# BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award

The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award is an award given annually as part of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony each December. The award is given to the coach who was considered to have made the most substantive contribution to British sport in that year.

## History

The first recipient of the award was Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson in 1999. The award has been presented to a football manager on ten occasions. It has been awarded to nine Britons, and eleven of the other fourteen winners were European. Daniel Anderson, the only winner from the Southern Hemisphere, was in his native Australia at the time of the awards, so the then St. Helens captain, Paul Sculthorpe, collected it on his behalf. In 2007, Enzo Calzaghe was the first recipient of the award who had coached an individual and not a team. The most recent award was presented in 2024 to athlete Keely Hodgkinson's coaches Jenny Meadows and Trevor Painter.

## Nomination procedure

The award is decided by a panel of over 30 sporting journalists. Each panellist votes for their top two choices; their first preference is awarded two points, and their second preference is awarded one point. The winning coach is the one with the largest points total. In the case of a points tie, the person chosen as first preference by the most panellists is the winner. If this is also a tie the award is shared.

## Winners
### By year

BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award winners :
| Year | Nat. | Winner | Sport | Coach of | Rationale |
| 1999 | SCO | Alex Ferguson | Football | Manchester United | for guiding Manchester United to be "the first side to complete a unique treble" of the Premier League, FA Cup, and Champions League. |
| 2000 | GER | Jürgen Gröbler | Rowing | Olympic team | for guiding "Redgrave, Matthew Pinsent, Tim Foster & James Cracknell to their coxless fours gold" at the Olympics. |
| 2001 | SWE | Sven-Göran Eriksson | Football | England | for guiding England through qualification for the World Cup, defeating Germany 5–1 in the process. |
| 2002 | FRA | Arsène Wenger (1/2) | Football | Arsenal | for guiding Arsenal to the Double of the Premiership and FA Cup. |
| 2003 | ENG | Clive Woodward | Rugby Union | England | for guiding "his team to a famous World Cup victory in Australia." |
| 2004 | FRA | Arsène Wenger (2/2) | Football | Arsenal | for guiding Arsenal to a "third Premiership-winning campaign (...) as his side went through the entire season unbeaten." |
| 2005 | POR | José Mourinho | Football | Chelsea | for guiding "Chelsea to their first title for 50 years in his first season in charge." |
| 2006 | AUS | Daniel Anderson | Rugby league | St Helens R.F.C. | "for guiding the team to Challenge Cup, minor Premiership and Grand Final triumph." |
| 2007 | ITA | Enzo Calzaghe | Boxing | Joe Calzaghe | for training Joe Calzaghe to 44 undefeated fights and 10 years as world champion. |
| 2008 | WAL | David Brailsford (1/2) | Cycling | Olympic team | for guiding the British Olympic cycling team to "14 medals in total in Beijing, including eight golds." |
| 2009 | ITA | Fabio Capello | Football | England | for guiding "England to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa winning an impressive nine out of the 10 qualifiers played". |
| 2010 | SCO | Colin Montgomerie | Golf | European Ryder Cup team | for guiding Europe to victory in the 2010 Ryder Cup. |
| 2011 | ZIM | Andy Flower | Cricket | England cricket team | for guiding England to victory in The Ashes and to the top of the ICC Test Ranking |
| 2012 | WAL | David Brailsford (2/2) | Cycling | Olympic team/Team Sky | for guiding the British Olympic cycling team to "12 medals in total in London, including eight golds, and for guiding Bradley Wiggins towards winning the Tour de France" |
| 2013 | NZL | Warren Gatland | Rugby Union | / British & Irish Lions | for guiding the British & Irish Lions to a 2–1 series victory over Australia, the first series win since 1997. |
| 2014 | IRL | Paul McGinley | Golf | European Ryder Cup team | for guiding Europe to victory in the Ryder Cup. |
| 2015 | NIR | Michael O'Neill | Football | Northern Ireland national football team | for guiding Northern Ireland to qualification for Euro 2016, the country's first major finals in 30 years |
| 2016 | ITA | Claudio Ranieri | Football | Leicester City F.C. | for leading Leicester City to their first Premier League title; the 2015–16 Premier League, despite pre-season odds of 5000–1. |
| 2017 | SWE/ NIR/ WAL | Benke Blomkvist, Stephen Maguire & Christian Malcolm | Athletics | UK Athletics sprint relay teams | for coaching the UK Athletics relay teams. At the 2017 World Athletics championships the UK men's 4x100m relay won Gold and all four relay teams won medals |
| 2018 | ENG | Gareth Southgate (1/2) | Football | England | for leading England Men to the 2018 World Cup semi-finals for the first time in 28 years. |
| 2019 | ENG | John Blackie | Athletics | Dina Asher-Smith | for guiding Dina Asher-Smith to 200m gold at the 2019 World Athletics Championships. |
| 2020 | GER | Jürgen Klopp | Football | Liverpool F.C. | for leading Liverpool to their first top-flight title in 30 years by winning the 2019–20 Premier League. |
| 2021 | ENG | Gareth Southgate (2/2) | Football | England Men | for leading England to the UEFA Euro 2020 final at Wembley, ending the nation's 55-year wait for a major final since the 1966 World Cup. |
| 2022 | NED | Sarina Wiegman | Football | England Women | for guiding England to victory at UEFA Women's Euro 2022, the nation's first major women's football trophy. |
| 2023 | ESP | Pep Guardiola | Football | Manchester City F.C. | for guiding Manchester City to complete the treble of the Premier League, Champions League, and FA Cup. |
| 2024 | ENG | Jenny Meadows and Trevor Painter | Athletics | Keely Hodgkinson Georgia Bell Lewis Davey | for guiding Keely Hodgkinson to the 800m gold medal, and Georgia Bell and Lewis Davey to 1500m and 4x400m relay bronze medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics. |

### By nationality

This table lists the total number of awards won by coaches of each nationality based on the principle of jus soli.
Winners by nationality :
| Nationality | Number of wins |
| England | 5 |
| Italy | 3 |
| Wales | 3 |
| France | 2 |
| Germany | 2 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 |
| Scotland | 2 |
| Sweden | 2 |
| Australia | 1 |
| Republic of Ireland | 1 |
| Netherlands | 1 |
| New Zealand | 1 |
| Portugal | 1 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 |
| Spain | 1 |

### By sport

This table lists the total number of awards won by coaches' sporting profession.
Winners by sport :
| Sporting profession | Number of wins |
| Football | 11 |
| Athletics | 3 |
| Cycling | 2 |
| Golf | 2 |
| Rugby Union | 2 |
| Boxing | 1 |
| Cricket | 1 |
| Rowing | 1 |
| Rugby league | 1 |