Big West Conference Women's Basketball Coach of the Year
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| Awarded for | the top women's basketball coach in the Big West Conference |
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| History | |
| First award | 1983–84 |
| First winner | Sheila Strike-Bolla & Jim Bolla, UNLV |
| Most wins | 8, UC Santa Barbara |
| Most recent | Laura Beeman, Hawaii |
The Big West Conference Women's Basketball Coach of the Year is an annual college basketball award given to head coaches in the Big West Conference.
The award was first given at the end of the 1983–84 season, when the conference was known as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association (PCAA), to husband and wife co-coaches Sheila Strike and Jim Bolla of UNLV. The program with the most awards is UC Santa Barbara with 8, with Mark French's conference-leading 7 awards and Lindsay Gottlieb garnering the award in 2009. Jennifer Gross is the only head coach to win five consecutive coach of the year honors, her most recent being after the 2020–21 season.[1]
Winners
[edit]Winners by school
[edit]| School | Winners | Years |
|---|---|---|
| UC Santa Barbara | 8 | 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2009 |
| Hawaii[a] | 7 | 1987, 1989, 1993, 1994, 2015, 2022, 2024 |
| UC Davis | 7 | 2008, 2010, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 |
| Cal State Northridge | 3 | 2005, 2012, 2014 |
| Long Beach State | 3 | 1986, 2006, 2023 |
| UC Riverside | 3 | 2002, 2007, 2016 |
| UNLV[b] | 3 | 1984, 1985, 1990 |
| Cal State Fullerton | 2 | 1988, 1991 |
| Cal Poly | 2 | 2000, 2011 |
| UC Irvine | 2 | 1995, 2021 |
| Idaho[c] | 1 | 2005 |
| North Texas[d] | 1 | 1999 |
| Pacific[e] | 1 | 2013 |
- Among current Big West members, Bakersfield and UC San Diego have yet to have an honored coach.
- Boise State, Fresno State, Nevada, New Mexico State, San Diego State, San Jose State, and Utah State never had an honored coach during their Big West tenures. Another former member, Cal State Los Angeles, left what was then known as the PCAA before the conference sponsored women's sports.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Hawaii left the Big West Conference in 1996 to join the Western Athletic Conference, and rejoined the Big West in 2012.
- ^ UNLV left the Big West Conference for the Mountain West Conference in 1996.
- ^ Idaho left the Big West Conference for the Western Athletic Conference in 2005 and is currently a member of the Big Sky Conference.
- ^ North Texas left the Big West Conference for the Sun Belt Conference in 2000 and is currently a member of the American Athletic Conference.
- ^ Pacific left the Big West Conference for the West Coast Conference in 2013.
References
[edit]- ^ #BigWestHoops [@BigWestHoops] (March 8, 2021). "One of the #BWWBB Co-Coaches of the year is @UCDavisWBB Jennifer Gross! ..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ a b c Big West Conference Women's Basketball Record Book (PDF) (March 2020 ed.). Big West Conference. p. 25. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ "Beeman named Coach of Year in Big West basketball". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ "Big West Announces Women's Basketball All-Conference Lists and Awards". Big West Conference. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ "BIG WEST ANNOUNCES 2020-21 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL MAJOR AWARDS". Big West Conference. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ "The Big West Announces 2021-22 Women's Basketball All-Conference Team". Big West Conference. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ "2023-24 Women's Basketball All-Big West Awards and Teams Announced" (Press release). Big West Conference. March 12, 2024. Retrieved March 13, 2024.