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 1997 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.
Seven coaches have won both this award and the WNBA Finals in the same season: Van Chancellor (1997–1999), Bill Laimbeer (2003), John Whisenant (2005), Brian Agler (2010), Cheryl Reeve (2011), Sandy Brondello (2014), and Becky Hammon (2022).
Cheryl Reeve has won the award the most times, with five selections.
Winners
Denotes coach who is still active in the WNBA Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach Inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach Denotes coach whose team won championship that yearPlayer (X)Denotes the number of times the coach has won Team (X)Denotes the number of times a coach of this team has won Season Coach Nationality Team Record 1997 Van Chancellor Houston Comets 18–10 1998 Van Chancellor (2) Houston Comets (2) 27–3 1999 Van Chancellor (3) Houston Comets (3) 26–6 2000 Michael Cooper Los Angeles Sparks 28–4 2001 Dan Hughes Cleveland Rockers 22–10 2002 Marianne Stanley Washington Mystics 17–15 2003 Bill Laimbeer Detroit Shock 25–9 2004 Suzie McConnell-Serio Minnesota Lynx 18–16 2005 John Whisenant Sacramento Monarchs 25–9 2006 Mike Thibault Connecticut Sun 26–8 2007 Dan Hughes (2) San Antonio Silver Stars 20–14 2008 Mike Thibault (2) Connecticut Sun (2) 21–13 2009 Marynell Meadors Atlanta Dream 18–16 2010 Brian Agler Seattle Storm 28–6 2011 Cheryl Reeve Minnesota Lynx (2) 27–7 2012 Carol Ross Los Angeles Sparks (2) 24–10 2013 Mike Thibault (3) Washington Mystics (2) 17–17 2014 Sandy Brondello Phoenix Mercury 29–5 2015 Bill Laimbeer (2) New York Liberty 23–11 2016 Cheryl Reeve (2) Minnesota Lynx (3) 28–6 2017 Curt Miller Connecticut Sun (3) 21–13 2018 Nicki Collen Atlanta Dream (2) 23–11 2019 James Wade / Chicago Sky 20–14 2020 Cheryl Reeve (3) Minnesota Lynx (4) 14–8 2021 Curt Miller (2) Connecticut Sun (4) 26–6 2022 Becky Hammon / Las Vegas Aces (2) 26–10 2023 Stephanie White Connecticut Sun (5) 27–13 2024 Cheryl Reeve (4) Minnesota Lynx (5) 30–10 2025 Natalie Nakase Golden State Valkyries23–212026 Cheryl Reeve (5) Minnesota Lynx (6)33-11
Multi-time winners AwardsCoachTeam(s)Years5Cheryl ReeveMinnesota Lynx2011, 2016, 2020, 2024, 20263Mike ThibaultConnecticut Sun (2) / Washington Mystics (1)2006, 2008, 2013Van ChancellorHouston Comets1997, 1998, 19992Bill LaimbeerDetroit Shock (1) / New York Liberty2003, 2015Curt MillerConnecticut Sun2017, 2021Dan HughesCleveland Rockers (1) / San Antonio Silver Stars (1)2010, 2007
See also
List of sports awards honoring women
References
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