Coastal Athletic Association Men's Basketball Coach of the Year explained

CAA Men's Basketball Coach of the Year
Description:	the most outstanding men's basketball head coach in the Coastal Athletic Association
Country:	United States
Year:	1984
Holder:	Pat Kelsey, Charleston

The Coastal Athletic Association Men's Basketball Coach of the Year (formerly the Colonial Athletic Association Men's Basketball Coach of the Year) is a basketball award given to the most outstanding men's basketball head coach in the Coastal Athletic Association, as chosen by a panel of sports writers and broadcasters. The award was first given following the 1983–84 season, the first year of the conference's existence, to Joe Harrington of George Mason and Dick Tarrant of Richmond. Tarrant and Bruiser Flint of Drexel have won the most awards with four, while six other coaches have won the award twice.

Key

	Awarded one of the following National Coach of the Year awards that year: Associated Press Coach of the Year (AP) Adolph Rupp Cup (ARC) Basketball Times Coach of the Year (BT) CBS/Chevrolet Coach of the Year (CBS) Naismith Coach of the Year (N) NABC Coach of the Year (NABC) Sporting News Coach of the Year (SN) U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA)
	Denotes the number of times the coach had been awarded the Coach of the Year award at that point
†	Co-Coaches of the Year
	Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach but is no longer active
^	Active coach who has been elected to the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame (as a coach)
	Conference win–loss record for that season
	Conference standing at year's end (^Tdenotes a tie)
	Overall win–loss record for that season

Winners

Season	Coach	School	class=unsortable	National Coach of the Year Awards	Conf. W–L	Conf. St.	Overall W–L
1982–83		William & Mary	-		1
1983–84^†		George Mason	-		4^T
1983–84^†		Richmond	-		1
1984–85		Navy	-		1
1985–86	(2)	Richmond	-		2
1986–87		James Madison	-		?
1987–88^†		American	-	?	?
1987–88^†		George Mason	-		2
1988–89	(3)	Richmond	-		1
1989–90		James Madison	-		1
1990–91	(4)	Richmond	-		2
1991–92	(2)	James Madison	-		1^T
1992–93		Old Dominion	-		1^T
1993–94		Richmond	-		4
1994–95		Old Dominion	-		1
1995–96		VCU	-		1
1996–97		UNC Wilmington	-		1^T
1997–98		William & Mary	-		1^T
1998–99		George Mason	-		1
1999–00		James Madison	-		1^T
2000–01	(2)	UNC Wilmington	-		2^T
2001–02		Drexel	-		3^T
2002–03		UNC Wilmington	-		1
2003–04	(2)	Drexel	-		2
2004–05		Old Dominion	-		1
2005–06	(2)	UNC Wilmington	-		1^T
2006–07		VCU	-		1
2007–08		William & Mary	-		5
2008–09	(3)	Drexel	-		6
2009–10	(2)	William & Mary	-		3
2010–11	(2)	George Mason	-		1
2011–12	(4)	Drexel	-		1
2012–13		Towson	-		2^T
2013–14		Delaware	-		1
2014–15		UNC Wilmington	-		1^T
2015–16	(2)	UNC Wilmington	-		1^T
2016–17		College of Charleston	-		2	25–10
2017–18		Northeastern	-		1^T	23–10
2018–19		Hofstra	-		1	25–6
2019–20		William & Mary	-		2	21–11
2020–21		James Madison	-		1^T	13–6
2021–22		UNC Wilmington	-		1^T	21–8
2022–23		Hofstra	-		1^T	23–8
2023–24	Pat Kelsey	Charleston	-	15–3	1	27–8

Winners by school

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
UNC Wilmington (1985)	7	1997, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2015, 2016, 2022
James Madison (1982)	5	1987, 1990, 1992, 2000, 2021
Richmond (1982)^[1]	5	1984^†, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1994
William & Mary (1982)	5	1983, 1998, 2008, 2010, 2020
Drexel (2001)	4	2002, 2004, 2009, 2012
George Mason (1982)^[2]	4	1984^†, 1988^†, 1999, 2011
Old Dominion (1991)^[3]	3	1993, 1995, 2005
Charleston (2013)	2	2017, 2024
Hofstra (2001)	2	2019, 2023
VCU (1995)^[4]	2	1996, 2007
American (1984)^[5]	1	1988^†
Delaware (2001)	1	2014
Navy (1982)^[6]	1	1985
Northeastern (2005)	1	2018
Towson (2001)	1	2013
Elon (2014)	0	—
Georgia State (2005)^[7]	0	—

See also

• List of coaches in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

References

• News: 2009–10 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball media guide: Records section . Colonial Athletic Association . 15 March 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090326170036/http://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/8500/supportfiles/Records/recordbookmbask.pdf . 26 March 2009 . dead .

Notes and References

1. [University of Richmond|Richmond]
2. [George Mason University|George Mason]
3. [Old Dominion University|Old Dominion]
4. [Virginia Commonwealth University|VCU]
5. [American University|American]
6. The United States Naval Academy (Navy) left for the Patriot League in 1991.
7. [Georgia State University|Georgia State]