Colonial Athletic Association Men's Basketball Coach of the Year


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 Colonial 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

Winners

SeasonCoachSchoolNational Coach of
the Year Awards		Conf.
W–L		Conf.
St.		Overall
W–L
1982–83William & Mary—1
1983–84†George Mason—4T
1983–84†Richmond—1
1984–85Navy—1
1985–86 Richmond—2
1986–87James Madison—?
1987–88†American—??
1987–88†George Mason—2
1988–89 Richmond—1
1989–90James Madison—1
1990–91 Richmond—2
1991–92 James Madison—1T
1992–93Old Dominion—1T
1993–94Richmond—4
1994–95Old Dominion—1
1995–96VCU—1
1996–97UNC Wilmington—1T
1997–98William & Mary—1T
1998–99George Mason—1
1999–00James Madison—1T
2000–01 UNC Wilmington—2T
2001–02Drexel—3T
2002–03UNC Wilmington—1
2003–04 Drexel—2
2004–05Old Dominion—1
2005–06 UNC Wilmington—1T
2006–07VCU—1
2007–08William & Mary—5
2008–09 Drexel—6
2009–10 William & Mary—3
2010–11 George Mason—1
2011–12 Drexel—1
2012–13Towson—2T
2013–14Delaware—1
2014–15UNC Wilmington—1T
2015–16 UNC Wilmington—1T
2016–17College of Charleston—225—10
2017–18Northeastern—1T23–10
2018–19Hofstra—125–6
2019–20William & Mary—2TBD

Winners by school

Footnotes