| Coach of the Year | |
| Sport: | Soccer |
| League: | Canadian Premier League |
| Country: | Canada |
| First: | 2019 |
| Firstwinner: | Tommy Wheeldon Jr. |
| Mostwins: | Tommy Wheeldon Jr. (2) |
| Mostrecent: | Bobby Smyrniotis |
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 playoffs and finals.[1] In 2022, a change was made to all CPL awards so that they are only judged based on results from the regular season.[2] Tommy Wheeldon Jr., the current head coach of Cavalry FC, has won the most awards, with two titles. 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.
| Season | Coach | Nationality | Club | Winning % | Team result | Ref | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reg. season | League total | Reg. season | Playoffs | ||||||
| 2019 | Cavalry | 1st | [3] | ||||||
| 2020 | N/A | N/A | [4] | ||||||
| 2021 |  Norway | Pacific | 3rd | ||||||
| 2022 |  Spain | Atlético Ottawa | 1st | [5] | |||||
| 2023 | Cavalry | 1st | [6] | ||||||
| 2024 |  Canada | Forge | 1st | ||||||
| Coach | Titles | Finalist | Years won | Years finalist | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data-sort-value="Wheeldon, Tommy Jr." | align=center | 2 | align=center | 2 | 2019, 2023 | 2021, 2024 | ||
| data-sort-value="Smyrniotis, Bobby" | Bobby Smyrniotis | align=center | 1 | align=center | 5 | 2024 | 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 | |
| data-sort-value="González, Carlos" | Carlos González | align=center | 1 | align=center | 0 | 2021 | ||
| data-sort-value="Hart, Stephen" | Stephen Hart | align=center | 1 | align=center | 0 | 2020 | ||
| data-sort-value="Kah, Pa-Modou" | align=center | 1 | align=center | 0 | 2021 | |||
| data-sort-value="Brennan, Jim" | Jim Brennan | align=center | 0 | align=center | 1 | 2019 | ||
| data-sort-value="Gheisar, Patrice" | Patrice Gheisar | align=center | 0 | align=center | 1 | 2023 | ||
| data-sort-value="Merriman, James" | James Merriman | align=center | 0 | align=center | 1 | 2022 | ||
| data-sort-value="Mista" | Mista | align=center | 0 | align=center | 1 | 2020 | ||
| data-sort-value="Mora" |  Benjamín Mora | align=center | 0 | align=center | 1 | 2024 |