The Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the Coach of the Year in the Western Hockey League. It was originally known as the WHL Coach of the Year Award until 1983, when named in honour of Dunc McCallum, who coached the Brandon Wheat Kings from 1976–81, compiling a 251–123–41 record during that time, winning the WHL Championship in 1979.
List of winners WHL Coach of the Year AwardSeason Coach Team 1968–69 Scotty Munro Calgary Centennials 1969–70 Pat Ginnell Flin Flon Bombers 1970–71 Pat Ginnell Flin Flon Bombers 1971–72 Earl Ingarfield, Sr. Regina Pats 1972–73 Pat Ginnell Flin Flon Bombers 1973–74 Stan Dunn Swift Current Broncos 1974–75 Pat Ginnell Victoria Cougars 1975–76 Punch McLean New Westminster Bruins 1976–77 Dunc McCallum Brandon Wheat Kings 1977–78 (tie) Dave King Billings Bighorns (tie) Jack Shupe Victoria Cougars 1978–79 Dunc McCallum Brandon Wheat Kings 1979–80 Doug Sauter Calgary Wranglers 1980–81 Ken Hodge Portland Winter Hawks 1981–82 Jack Sangster Seattle Thunderbirds 1982–83 Daryl Lubiniecki Saskatoon Blades Dunc McCallum Memorial TrophySeason Coach Team 1983–84 Terry Simpson Prince Albert Raiders 1984–85 Doug Sauter Medicine Hat Tigers 1985–86 Terry Simpson Prince Albert Raiders 1986–871 (West) Ken Hitchcock Kamloops Blazers (East) Graham James Swift Current Broncos 1987–88 Marcel Comeau Saskatoon Blades 1988–89 Ron Kennedy Medicine Hat Tigers 1989–90 Ken Hitchcock Kamloops Blazers 1990–91 Tom Renney Kamloops Blazers 1991–92 Bryan Maxwell Spokane Chiefs 1992–93 Marcel Comeau Tacoma Rockets 1993–94 Lorne Molleken Saskatoon Blades 1994–95 Don Nachbaur Seattle Thunderbirds 1995–96 Bob Lowes Brandon Wheat Kings 1996–97 Brent Peterson Portland Winter Hawks 1997–98 Dean Clark Calgary Hitmen 1998–99 Don Hay Tri-City Americans 1999–2000 Todd McLellan Swift Current Broncos 2000–01 Brent Sutter Red Deer Rebels 2001–02 Bob Lowes Regina Pats 2002–03 Marc Habscheid Kelowna Rockets 2003–04 Kevin Constantine Everett Silvertips 2004–05 Cory Clouston Kootenay Ice 2005–06 Willie Desjardins Medicine Hat Tigers 2006–07 Cory Clouston Kootenay Ice 2007–08 Don Nachbaur Tri-City Americans 2008–09 Don Hay Vancouver Giants 2009–10 Mark Holick Kootenay Ice 2010–11 Don Nachbaur Spokane Chiefs 2011–12 Jim Hiller Tri-City Americans 2012–13 Ryan McGill Kootenay Ice 2013–14 Dave Lowry Victoria Royals 2014–15 John Paddock Regina Pats 2015–16 Dave Lowry Victoria Royals 2016–17 John Paddock Regina Pats 2017–18 Emanuel Viveiros Swift Current Broncos 2018–19 Marc Habscheid Prince Albert Raiders 2019–20 Brad Lauer Edmonton Oil Kings 2020–21 not awarded 2021–22 James Patrick Winnipeg Ice 2022–23 Brennan Sonne Saskatoon Blades 2023–24 Mark Lamb Prince George Cougars 2024–25 James Patrick Victoria Royals 2025–26 Steve Hamilton Everett Silvertips Blue background denotes also named CHL Coach of the Year 1The WHL handed out separate awards for the East and West divisions.
See also Brian Kilrea Coach of the Year Award Matt Leyden Trophy - Ontario Hockey League Coach of the Year Ron Lapointe Trophy - Quebec Major Junior Hockey League Coach of the Year
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