# Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Coach of the Year

The Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Coach of the Year is a baseball award given to the Atlantic Coast Conference's most outstanding coach. The award was first given after the 1981 season.
Eight coaches have won the award more than once, with Mike Martin of Florida State having the most with seven. Of these coaches, four have won in consecutive years, with Brian O'Connor having done so on two occasions with Virginia, but only Dan McDonnell of Louisville has won three consecutive awards. McDonnell won these awards in Louisville's first three seasons as an ACC member.
Of the 15 schools that have played baseball in the ACC since the award was first presented, 10 have had a coach win the award. Among current members, all four exceptions joined the ACC in the 21st century. Virginia Tech joined in 2004 and Boston College joined in 2005, triggering a significant conference realignment in NCAA Division I. A later realignment in 2013 saw Notre Dame and Pittsburgh join the ACC. Maryland, a charter member of the ACC that left for the Big Ten Conference in 2014, never won the award. (Current ACC member Syracuse dropped the sport in 1972, decades before it joined the ACC alongside Notre Dame and Pittsburgh; the other former ACC member, South Carolina, left the ACC in 1971, a decade before the award was established.)

## Key

| | Awarded one of the following National Coach of the Year awards that year: Collegiate Baseball Coach of the Year (CB) Baseball America Coach of the Year (BA) |
| Coach (X) | Denotes the number of times the coach had been awarded the Coach of the Year award at that point |
| * | Elected to the National College Baseball Hall of Fame as a coach but is no longer active |
| *^ | Active coach who has been elected to the National College Baseball Hall of Fame (as a coach) |
| Conf. W–L | Conference win–loss record for that season |
| Conf. St.$^T$ | Conference standing at year's end ($^T$denotes a tie) |
| Overall W–L | Overall win–loss record for that season |
| Season$^‡$ | Team won the College World Series |

## Winners

| Season | Coach | School | National Coach of the Year Awards | Conf. W–L | Conf. St. | Overall W–L | Reference |
| 1981 | Tom D'Armi | Duke | — | 6–6 | 5 | 29–10 | |
| 1982 | Marvin Carter | Wake Forest | — | 6–5 | 3 | 26–12–1 | |
| 1983 | Jim Morris | Georgia Tech | — | 6–8 | 5 | 38–15 | |
| 1984 | Sam Esposito | NC State | — | 9–3 | 3 | 32–8 | |
| 1985 | Dennis Womack | Virginia | — | 9–4 | 2 | 38–16 | |
| 1986 | Sam Esposito (2) | NC State | — | 11–2 | 1 | 35–15 | |
| 1987 | Jim Morris (2) | Georgia Tech | — | 17–4 | 1 | 51–14 | |
| 1988 | Bill Wilhelm* | Clemson | — | 18–2 | 1 | 54–14 | |
| 1989 | Mike Roberts | North Carolina | — | 15–4 | 1 | 41–18–1 | |
| 1990 | Ray Tanner | NC State | — | 14–7 | 3 | 48–20 | |
| 1991 | Bill Wilhelm* (2) | Clemson | — | 18–3 | 1 | 60–10 | |
| 1992 | Steve Traylor | Duke | — | 12–12 | 5 | 38–16 | |
| 1993 | Jim Morris (3) | Georgia Tech | — | 16–6 | 1 | 47–14 | |
| 1994 | Jack Leggett | Clemson | — | 20–4 | 1 | 57–18 | |
| 1995 | Jack Leggett (2) | Clemson | — | 20–4 | 1 | 54–14 | |
| 1996 | Mike Martin | Florida State | — | 19–5 | 1 | 52–17 | |
| 1997 | Danny Hall | Georgia Tech | — | 19–4 | 1 | 46–15 | |
| 1998 | Mike Martin (2) | Florida State | — | 18–4 | 1 | 53–20 | |
| 1999 | Mike Martin (3) | Florida State | — | 22–2 | 1 | 57–14 | |
| 2000 | Danny Hall (2) | Georgia Tech | — | 18–6 | 1 | 50–16 | |
| 2001 | Mike Martin (4) | Florida State | — | 20–4 | 1 | 47–19 | |
| 2002 | George Greer | Wake Forest | — | 17–6 | 2 | 47–13 | |
| 2003 | Elliott Avent | NC State | — | 15–9 | 3 | 45–18 | |
| 2004 | Brian O'Connor | Virginia | — | 18–6 | 2 | 44–15 | |
| 2005 | Danny Hall (3) | Georgia Tech | — | 22–8 | 1 | 45–19 | |
| 2006 | Jack Leggett (3) | Clemson | — | 24–6 | 1 (Atlantic) | 53–16 | |
| 2007 | Mike Martin (5) | Florida State | — | 24–6 | 1 (Atlantic) | 49–13 | |
| 2008 | Jim Morris (4) | Miami (FL) | — | 23–5 | 1 (Coastal) | 53–11 | |
| 2009 | Mike Martin (6) | Florida State | — | 19–9 | 1 (Atlantic) | 45–18 | |
| 2010 | Brian O'Connor (2) | Virginia | — | 23–7 | 1 (Coastal) | 51–14 | |
| 2011 | Brian O'Connor (3) | Virginia | — | 22–8 | 1 (Coastal) | 56–12 | |
| 2012 | Mike Martin (7) | Florida State | BA | 24–6 | 1 (Atlantic) | 50–17 | |
| 2013 | Brian O'Connor (4) | Virginia | — | 22–8 | 2 (Coastal) | 50–12 | |
| 2014 | Brian O'Connor (5) | Virginia | — | 22–8 | 2 (Coastal) | 53–16 | |
| 2015 | Dan McDonnell | Louisville | — | 25–5 | 1 (Atlantic) | 47–18 | |
| 2016 | Dan McDonnell (2) | Louisville | — | 22–8 | 1 (Atlantic) | 50–14 | |
| 2017 | Dan McDonnell (3) | Louisville | BA | 23–6 | 1 (Atlantic) | 50–10 | |
| 2018 | Mike Fox | NC State | — | 19–11 | 2 (Atlantic) | 42–18 | |
| 2019 | Danny Hall (4) | Georgia Tech | — | 19–11 | 1 (Atlantic) | 41–17 | |
| 2020 | Season canceled due the COVID-19 pandemic, no awards given | Season canceled due the COVID-19 pandemic, no awards given | Season canceled due the COVID-19 pandemic, no awards given | Season canceled due the COVID-19 pandemic, no awards given | Season canceled due the COVID-19 pandemic, no awards given | Season canceled due the COVID-19 pandemic, no awards given | Season canceled due the COVID-19 pandemic, no awards given |
| 2021 | Link Jarrett | Notre Dame | — | 25–10 | 1 (Atlantic) | 34–13 | |
| 2022 | John Szefc | Virginia Tech | — | 19–9 | 1 (Coastal) | 45–14 | |
| 2023 | Tom Walter | Wake Forest | — | 22–7 | 1 (Atlantic) | 51–10 | |

## Winners by school

Because NCAA baseball is a spring sport, the "year joined" is the calendar year before the first season of competition.
| School (year joined) | Winners | Years |
| Florida State (1992) | 7 | 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
| Georgia Tech (1980) | 7 | 1983, 1987, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2005, 2019 |
| Virginia (1955) | 6 | 1985, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 |
| Clemson (1954) | 5 | 1988, 1991, 1994, 1995, 2006 |
| NC State (1954) | 4 | 1984, 1986, 1990, 2003 |
| Louisville (2014) | 3 | 2015, 2016, 2017 |
| Wake Forest (1954) | 3 | 1982, 2002, 2023 |
| Duke (1954) | 2 | 1981, 1992 |
| North Carolina (1954) | 2 | 1989, 2018 |
| Miami (FL) (2005) | 1 | 2008 |
| Notre Dame (2013) | 1 | 2021 |
| Virginia Tech (2004) | 1 | 2022 |

## Footnotes

* $^a$ The University of Maryland left the ACC in 2014 to join the Big Ten.