The Geno Auriemma Award, known through the 2023–24 college basketball season as the United States Basketball Writers Association National Coach of the Year Award, is an annual award presented by the United States Basketball Writers Association to the top NCAA Division I women's basketball head coach since the 1989–90 season.
After the 2023–24 season, the award was named after Hall of Fame coach Geno Auriemma, who at the time of announcement had won it six times at UConn.
Winners YearWinnerSchool 1990 Stanford1991 Virginia1992 Maryland1993 Vanderbilt1994 Colorado1995 UConn1996 Louisiana Tech1997 Old Dominion1998 Tennessee1999 Purdue2000 Georgia2001 Notre Dame2002 Minnesota2003 (2) UConn2004 Houston2005 LSU2006 North Carolina2007 Duke2008 (3) UConn2009 (4) UConn2010 Nebraska2011 Baylor2012 (2) Baylor2013 (2) Notre Dame2014 (3) Notre Dame2015 Princeton2016 (5) UConn2017 (6) UConn2018 Mississippi State2019 (3) Baylor2020 South Carolina 2021 (2) Stanford 2022 (2) South Carolina 2023 (3) South Carolina 2024 (4) South Carolina 2025 UCLA 2026 Vanderbilt
See also United States Basketball Writers Association
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