The South American Coach of the Year (Spanish; Castilian: '''Entrenador del año en Sudamérica''') is an annual association football award presented to the best coach of a club or national team in South America over the previous calendar year. The award has been presented by Uruguayan newspaper El País since 1986.
The award goes to any coach/manager of a South American club or national team, regardless of the coaches' nationality. Argentine coaches have won the award the most, with 21 wins by 12 different coaches. With five awards, Argentine Carlos Bianchi is the most decorated awardee. The Argentina and Colombia national teams are the sides that produced most wins, with 5 each. The current winner for 2023 is the Brazilian Fernando Diniz, manager of Brazilian club Fluminense and then caretaker manager of the Brazil national team.
| Year | Coach | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 |  Carlos Bilardo | ||
| 1987 | Carlos Bilardo | ||
| 1988 | Roberto Fleitas | Nacional | |
| 1989 |  Sebastião Lazaroni | ||
| 1990 | Luis Cubilla | Olimpia | |
| 1991 | Alfio Basile | ||
| 1992 | Telê Santana | São Paulo | |
| 1993 |  Francisco Maturana | ||
| 1994 | Carlos Bianchi | Vélez Sarsfield | |
| 1995 | Héctor Núñez | ||
| 1996 | Hernán Darío Gómez | ||
| 1997 | Daniel Passarella | ||
| 1998 | Carlos Bianchi | Boca Juniors | |
| 1999 | Luiz Felipe Scolari | Palmeiras | |
| 2000 | Carlos Bianchi | Boca Juniors | |
| 2001 | Carlos Bianchi | Boca Juniors | |
| 2002 | Luiz Felipe Scolari | ||
| 2003 | Carlos Bianchi | Boca Juniors | |
| 2004 | Luis Fernando Montoya | Once Caldas | |
| 2005 | Aníbal Ruiz | ||
| 2006 | Claudio Borghi | Colo-Colo | |
| 2007 | Gerardo Martino | ||
| 2008 | Edgardo Bauza | LDU Quito | |
| 2009 | Marcelo Bielsa | ||
| 2010 | Óscar Tabárez | ||
| 2011 | Óscar Tabárez | ||
| 2012 | José Pékerman | ||
| 2013 | José Pékerman | ||
| 2014 | José Pékerman | ||
| 2015 | Jorge Sampaoli | ||
| 2016 | Reinaldo Rueda | Atlético Nacional | |
| 2017 | Tite | ||
| 2018 | Marcelo Gallardo | River Plate | |
| 2019 | Marcelo Gallardo | River Plate | |
| 2020 | Marcelo Gallardo | River Plate | |
| 2021 | Abel Ferreira | Palmeiras | |
| 2022 | Lionel Scaloni | ||
| 2023 | Fernando Diniz | Fluminense/ |
| Coach | Wins | Years | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Bianchi | 5 | 1994, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003 | |
| José Pékerman | 3 | 2012, 2013, 2014 | |
| Marcelo Gallardo | 3 | 2018, 2019, 2020 | |
| Carlos Bilardo | 2 | 1986, 1987 | |
| Luiz Felipe Scolari | 2 | 1999, 2002 | |
 Óscar Tabárez | 2 | 2010, 2011 |
| Country | Coaches | Wins | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 21 | ||
| 5 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 4 | ||
| 1 | 1 |
| Team | Coaches | Wins | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 5 | ||
| Boca Juniors | 1 | 4 | |
| 4 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 3 | ||
| River Plate | 1 | 3 | |
| 2 | 2 | ||
| Palmeiras | 2 | 2 | |
| 2 | 2 | ||
| Atlético Nacional | 1 | 1 | |
| Colo-Colo | 1 | 1 | |
| Fluminense | 1 | 1 | |
| LDU Quito | 1 | 1 | |
| Nacional | 1 | 1 | |
| Olimpia | 1 | 1 | |
| Once Caldas | 1 | 1 | |
| São Paulo | 1 | 1 | |
| Vélez Sarsfield | 1 | 1 |