The Best Coach/Manager Award has been presented annually since 1993 to the head coach or manager of a team contesting play in a professional North American or collegiate sports league adjudged to be the best in a given calendar year.
Between 1993 and 2004, the award voting panel comprised variously fans; sportswriters and broadcasters, sports executives, and retired sportspersons, termed collectively experts; and ESPN personalities, but balloting thereafter has been exclusively by fans over the Internet from amongst choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee. Through the 2001 iteration of the ESPY Awards, ceremonies were conducted in February of each year to honor achievements over the previous calendar year; awards presented thereafter are conferred in July and reflect performance from the June previous.Because of the rescheduling of the ESPY Awards ceremony, the award presented in 2002 was given in consideration of performance betwixt February 2001 and June 2002. The award wasn't awarded in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
List of winners YearCoachTeamLeague or CompetitionSport1994Jimmy JohnsonDallas CowboysNational Football LeagueAmerican football1995George SeifertSan Francisco 49ersNational Football LeagueAmerican football1996Gary BarnettNorthwestern Wildcats footballNCAA Division I-A American football1997Joe TorreNew York YankeesMajor League Baseball Baseball1998Jim LeylandFlorida MarlinsMajor League Baseball Baseball1999Joe Torre (2)New York YankeesMajor League Baseball Baseball2000Joe Torre (3)New York YankeesMajor League Baseball Baseball2001Joe Torre (4)New York YankeesMajor League Baseball Baseball2002Phil JacksonLos Angeles LakersNational Basketball Association Basketball2003Jon GrudenTampa Bay BuccaneersNational Football League American football2004Larry BrownDetroit PistonsNational Basketball Association Basketball2005Bill BelichickNew England PatriotsNational Football League American football2006Bill CowherPittsburgh SteelersNational Football League American football2007Tony DungyIndianapolis ColtsNational Football League American football2008Pat SummittTennessee Lady Vols basketballNCAA Division IBasketball2009Phil Jackson (2)Los Angeles LakersNational Basketball AssociationBasketball2010Phil Jackson (3)Los Angeles LakersNational Basketball AssociationBasketball2011Rick CarlisleDallas MavericksNational Basketball AssociationBasketball2012Tom CoughlinNew York GiantsNational Football LeagueAmerican football2013Rick PitinoLouisville Cardinals men's basketballNCAA Division IBasketball2014Gregg PopovichSan Antonio SpursNational Basketball AssociationBasketball2015Steve KerrGolden State WarriorsNational Basketball AssociationBasketball2016Tyronn LueCleveland CavaliersNational Basketball AssociationBasketball2017Bob HurleySt. Anthony High SchoolHigh school basketballBasketball2018Aaron Feis, Scott Beigel, Chris HixonMarjory Stoneman Douglas High SchoolHigh schoolVarious2019Jim CalhounSaint JosephNCAA Division IIIBasketball2020Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic2021Tara VanDerveerStanfordNCAA Division IBasketball
See also Jack Adams Award MLS Coach of the Year Award Major League Baseball Manager of the Year Award, The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award National Basketball Association Coach of the Year Award National Football League Coach of the Year Award Clair Bee Coach of the Year Award, Henry Iba Award, Naismith College Coach of the Year Award (collegiate basketball) Paul "Bear" Bryant Award, Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award, Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award (collegiate football)
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