AEEB Coach of the Year Award


The AEEB Coach of the Year Award is an annual basketball award that is given by the Spanish Basketball Coaches Association. It recognizes the best coach of the year in Spain.
The award was established in 1975, and the person recognized as the 'AEEB Coach of the Year' receives the AEEB Coach of the Year trophy, which is named after Antonio Díaz-Miguel. This award is considered the most important one for basketball coaches in Spain, since it is based on votes by other coaches. The top-tier level basketball league in Spain, the Liga ACB, also gives a coach of the year award, the ACB Best Coach award, which has been awarded since the 2007–08 season.

Past winners

SeasonCoachLiga ACB Team
1974–75 Pedro FerrándizReal Madrid
1975–76 Aíto García RenesesCotonificio Badalona
1976–77 Lolo SainzReal Madrid
1977–78 Antoni SerraJoventut Badalona
1978–79 Rafael Peyró
1979–80 Ángel Palmi & Luis Rodrigo
1980–81 Antonio Díaz-Miguel
1981–82 Ignacio Pinedo
1982–83 Antonio Díaz-Miguel
1983–84 Manuel Coloma
1984–85 Lolo Sainz Real Madrid
1985–86 Juan JiménezTDK Manresa
1986–87 José Antonio FigueroaCajabilbao
1987–88 Alfred JulbeRAM Joventut
1988–89 Mario PesqueraCaja Ronda
1989–90 Aíto García Reneses FC Barcelona
1990–91 Lolo Sainz Montigalà Joventut
1991–92 Miguel Ángel MartínEstudiantes Caja Postal
1992–93 Gustavo AranzanaElosúa León
1993–94 Pedro MartínezTDK Manresa
1994–95 Javier ImbrodaUnicaja
1995–96 Salva MaldonadoTDK Manresa
1996–97 Alfred Julbe Festina Joventut
1997–98 Luis CasimiroTDK Manresa
1998–99 Javier Imbroda Caja San Fernando
1999–00 Sergio ScarioloReal Madrid Teka
2000–01 Duško IvanovićTAU Cerámica
2001–02 Edu TorresCaprabo Lleida
2002–03 Paco OlmosPamesa Valencia
2003–04 Pepu HernándezAdecco Estudiantes
2004–05 Trifón PochEtosa Alicante
2005–06 Aíto García Reneses DKV Joventut
2006–07 Joan PlazaReal Madrid
2007–08 Aíto García Reneses DKV Joventut
2008–09 Xavi PascualFC Barcelona
2009–10 Xavi Pascual FC Barcelona
2010–11 Xavi Pascual FC Barcelona
2011–12 Sito AlonsoLagun Aro GBC
2012–13 Pablo LasoReal Madrid
2013–14 Velimir PerasovićValencia Basket
2014–15 Pablo Laso Real Madrid
2015–16 Pablo Laso Real Madrid
2016–17 Pedro Martínez Valencia Basket
2017–18 Pablo Laso Real Madrid
2018–19 Svetislav PešićFC Barcelona

Most successful coaches

Below is the list of the most successful coaches, those with 2 or more awards won:
NameAwards
Aíto García Reneses
4
Pablo Laso
4
Lolo Sainz
3
Xavi Pascual
3
Antonio Díaz-Miguel
2
Pedro Martínez
2
Alfred Julbe
2
Javier Imbroda
2