# Florida State League Manager of the Year Award

The Florida State League Manager of the Year Award is an annual award given to the best manager in minor league baseball's Florida State League. In 2004, Omar Malavé won the first ever Florida State League Manager of the Year Award. Malavé is also the only manager to have won the award multiple times (2004, 2008, and 2014).
Five managers from the Dunedin Blue Jays have been selected for the Manager of the Year Award, more than any other teams in the league, followed by the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels (4); the Palm Beach Cardinals, St. Lucie Mets, and Tampa Yankees (2); the Bradenton Marauders, Brevard County Manatees, Charlotte Stone Crabs, Clearwater Threshers, and Lakeland Tigers (1).
Five managers from the Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball (MLB) organization have won the Manager of the Year Award, more than any other, followed by the Minnesota Twins organization (3); the Detroit Tigers, New York Mets, New York Yankees, and St. Louis Cardinals organizations (2); and the Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Tampa Bay Rays organizations (1).

## Key

| (#) | Number of wins by managers who have won the award multiple times |
| * | Indicates league champions |

## Winners

| Year | Winner | Team | Organization | Division | Finish | Record |
| 2004 | Omar Malavé (1) | Dunedin Blue Jays | Toronto Blue Jays | West | 1st | 76–57 |
| 2005 | Mike Rojas | Lakeland Tigers | Detroit Tigers | West | 1st | 85–48 |
| 2006 | Gary Carter | St. Lucie Mets$^*$ | New York Mets | East | 1st | 77–62 |
| 2007 | John Tamargo | Brevard County Manatees | Milwaukee Brewers | East | 1st | 74–62 |
| 2008 | Omar Malavé (2) | Dunedin Blue Jays | Toronto Blue Jays | West | 1st | 85–53 |
| 2009 | Jeff Smith | Fort Myers Miracle | Minnesota Twins | South | 1st | 80–58 |
| 2010 | Jim Morrison | Charlotte Stone Crabs | Tampa Bay Rays | South | 1st | 80–59 |
| 2011 | Clayton McCullough | Dunedin Blue Jays | Toronto Blue Jays | North | 1st | 79–61 |
| 2012 | Ryan Ellis | St. Lucie Mets | New York Mets | South | 1st | 83–52 |
| 2013 | Doug Mientkiewicz | Fort Myers Miracle | Minnesota Twins | South | 1st | 79–56 |
| 2014 | Omar Malavé (3) | Dunedin Blue Jays | Toronto Blue Jays | North | 1st | 77–61 |
| 2015 | Greg Legg | Clearwater Threshers | Philadelphia Phillies | North | 1st | 79–58 |
| 2016 | Pat Osborn | Tampa Yankees | New York Yankees | North | 2nd | 77–58 |
| 2017 | Jay Bell | Tampa Yankees | New York Yankees | North | 1st | 85–50 |
| 2018 | Dann Bilardello | Palm Beach Cardinals | St. Louis Cardinals | South | 1st | 75–58 |
| 2019 | Cesar Martin | Dunedin Blue Jays | Toronto Blue Jays | North | 1st | 80–55 |
| 2020 | None selected (season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic) | None selected (season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic) | None selected (season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic) | None selected (season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic) | None selected (season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic) | None selected (season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic) |
| 2021 | Jonathan Johnston | Bradenton Marauders$^*$ | Pittsburgh Pirates | West | 2nd | 71–48 |
| 2022 | Brian Meyer | Fort Myers Mighty Mussels | Minnesota Twins | West | 1st | 69–59 |
| 2023 | Andrew Graham | Lakeland Flying Tigers | Detroit Tigers | West | 3rd | 70–61 |
| 2024 | Gary Kendall | Palm Beach Cardinals$^*$ | St. Louis Cardinals | East | 1st | 83–47 |