Big West Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year explained

Big West Coach of the Year
Awardedfor:	the best coach in the Big West Conference.
First:	1978
Mostrecent:	Dan Monson, Long Beach State

The Big West Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year is an annual college basketball award presented to the top men's basketball coach in the Big West Conference.

Winners

Season	Coach	School	Source(s)
Pacific Coast Athletic Association (1977–1988)
1977–78	Boyd Grant	Fresno State	^[1]
1978–79	Stan Morrison	Pacific
1979–80	Bill Berry	San Jose State
	Rod Tueller	Utah State
1980–81	Boyd Grant (2)	Fresno State (2)
1981–82	Boyd Grant (3)	Fresno State (3)
1982–83		UNLV
1983–84	Jerry Tarkanian (2)	UNLV (2)
1984–85	Jerry Tarkanian (3)	UNLV (3)
1985–86	Bill Mulligan	UC Irvine
1986–87	Jerry Tarkanian (4)	UNLV (4)
1987–88	Jerry Tarkanian (5)	UNLV (5)
Big West Conference (1988–present)
1988–89	Neil McCarthy	New Mexico State
1989–90	Neil McCarthy (2)	New Mexico State (2)
1990–91	Jerry Tarkanian (6)	UNLV (6)
1991–92	Jerry Pimm	UC Santa Barbara
	Jerry Tarkanian (7)	UNLV (7)
1992–93	Bob Thomason	Pacific (2)
1993–94	Stan Morrison (2)	San Jose State (2)
1994–95	Larry Eustachy	Utah State (2)
1995–96	Rod Baker	UC Irvine (2)
1996–97	Bob Thomason (2)	Pacific (3)
1997–98	Larry Eustachy (2)	Utah State (3)
1998–99	Bob Williams	UC Santa Barbara (2)
1999–2000	Stew Morrill	Utah State (4)
2000–01	Pat Douglass	UC Irvine (3)
2001–02	Stew Morrill (2)	Utah State (5)
2002–03	Bob Williams (2)	UC Santa Barbara (3)
2003–04	Bob Thomason (3)	Pacific (4)
2004–05	Bob Thomason (4)	Pacific (5)
2005–06	Bob Thomason (5)	Pacific (6)
2006–07		Long Beach State
2007–08	Bobby Braswell	Cal State Northridge
2008–09	Bobby Braswell (2)	Cal State Northridge (2)
2009–10	Bob Williams (3)	UC Santa Barbara (4)
2010–11	Dan Monson	Long Beach State (2)
2011–12	Dan Monson (2)	Long Beach State (3)
2012–13	Dan Monson (3)	Long Beach State (4)
2013–14	Russell Turner	UC Irvine (4)
2014–15	Jim Les	UC Davis
2015–16	Eran Ganot	Hawaii
2016–17	Russell Turner (2)	UC Irvine (5)
2017–18	Jim Les (2)	UC Davis (2)
2018–19	Russell Turner (3)	UC Irvine (6)
2019–20	Russell Turner (4)	UC Irvine (7)
2020–21	Joe Pasternack	UC Santa Barbara (5)	^[2]
2021–22	Dan Monson (4)	Long Beach State (5)	^[3]
2022–23	Mike Magpayo	UC Riverside	^[4]
2023–24	Eric Olen	UC San Diego

Winners by school

School	Winners	class=unsortable	Years
	7	1986, 1996, 2001, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2020
	7	1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992
	6	1979, 1993, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2006
	5	1992, 1999, 2003, 2010, 2021
	5	1980, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002
	5	2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2022
	3	1978, 1981, 1982
	2	2008, 2009
	2	1989, 1990
	2	1980, 1994
	1	2016
	1	2023
	1	2024

Notes

Notes and References

1. Book: Big West Conference Men’s Basketball Record Book . April 2020 . Big West Conference . 31 . 27 May 2021.
2. Web site: Big West Announces 2020-21 Men’s Basketball All-Conference Team . Big West Conference . 27 May 2021.
3. Web site: Big West Unveils 2021-22 Men's Basketball All-Conference Team . Big West Conference . 13 June 2022.
4. Web site: The Big West Unveils 2022-23 Men’s Basketball All-Conference Team, Major Awards and Specialty Awards . Big West Conference . 9 March 2023.