# DBL Coach of the Year

Dutch Basketball League awards, honours, and leaders :
Individual awards :
Most Valuable Player
Coach of the Year
Defensive Player of the Year
MVP Under 23
Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs MVP
Statistical Player of the Year
Most Improved Player
Rookie of the Year
Kees Akerboom Trophy :
Honors :
All-DBL Team
All-Rookie Team
All-Defense Team :
Statistical leaders :
Scoring
Assists
Blocks
Rebounding
Steals :
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The Dutch Basketball League Coach of the Year is an award given to the best coach in the Dutch highest professional basketball league. The award is given after the regular season and was first handed out in 1975 to Bill Sheridan.

## Winners

Key :
| Coach (X) | Name of the coach and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one) |
| Club (X) | Name of the club and the number of times a coach of it has won the award (if more than one) |
| W–L | Wins and losses |
| W% | Win percentage |
| † | Indicates multiple award winners in the same season |
| Year | Coach | Nationality | Team | W-L | W% |
| 1974–75 | Bill Sheridan | United States | Punch | | |
| 1975–76 | Tom Quinn | United States | Flamingo's Haarlem | | |
| 1976–77 | Bill Sheridan (2) | United States | Den Bosch | | |
| 1977–78 | Jim Parks | United States | Donar | | |
| 1978–79 | Ton Boot | Netherlands | Den Bosch (2) | | |
| 1979–80 | Ton Boot (2) | Netherlands | Den Bosch (3) | | |
| 1981–82 | Edwin van der Hart | Netherlands | Amsterdam Astronauts | | |
| 1982–83 | Ruud Harrewijn | Netherlands | Flamingo's Haarlem (2) | | |
| 1983–84$^†$ | Ton Boot (3) | Netherlands | Den Bosch (4) | | |
| 1983–84$^†$ | Maarten van Gent | Netherlands | Hatrans Haaksbergen | | |
| 1984–85 | Ruud Harrewijn (2) | Netherlands | Leiden | | |
| 1985–86 | Jan Dekker | Netherlands | Den Bosch (5) | | |
| 1986–87 | Ton Boot (4) | Netherlands | Den Helder | | |
| 1987–88 | Ton Boot (5) | Netherlands | Den Helder (2) | | |
| 1988–89 | Jan Dekker (2) | Netherlands | Den Bosch (5) | | |
| 1989–90 | Glenn Pinas | Netherlands | Red Giants Meppel | | |
| 1990–91 | Jan Willem Jansen | Netherlands | Donar (2) | | |
| 1991–92 | Jan Willem Jansen (2) | Netherlands | Akrides | | |
| 1992–93 | Ton Boot (6) | Netherlands | Den Helder (3) | | |
| 1993–94 | Meindert van der Veen | Netherlands | Den Helder (4) | | |
| 1994–95 | Glenn Pinas (2) | Netherlands | Donar (3) | | |
| 1995–96 | Glenn Pinas (3) | Netherlands | Donar (4) | | |
| 1996–97 | Glenn Pinas (4) | Netherlands | Donar (5) | | |
| 1997–98 | Jan Willem Jansen (3) | Netherlands | Amsterdam Astronauts (2) | | |
| 1998–99 | Bob Gonnen | Netherlands | Den Helder (5) | | |
| 1999–00 | Lawrence Nicols | United States | Den Bosch (6) | | |
| 2000–01 | Ton Boot (7) | Netherlands | Amsterdam Astronauts (3) | | |
| 2001–02 | Herman van den Belt$^^$ | Netherlands | Landstede | | |
| 2002–03 | Toon van Helfteren | Netherlands | Den Bosch (7) | | |
| 2003–04 | Arik Shivek | Israel | Astronauts Amsterdam (4) | 29–7 | .805 |
| 2004–05 | Herman van den Belt$^^$ (2) | Netherlands | Landstede (2) | | |
| 2005–06 | Erik Braal | Netherlands | Rotterdam | 20–16 | .555 |
| 2006–07 | Michael Schuurs | Netherlands | Magixx | 26–14 | .650 |
| 2007–08 | Erik Braal (2) | Netherlands | West-Brabant Giants | 27–13 | .675 |
| 2008–09 | Arik Shivek (2) | Israel | Amsterdam (5) | 35–5 | .875 |
| 2009–10 | Toon van Helfteren (2) | Netherlands | Leiden (2) | 22–14 | .611 |
| 2010–11 | Toon van Helfteren (3) | Netherlands | Leiden (3) | 30–6 | .833 |
| 2011–12 | Toon van Helfteren (4) | Netherlands | Leiden (4) | 22–6 | .786 |
| 2012–13 | Raoul Korner | Austria | Den Bosch (8) | 30–6 | .833 |
| 2013–14 | Ivica Skelin | Croatia | Donar (6) | 32–4 | .888 |
| 2014–15 | Ivica Skelin (2) | Croatia | Donar (7) | 21–7 | .750 |
| 2015–16 | Herman van den Belt (3) | Netherlands | Landstede (3) | 22–6 | .786 |
| 2016–17 | Erik Braal (3) | Netherlands | Donar (8) | 26–2 | .923 |
| 2017–18 | Erik Braal (4) | Netherlands | Donar (9) | 28–4 | .875 |
| 2018–19 | Rolf Franke | Netherlands | Leiden (5) | 31–3 | .912 |
| 2020–21 | Geert Hammink | Netherlands | Leiden (6) | 17–4 | .810 |

## Awards per coach

| Awards | Player | Won in |
| 7 | Ton Boot | 1979, 1980, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1993, 2001 |
| 4 | Toon van Helfteren | 2003, 2010, 2011, 2012 |
| 4 | Glenn Pinas | 1990, 1995, 1996, 1997 |