2011), and Sandy Brondello (2014).
Winners[]
Denotes coach who is still active in the WNBA | |
Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame | |
Inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | |
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 |
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.
Notes[]
- ^ "Atlanta's Nicki Collen Named 2018 WNBA Coach Of The Year". wnba.com. WNBA. August 28, 2018. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
- ^ "Chicago's James Wade Named 2019 WNBA Coach Of The Year". wnba.com. WNBA. September 11, 2019. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
- ^ "Cheryl Reeve Named WNBA Coach Of The Year". wnba.com. WNBA. September 17, 2020. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
- ^ "Connecticut Sun Head Coach Curt Miller Named 2021 Coach Of the Year". wnba.com. WNBA. September 28, 2021. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
- Women's National Basketball Association awards
- Basketball coaching awards in the United States
- Awards established in 1997