The National Basketball League Coach of the Year is an annual National Basketball League (NBL) award given since the 1989 New Zealand NBL season to the best head coach of the regular season.
In September 2021, the Coach of the Year award was named in honour of Steve McKean following his death. McKean was coach of the Tall Blacks from 1972–1981 and received the Basketball New Zealand Coach of the Year Award in 1978 and 2002. He was the NBL's Coach of the Year in 1992.
Winners Year Coach Nationality Team Ref 1989 Curtis Wooten Hawke's Bay Hawks 1990 Matt Ruscoe Nelson Giants 1991 Jeff Green Hutt Valley Lakers 1992 Steve McKean New Plymouth Bears 1993 James Logan Hawke's Bay Hawks 1994 Trevor Wright Nelson Giants 1995 Tab Baldwin Auckland Stars 1996 Nenad Vučinić Nelson Giants 1997 Tab Baldwin (2) Auckland Rebels 1998 Nenad Vučinić (2) Nelson Giants 1999 Tab Baldwin (3) Auckland Rebels 2000 Tracy Carpenter North Harbour Kings 2001 Nenad Vučinić (3) Nelson Giants 2002 John Watson Canterbury Rams 2003 Mike McHugh Wellington Saints 2004 Shawn Dennis Hawke's Bay Hawks 2005 Nenad Vučinić (4) Nelson Giants 2006 Nenad Vučinić (5) Nelson Giants 2007 John Dorge Harbour Heat 2008 Doug Marty Wellington Saints 2009 Dean Vickerman Waikato Pistons 2010 Pero Cameron Wellington Saints 2011 Dean Vickerman (2) Waikato Pistons 2012 Paul Henare Hawke's Bay Hawks 2013 Paul Henare (2) Southland Sharks 2014 Tab Baldwin (4) Hawke's Bay Hawks 2015 Paul Henare (3) Southland Sharks 2016 Ross McMains Taranaki Mountainairs 2017 Kevin Braswell Wellington Saints 2018 Jamie Pearlman Nelson Giants 2019 Mick Downer Canterbury Rams 2020 Brent Matehaere Otago Nuggets 2021 Zico Coronel Wellington Saints 2022 Michael Fitchett Nelson Giants 2023 Aaron Young Auckland Tuatara 2024 Judd Flavell Canterbury Rams 2025 Aaron Young (2) Wellington Saints 2026 Quinn Clinton Canterbury Rams
See also List of National Basketball League (New Zealand) awards
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