Kay Yow Award Explained
Kay Yow Award |
Awarded For: | the nation's top women's coach in NCAA Division I basketball who also displays great character off the court |
Presenter: | Collegeinsider.com |
Country: | United States |
Year: | 2010 |
Holder: | Carly Thibault-DuDonis |
Website: | https://www.kayyowaward.com |
The Kay Yow National Coach of the Year Award is an award given annually to the women's college basketball head coach in NCAA Division I competition who displays great character both on and off the court. The award was established in 2010 and is named for legendary women's head coach Kay Yow, who coached at NC State from 1975 to 2009 before succumbing to stage 4 breast cancer. Yow was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1987 but still continued to coach until the illness forced her to take a medical leave of absence in early 2009. Yow accumulated over 700 wins as a head coach, and also led the United States women's basketball team to an Olympic gold medal in 1988.[1]
Selection
The award is presented to the coach who has exhibited great personal character both as a coach and as a person. A committee of 26 members, ranging from women's basketball analysts, former and current head coaches, and Yow's three siblings (sisters Deborah and Susan, and brother Ronnie), chooses the winner among a field of finalists.[2]
Winners
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Notes and References
- Web site: Inductees into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame – Kay Yow . 9 April 2010 . Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.
- Web site: 2010 . Kay Yow Award . 9 April 2010 . CollegeInsider.com.
- Web site: . 6 April 2010 . Nebraska's Connie Yori wins first Kay Yow Award . 9 April 2010 . Houston Chronicle.
- Web site: 13 April 2011 . Green Bay women's basketball head coach Matt Bollant named Coach of the Year . 23 April 2011 . . 25 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110725180512/http://www.horizonleague.org/blog/green-bay-womens-basketball-head-coach-matt-bollant-named-coach-of-the-year.html . dead .
- Web site: 10 January 2013 . FGCU's Karl Smesko Next on Friday's A-Sun Insider . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130116114851/http://atlanticsun.org/wbasketball/news/2012-13/7256/fgcus-karl-smesko-next-on-fridays-a-sun-insider/ . 16 January 2013 . 27 February 2013 . Atlantic Sun Conference.
- Web site: Albany Katie Abrahamson-Henderson Kay Yow Award CollegeInsider.com College Basketball Awards CollegeInsider.com. kayyowaward.com. 2019-04-09.
- Web site: The Kay Yow National Coach of the Year Award College Basketball Awards CollegeInsider.com. kayyowaward.com. 2019-04-09.
- Web site: Sneddon . Andy . CMU's Guevara named 'Kay Yow National Coach of the Year' . 2019-04-09 . The Morning Sun . en.
- Web site: 2019-04-08 . Kellie Harper Named Kay Yow Coach Of The Year . 2019-04-09 . KTTS.
- Web site: Marist's Giorgis Named Kay Yow Coach Of The Year . Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference . 26 April 2020 . 24 March 2020.
- Web site: Jarrod Olson Named College Insider Kay Yow National Coach of the Year . CBU Athletics . 6 July 2021.
- Web site: The Kay Yow National Coach of the Year Award College Basketball Awards CollegeInsider.com . 2022-04-01 . kayyowaward.com.
- Web site: April 3, 2024 . Indiana's Teri Moren is the recipient of the 2023 Kay Yow Award… . April 8, 2023 . kayyowaward.com.
- News: Barker . Sean . April 3, 2024 . Fairfield women's coach earns national coach of year honors . April 6, 2024 . Shelton Herald . en.