The Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Soccer Coach of the Year is an annual award given to the best head coach in the Atlantic Coast Conference during the NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The award has been given since 1975.
Notable winners of the award include: Bruce Arena (who later coached the United States men's soccer team and LA Galaxy), I. M. Ibrahim (who spent his entire coaching career with Clemson University), Anson Dorrance (who later simultaneously coached the University of Carolina's women's soccer team and the United States women's soccer team) and Jay Vidovich (who went on to coach Portland Timbers 2 for a season, before returning to collegiate soccer).
Vidovich has won the award the most times, with eight wins.
Winners
Coach of the Year (1975–present)
SeasonCoachSchoolReference1975North Carolina1976Maryland1977North Carolina1978Clemson1979Virginia1980Duke1981Wake Forest1982Maryland1983 (2)Duke1984 (2)Virginia1985 (2)Clemson1986 (3)Virginia1987 (3)Duke1988 (4)Virginia1989 (5)Virginia1990 (3)Clemson1991 (6)Virginia1992NC State1993 (4)Clemson1994 (2)NC State1995 (7)Virginia1996Virginia1997 (4)Duke1998NC State1999 (5)Duke2000North Carolina2001 (2)Virginia2002Wake Forest2003Maryland2004 (2)Wake Forest2005 (2)Maryland2006 (3)Wake Forest2007Boston College2008 (4)Wake Forest2009 (5)Wake Forest2010 (2)North Carolina2011North Carolina2012 (3)Maryland2013Notre Dame2014Syracuse2015Wake Forest2016 (2)Wake Forest 2017 (3)Wake Forest 2018 (4)Wake Forest 2019Clemson 2020 (6)Pittsburgh 2021 (7)Pittsburgh 2022 (2)Syracuse 2023Notre Dame 2024 (8)Pittsburgh 2025 (3)Virginia
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