# Big West Conference Women's Basketball Coach of the Year

The Big West Conference Women's Basketball Coach of the Year is an annual college basketball award given to head coaches in the Big West Conference.
The award was first given at the end of the 1983–84 season, when the conference was known as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association (PCAA), to husband and wife co-coaches Sheila Strike and Jim Bolla of UNLV. The programs with the most awards are Hawaii and UC Santa Barbara with 8, with Mark French's conference-leading 7 awards and Laura Beeman garnering the award in 2025. Jennifer Gross is the only head coach to win five consecutive coach of the year honors, her most recent being after the 2020–21 season.

## Winners

| Season | Coach | School |
| 1983–84 | Sheila Strike-Bolla Jim Bolla | UNLV |
| 1984–85 | Sheila Strike-Bolla (2) Jim Bolla (2) | UNLV (2) |
| 1985–86 | Joan Bonvicini | Long Beach State |
| 1986–87 | Bill Nepfel | Hawaii |
| 1987–88 | Maryalyce Jeremiah | Cal State Fullerton |
| 1988–89 | Vince Goo | Hawaii (2) |
| 1989–90 | Jim Bolla (3) | UNLV (3) |
| 1990–91 | Maryalyce Jeremiah (2) | Cal State Fullerton (2) |
| 1991–92 | Mark French | UC Santa Barbara |
| 1992–93 | Vince Goo (2) | Hawaii (3) |
| 1993–94 | Vince Goo (3) | Hawaii (4) |
| 1994–95 | Colleen Matsuhara | UC Irvine |
| 1995–96 | Mark French (2) | UC Santa Barbara (2) |
| 1996–97 | Mark French (3) | UC Santa Barbara (3) |
| 1997–98 | Mark French (4) | UC Santa Barbara (4) |
| 1998–99 | Tina Slinker | North Texas |
| 1999–2000 | Mark French (5) | UC Santa Barbara (5) |
| 1999–2000 | Faith Mimnaugh | Cal Poly |
| 2000–01 | Mark French (6) | UC Santa Barbara (6) |
| 2001–02 | Jennifer Young | UC Riverside |
| 2002–03 | Mark French (7) | UC Santa Barbara (7) |
| 2003–04 | Mike Divilbiss | Idaho |
| 2004–05 | Tammy Holder | Cal State Northridge |
| 2005–06 | Mary Hegarty | Long Beach State (2) |
| 2006–07 | John Margaritis | UC Riverside (2) |
| 2007–08 | Sandy Simpson | UC Davis |
| 2008–09 | Lindsay Gottlieb | UC Santa Barbara (8) |
| 2009–10 | Sandy Simpson (2) | UC Davis (2) |
| 2010–11 | Faith Mimnaugh (2) | Cal Poly (2) |
| 2011–12 | Jason Flowers | Cal State Northridge (2) |
| 2012–13 | Lynne Roberts | Pacific |
| 2013–14 | Jason Flowers (2) | Cal State Northridge (3) |
| 2014–15 | Laura Beeman | Hawaii (5) |
| 2015–16 | John Margaritis (2) | UC Riverside (3) |
| 2016–17 | Jennifer Gross | UC Davis (3) |
| 2017–18 | Jennifer Gross (2) | UC Davis (4) |
| 2018–19 | Jennifer Gross (3) | UC Davis (5) |
| 2019–20 | Jennifer Gross (4) | UC Davis (6) |
| 2020–21 | Jennifer Gross (5) | UC Davis (7) |
| 2020–21 | Tamara Inoue | UC Irvine (2) |
| 2021–22 | Laura Beeman (2) | Hawaii (6) |
| 2022–23 | Jeff Cammon | Long Beach State (3) |
| 2023–24 | Laura Beeman (3) | Hawaii (7) |
| 2024–25 | Laura Beeman (4) | Hawaii (8) |

## Winners by school

| School | Winners | Years |
| UC Santa Barbara | 8 | 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2009 |
| Hawaii | 8 | 1987, 1989, 1993, 1994, 2015, 2022, 2024, 2025 |
| UC Davis | 7 | 2008, 2010, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 |
| Cal State Northridge | 3 | 2005, 2012, 2014 |
| Long Beach State | 3 | 1986, 2006, 2023 |
| UC Riverside | 3 | 2002, 2007, 2016 |
| UNLV | 3 | 1984, 1985, 1990 |
| Cal State Fullerton | 2 | 1988, 1991 |
| Cal Poly | 2 | 2000, 2011 |
| UC Irvine | 2 | 1995, 2021 |
| Idaho | 1 | 2005 |
| North Texas | 1 | 1999 |
| Pacific | 1 | 2013 |
* Among current Big West members, Bakersfield and UC San Diego have yet to have an honored coach.
* Boise State, Fresno State, Nevada, New Mexico State, San Diego State, San Jose State, and Utah State never had an honored coach during their Big West tenures. Another former member, Cal State Los Angeles, left what was then known as the PCAA before the conference sponsored women's sports.