Big West Conference Women's Basketball Coach of the Year

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.

Big West Coach of the Year
Awarded forthe top women's basketball coach in the Big West Conference
History
First award1983–84
First winnerSheila Strike-Bolla & Jim Bolla, UNLV
Most wins8, UC Santa Barbara
Most recentLaura Beeman, Hawaii

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 program with the most awards is UC Santa Barbara with 8, with Mark French's conference-leading 7 awards and Lindsay Gottlieb garnering the award in 2009. 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]

Winners edit

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)
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]
Tamara Inoue UC Irvine (2)
2021–22 Laura Beeman (2) Hawaii (6) [6]
2022–23 Jeff Cammon Long Beach State (3)
2023–24 Laura Beeman (3) Hawaii (7) [7]

Winners by school edit

School Winners Years
UC Santa Barbara 8 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2009
Hawaii[a] 7 1987, 1989, 1993, 1994, 2015, 2022, 2024
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 Riverside 3 2002, 2007, 2016
UNLV[b] 3 1984, 1985, 1990
Cal State Fullerton 2 1988, 1991
Cal Poly 2 2000, 2011
UC Irvine 2 1995, 2021
Idaho[c] 1 2005
North Texas[d] 1 1999
Pacific[e] 1 2013

Notes edit

  1. ^ Hawaii left the Big West Conference in 1996 to join the Western Athletic Conference, and rejoined the Big West in 2012.
  2. ^ UNLV left the Big West Conference for the Mountain West Conference in 1996.
  3. ^ Idaho left the Big West Conference for the Western Athletic Conference in 2005 and is currently a member of the Big Sky Conference.
  4. ^ North Texas left the Big West Conference for the Sun Belt Conference in 2000 and is currently a member of the American Athletic Conference.
  5. ^ Pacific left the Big West Conference for the West Coast Conference in 2013.

References edit

  1. ^ #BigWestHoops [@BigWestHoops] (March 8, 2021). "One of the #BWWBB Co-Coaches of the year is @UCDavisWBB Jennifer Gross! ..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ a b c Big West Conference Women's Basketball Record Book (PDF) (March 2020 ed.). Big West Conference. p. 25. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Beeman named Coach of Year in Big West basketball". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Big West Announces Women's Basketball All-Conference Lists and Awards". Big West Conference. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  5. ^ "BIG WEST ANNOUNCES 2020-21 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL MAJOR AWARDS". Big West Conference. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  6. ^ "The Big West Announces 2021-22 Women's Basketball All-Conference Team". Big West Conference. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  7. ^ "2023-24 Women's Basketball All-Big West Awards and Teams Announced" (Press release). Big West Conference. March 12, 2024. Retrieved March 13, 2024.