New Zealand NBL Coach of the Year Award

The National Basketball League Coach of the Year is an annual National Basketball League (NBL) award given since the 1989 New Zealand NBL season to the best head coach of the regular season.^[1][2]

In September 2021, the Coach of the Year award was named in honour of Steve McKean following his death.^[3] McKean was coach of the Tall Blacks from 1972–1981 and received the Basketball New Zealand Coach of the Year Award in 1978 and 2002.^[3] He was the NBL's Coach of the Year in 1992.^[1][2]

Winners

Year Coach Nationality Team Ref 1989 Curtis Wooten  New Zealand Hawke's Bay Hawks 1990 Matt Ruscoe  New Zealand Nelson Giants 1991 Jeff Green  New Zealand Hutt Valley Lakers 1992 Steve McKean  United States New Plymouth Bears 1993 James Logan  New Zealand Hawke's Bay Hawks 1994 Trevor Wright  New Zealand Nelson Giants 1995 Tab Baldwin  United States Auckland Stars 1996 Nenad Vučinić  New Zealand Nelson Giants 1997 Tab Baldwin (2)  United States Auckland Rebels 1998 Nenad Vučinić (2)  New Zealand Nelson Giants 1999 Tab Baldwin (3)  United States Auckland Rebels 2000 Tracy Carpenter  United States North Harbour Kings 2001 Nenad Vučinić (3)  New Zealand Nelson Giants 2002 John Watson  United States Canterbury Rams 2003 Mike McHugh  Australia Wellington Saints 2004 Shawn Dennis  Australia Hawke's Bay Hawks 2005 Nenad Vučinić (4)  New Zealand Nelson Giants 2006 Nenad Vučinić (5)  New Zealand Nelson Giants 2007 John Dorge  Australia Harbour Heat 2008 Doug Marty  United States Wellington Saints 2009 Dean Vickerman  Australia Waikato Pistons 2010 Pero Cameron  New Zealand Wellington Saints 2011 Dean Vickerman (2)  Australia Waikato Pistons 2012 Paul Henare  New Zealand Hawke's Bay Hawks 2013 Paul Henare (2)  New Zealand Southland Sharks 2014 Tab Baldwin (4)  New Zealand Hawke's Bay Hawks 2015 Paul Henare (3)  New Zealand Southland Sharks [4] 2016 Ross McMains  New Zealand Taranaki Mountainairs [5] 2017 Kevin Braswell  United States Wellington Saints [6] 2018 Jamie Pearlman  Australia Nelson Giants [7] 2019 Mick Downer  Australia Canterbury Rams [8] 2020 Brent Matehaere  New Zealand Otago Nuggets [9] 2021 Zico Coronel  New Zealand Wellington Saints [10] 2022 Michael Fitchett  New Zealand Nelson Giants [11] 2023 Aaron Young  New Zealand Auckland Tuatara [12]

See also

• List of National Basketball League (New Zealand) awards

References

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7. ^ "ILI CLAIMS MVP, DELANY FORWARD OF THE YEAR". nznbl.basketball. 6 August 2018. Archived from the original on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
8. ^ "SEASON'S BEST CELEBRATED AT ANNUAL AWARDS". nznbl.basketball. 19 July 2019. Archived from the original on 19 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
9. ^ "TOM VODANOVICH WINS SKYCITY MVP AT SAL'S NBL AWARDS DINNER". nznbl.basketball. 26 July 2020. Archived from the original on 26 July 2020.
10. ^ "DION PREWSTER TOPS THE 2021 SAL'S NBL AWARDS". nznbl.basketball. 20 July 2021. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021.
11. ^ "2022 SAL'S NBL AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED". nznbl.basketball. 9 August 2022. Archived from the original on 9 August 2022.
12. ^ "Aaron Young is the 2023 Coach of the Year!". twitter.com/nznbl. 19 July 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023.