NBL Coach of the Year Award

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The National Basketball League Coach of the Year is an annual National Basketball League (NBL) award given since the 1980 NBL season to the best head coach of the regular season. At the season's end, each club's Head Coach, one Assistant Coach and the Team Captain vote on the Coach of the Year in a 3-2-1 format (3 votes being indicative of the most deserving). Voters are not allowed to vote for the coach of their own team.[1] The winner receives the Lindsay Gaze Trophy, which is named in honour of legendary NBL coach and Basketball Hall of Famer Lindsay Gaze,[2] who guided the Melbourne Tigers to two NBL Championships over a long and celebrated career.[1]

In 2015–16, Townsville Crocodiles head coach Shawn Dennis became the first coach in NBL history to be named Coach of the Year with the combination of a losing record and without qualifying for the Finals. Dr. Adrian Hurley (2005) is the only other recipient with a losing record – honoured after leading the Hunter Pirates to the Finals with a 15–17 record – while Robbie Cadee (1983) is the only other recipient to have missed the Finals – honoured after leading the Bankstown Bruins to a seventh placed finish with a 12–10 record.[1]

Winners

Year Player Team
1979 N/A N/A
1980 Barry Barnes Nunawading Spectres
1981 Bob Turner Newcastle Falcons
1982 Cal Bruton Geelong Supercats
1983 Robbie Cadee Bankstown Bruins
1984 Brian Kerle Brisbane Bullets
1985 Bob Turner (2) Canberra Cannons
1986 Ken Cole Adelaide 36ers
1987 David Lindstrom Illawarra Hawks
1988 Bruce Palmer North Melbourne Giants
1989 Lindsay Gaze Melbourne Tigers
1990 Brian Kerle (2) Brisbane Bullets
1991 Murray Arnold Perth Wildcats
1992 Brian Goorjian South East Melbourne Magic
1993 Alan Black Illawarra Hawks
1994 Brett Brown North Melbourne Giants
1995 Alan Black (2)
Tom Wiseman		 Illawarra Hawks
Newcastle Falcons
1996 Brett Flanigan Canberra Cannons
1997 Lindsay Gaze (2)
Brian Goorjian (2)		 Melbourne Tigers
South East Melbourne Magic
1998 Brian Goorjian (3) South East Melbourne Magic
1998–99 Lindsay Gaze (3)
Brendan Joyce		 Melbourne Tigers
Wollongong Hawks
1999–2000 Ian Stacker Townsville Crocodiles
2000–01 Brendan Joyce (2) Wollongong Hawks
2001–02 Brian Goorjian (4) Victoria Titans
2002–03 Ian Stacker (2) Townsville Crocodiles
2003–04 Joey Wright Brisbane Bullets
2004–05 Adrian Hurley Hunter Pirates
2005–06 Al Westover Melbourne Tigers
2006–07 Joey Wright (2) Brisbane Bullets
2007–08 Brian Goorjian (5) Sydney Kings
2008–09 Brian Goorjian (6) South Dragons
2009–10 Gordie McLeod Wollongong Hawks
2010–11 Trevor Gleeson Townsville Crocodiles
2011–12 Andrej Lemanis New Zealand Breakers
2012–13 Andrej Lemanis (2) New Zealand Breakers
2013–14 Gordie McLeod (2) Wollongong Hawks
2014–15 Aaron Fearne Cairns Taipans
2015–16 Shawn Dennis Townsville Crocodiles

References

  1. 1 2 3 "SHAWN DENNIS REWARDED WITH COACH OF THE YEAR". NBL.com.au. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "Lindsay Gaze Career Retrospective". YouTube.com. 11 September 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
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