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NCAA Naismith College Coach of the Year

All awards

Season	Winner
2025-26	Shea Ralph Vanderbilt
2024-25	Cori Close UCLA
2023-24	Dawn Staley South Carolina
2022-23	Dawn Staley South Carolina
2021-22	Dawn Staley South Carolina
2020-21	Tara VanDerveer Stanford
2019-20	Dawn Staley South Carolina
2018-19	Lisa Bluder Iowa
2017-18	Vic Schaefer Mississippi State
2016-17	Geno Auriemma UConn
2015-16	Geno Auriemma UConn
2014-15	Courtney Banghart Princeton
2013-14	Muffet McGraw Notre Dame
2012-13	Muffet McGraw Notre Dame
2011-12	Kim Mulkey Baylor
2010-11	Tara VanDerveer Stanford
2009-10	Connie Yori Nebraska
2008-09	Geno Auriemma UConn
2007-08	Geno Auriemma UConn
2006-07	Gail Goestenkors Duke
2005-06	Sylvia Hatchell North Carolina
2004-05	Pokey Chatman LSU
2003-04	Pat Summitt Tennessee
2002-03	Gail Goestenkors Duke
2001-02	Geno Auriemma UConn
2000-01	Muffet McGraw Notre Dame
1999-00	Geno Auriemma UConn
1998-99	Carolyn Peck Purdue
1997-98	Pat Summitt Tennessee
1996-97	Geno Auriemma UConn
1995-96	Andy Landers Georgia
1994-95	Geno Auriemma UConn
1993-94	Pat Summitt Tennessee
1992-93	C. Vivian Stringer Iowa
1991-92	Chris Weller Maryland
1990-91	Debbie Ryan Virginia
1989-90	Tara VanDerveer Stanford
1988-89	Pat Summitt Tennessee
1987-88	Leon Barmore Louisiana Tech
1986-87	Pat Summitt Tennessee

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NCAA Naismith College Coach of the Year