# WNBA Coach of the Year Award

Women's National Basketball Association awards and honors :
Championship :
WNBA Finals :
Commissioner's Cup Champions :
WNBA Commissioner's Cup :
Individual awards :
All-Star Game MVP
Rookie of the Year
Defensive Player of the Year
Coach of the Year
Finals MVP
Dawn Staley Leadership
Most Valuable Player
Most Improved Player
Peak Performers
Sixth Player of the Year
Kim Perrot Sportsmanship
Basketball Executive of the Year :
Honors :
All-WNBA Team
Top 15 Players
Top 25 Players
All-Rookie Team
WNBA All-Decade Team
Top 20 Players
All-Defensive Team :
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The Women's National Basketball Association's Coach of the Year is an annual Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) award given since the league's inaugural season. The winner is selected at the end of regular season by a panel of sportswriters from the United States, each of whom casts a vote for first, second and third place selections. Each first-place vote is worth five points; each second-place vote is worth three points; and each third-place vote is worth one point. The person with the highest point total, regardless of the number of first-place votes, wins the award.
Seven coaches have won both this award and the WNBA Finals in the same season: Van Chancellor (1997–1999), Bill Laimbeer (2003), John Whisenant (2005), Brian Agler (2010), Cheryl Reeve (2011), Sandy Brondello (2014), and Becky Hammon (2022).
Cheryl Reeve has won the award the most times, with 4 selections.

## Winners

| | Denotes coach who is still active in the WNBA |
| | Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach |
| | Inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach |
| | Denotes coach whose team won championship that year |
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the coach has won |
| Team (X) | Denotes the number of times a coach of this team has won |
| Season | Coach | Nationality | Team | Record |
| 1997 | Van Chancellor | United States | Houston Comets | 18–10 |
| 1998 | Van Chancellor (2) | United States | Houston Comets (2) | 27–3 |
| 1999 | Van Chancellor (3) | United States | Houston Comets (3) | 26–6 |
| 2000 | Michael Cooper | United States | Los Angeles Sparks | 28–4 |
| 2001 | Dan Hughes | United States | Cleveland Rockers | 22–10 |
| 2002 | Marianne Stanley | United States | Washington Mystics | 17–15 |
| 2003 | Bill Laimbeer | United States | Detroit Shock | 25–9 |
| 2004 | Suzie McConnell-Serio | United States | Minnesota Lynx | 18–16 |
| 2005 | John Whisenant | United States | Sacramento Monarchs | 25–9 |
| 2006 | Mike Thibault | United States | Connecticut Sun | 26–8 |
| 2007 | Dan Hughes (2) | United States | San Antonio Silver Stars | 20–14 |
| 2008 | Mike Thibault (2) | United States | Connecticut Sun (2) | 21–13 |
| 2009 | Marynell Meadors | United States | Atlanta Dream | 18–16 |
| 2010 | Brian Agler | United States | Seattle Storm | 28–6 |
| 2011 | Cheryl Reeve | United States | Minnesota Lynx (2) | 27–7 |
| 2012 | Carol Ross | United States | Los Angeles Sparks (2) | 24–10 |
| 2013 | Mike Thibault (3) | United States | Washington Mystics (2) | 17–17 |
| 2014 | Sandy Brondello | Australia | Phoenix Mercury | 29–5 |
| 2015 | Bill Laimbeer (2) | United States | New York Liberty | 23–11 |
| 2016 | Cheryl Reeve (2) | United States | Minnesota Lynx (3) | 28–6 |
| 2017 | Curt Miller | United States | Connecticut Sun (3) | 21–13 |
| 2018 | Nicki Collen | United States | Atlanta Dream (2) | 23–11 |
| 2019 | James Wade | United States/ France | Chicago Sky | 20–14 |
| 2020 | Cheryl Reeve (3) | United States | Minnesota Lynx (4) | 14–8 |
| 2021 | Curt Miller (2) | United States | Connecticut Sun (4) | 26–6 |
| 2022 | Becky Hammon | United States/ Russia | Las Vegas Aces (2) | 26–10 |
| 2023 | Stephanie White | United States | Connecticut Sun (5) | 27–13 |
| 2024 | Cheryl Reeve (4) | United States | Minnesota Lynx (5) | 30–10 |
* ↑ McConnell-Serio is a member of the Women's Hall of Fame, but as a player instead of a coach.
* ↑ The San Antonio Silver Stars and Las Vegas Aces are the same franchise. The franchise was a founding league member as the Utah Starzz, and moved to San Antonio after the 2002 season. The word "Silver" was dropped in 2014, and the team moved to Las Vegas after the 2017 season.