The Big Ten Conference Coach of the Year is a college softball award given to the Big Ten Conference's most outstanding coach. The award has been given annually since 1985.
Key Co-Coaches of the Year
Winners SeasonPlayerSchoolReference1985 Michigan1986 Michigan State1987 Northwestern1988 Minnesota1989 Iowa1990 Ohio State1991 Minnesota1992 (2)Michigan1993 (3)Michigan1994Indiana1995 (2)Northwestern1996 (4)Michigan1997 (2)Iowa1998 (5)Michigan1999 (6)Michigan1999 Penn State2000 (3)Iowa2001 (7)Michigan2002 Ohio State2003 Michigan State2004 (8)Michigan 2005 (9)Michigan 2005 Northwestern2006 (2)Northwestern 2007 (2)Ohio State 2008 (10)Michigan 2009 (11)Michigan 2010Illinois 2011 (12)Michigan 2012 (13)Michigan 2013 (14)Michigan 2014 Nebraska 2015 (15)Michigan 2016 (16)Michigan 2017Minnesota 2018 (17)Michigan 2019 (3)Northwestern 2021 (18)Michigan 2022 (4)Northwestern2023 (5)Northwestern2024 (6)Northwestern2025 Oregon2026 (2)Nebraska
Winners by school School Winners Years Michigan 18 1985, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2021 Northwestern 8 1987, 1995, 2005, 2006, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024 Iowa 3 1989, 1997, 2000 Minnesota 3 1988, 1991, 2017 Ohio State 3 1990, 2002, 2007 Michigan State 2 1986, 2003 Nebraska 2 2014, 2026 Indiana 1 1994 Illinois 1 2010 Oregon 1 2025 Penn State 1 1999 Maryland 0 — Purdue 0 — Rutgers 0 — UCLA 0 — Washington 0 — Wisconsin 0 —
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