The Canadian Premier League Coach of the Year award has been awarded since the inaugural 2019 season to a Canadian Premier League head coach. The award is given to the coach who receives the most votes from each head coach and one assistant coach from all the participating teams. It is awarded annually at the Canadian Premier League Awards ceremony.
Initially the award was based on the entire Canadian Premier League season, including the playoffs. In 2022, a change was made to all CPL awards so that they are only judged based on results from the regular season.
Bobby Smyrniotis and Tommy Wheeldon Jr., the current head coaches of Forge FC and Cavalry FC respectively, have won the most awards with two titles each. The only coach who won the award, while also winning the Canadian Premier League championship is Pa-Modou Kah, who led Pacific FC to their first league championship in 2021.
Winners by year +Coach of the YearSeasonCoachNationalityClubRegular seasonPlayoffsRef Pts Place Starting round Result2019Cavalry19–5–4621st 2020 2021Pacific13–6–9453rd 2022Atlético Ottawa13–10–5491st 2023Cavalry16–7–5551st 2024Forge15–5–8501st 2025Forge16–10–2581st
Records Coach Titles Finalist Years won Years finalist Bobby Smyrniotis 2 5 2024, 2025 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 Tommy Wheeldon Jr. 2 2 2019, 2023 2021, 2024 Carlos González 1 0 2022 Stephen Hart 1 0 2020 Pa-Modou Kah 1 0 2021 Jim Brennan 0 1 2019 Mauro Eustáquio 0 1 2025 Patrice Gheisar 0 1 2023 Diego Mejía 0 1 2025 James Merriman 0 1 2022 Mista 0 1 2020 Benjamín Mora 0 1 2024
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