Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year
Winners

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year

Section Title: Winners
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Season	Coach	School	National Coach of the Year Awards	Conf. W–L	Conf. St.	Overall W–L

1981–82	Bob Dukiet	Saint Peter's	—	9–1	1	20–9

1982–83	Gordon Chiesa	Manhattan	—	4–6	4	15–13

1983–84	Pat Kennedy	Iona	—	11–3	1T	23–8

1984–85	Les Wothke	Army	—	7–7	5	16–13

1985–86	Mitch Buonaguro	Fairfield	—	13–1	1	24–7

1986–87	Ted Fiore	Saint Peter's	—	11–3	1	21–8

1987–88	Speedy Morris	La Salle	—	14–0	1	24–10

1988–89†	Speedy Morris (2)	La Salle	—	13–1	1	26–6

1988–89†	Ted Fiore (2)	Saint Peter's	—	11–3	2	22–9

1989–90	George Blaney	Holy Cross	—	14–2	1	24–6

1990–91	Ted Fiore (3)	Saint Peter's	—	11–5	3T	24–7

1991–92	Steve Lappas	Manhattan	—	13–3	1	25–9

1992–93	Jack Armstrong	Niagara	—	11–3	2	23–7

1993–94	John Beilein	Canisius	—	12–2	1	22–7

1994–95	Fran Fraschilla	Manhattan	—	12–2	1	26–5

1995–96	Paul Cormier	Fairfield	—	10–4	1T	20–10

1996–97	Tim Welsh	Iona	—	11–3	1	22–8

1997–98	Tim Welsh (2)	Iona	—	15–3	1	27–6

1998–99	Joe Mihalich	Niagara	—	13–5	1T	17–12

1999–00	Paul Hewitt	Siena	—	15–3	1	24–9

2000–01	Dave Magarity	Marist	—	11–7	4T	17–13

2001–02	Don Harnum	Rider	—	13–5	1T	17–11

2002–03	Bobby Gonzalez	Manhattan	—	14–4	1	23–7

2003–04	Tim O'Toole	Fairfield	—	12–6	3T	19–11

2004–05	Joe Mihalich (2)	Niagara	—	13–5	1T	20–10

2005–06	Bobby Gonzalez (2)	Manhattan	—	14–4	1	20–11

2006–07	Matt Brady	Marist	—	14–4	1	25–9

2007–08	Tommy Dempsey	Rider	—	13–5	1T	23–11

2008–09	Fran McCaffery	Siena	—	16–2	1	27–8

2009–10	Kevin Willard	Iona	—	12–6	3	21–10

2010–11	Ed Cooley	Fairfield	—	15–3	1	25–8

2011–12	Jimmy Patsos	Loyola (MD)	—	13–5	2	24–9

2012–13	Joe Mihalich (3)	Niagara	—	13–5	1	19–14

2013–14	Tim Cluess	Iona	—	17–3	1	22–11

2014–15	Kevin Baggett	Rider	—	15–5	2	21–12

2015–16	King Rice	Monmouth	—	17–3	1	28–8

2016–17	King Rice (2)	Monmouth	—	18–2	1	27–7

2017–18	Kevin Baggett (2)	Rider	—	15–3	1T	22–10

2018–19	Tim Cluess (2)	Iona	—	12–6	1	14–15

Sentence(s)

The award was first given following the 1981–82 season, the first year of the conference's existence, to Bob Dukiet of Saint Peter's.

final_sentence: The award was first given following the 1981–82 season, the first year of the conference's existence, to Bob Dukiet of Saint Peter's.