# Big Ten Conference Baseball Coach of the Year

The Big Ten Conference Baseball Coach of the Year is a baseball award given to the most outstanding baseball head coach in the Big Ten Conference.

## 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| * | Elected to the National College Baseball Hall of Fame as a coach but is no longer active |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 |
| 1988 | Tom Smith | Michigan State | — | 16–12 | 3 | 41–20 |
| 1989 | Bob Todd* | Ohio State | — | 16–12 | 4 | 34–27 |
| 1990 | Duane Banks | Iowa | — | 22–6 | 1 | 38–19 |
| 1991 | Paul Stevens | Northwestern | — | 15–12 | 4 | 27–28-1 |
| 1992 | Tom Smith (2) | Michigan State | — | 17–11 | 3 | 35–19 |
| 1993 | Bob Morgan | Indiana | — | 15–12 | 4 | 38–21 |
| 1994 | Bob Todd* (2) | Ohio State | — | 25–2 | 1 | 49–09 |
| 1995 | Paul Stevens (2) | Northwestern | — | 15–13 | 3 | 36–19 |
| 1996 | Joe Hindelang | Penn State | — | 19–8 | 1 | 32–24 |
| 1997 | Geoff Zahn | Michigan | — | 17–9 | 1 | 36–22 |
| 1998 | Itch Jones | Illinois | — | 19–5 | 1 | 39–19 |
| 1999 | Bob Todd* (3) | Ohio State | — | 25–3 | 1 | 50–14 |
| 2000 | John Anderson | Minnesota | — | 20–8 | 1 | 38–22 |
| 2001 | Bob Todd* (4) | Ohio State | — | 20–7 | 1 | 43–18 |
| 2002 | John Anderson (2) | Minnesota | — | 18–10 | 1 | 32–26 |
| 2003 | John Anderson (3) | Minnesota | — | 24–6 | 1 | 40–22 |
| 2004 | John Anderson (4) | Minnesota | — | 21–10 | 1 | 38–23 |
| 2005 | Itch Jones (2) | Illinois | — | 20–12 | 1 | 33–23 |
| 2006 | Paul Stevens (3) | Northwestern | — | 21–11 | 2 | 26–33 |
| 2007 | Rich Maloney | Michigan | — | 21–7 | 1 | 42–19 |
| 2008 | Rich Maloney (2) | Michigan | — | 26–5 | 1 | 46–14 |
| 2009 | Bob Todd* (5) | Ohio State | — | 18–6 | 1 | 42–19 |
| 2010 | John Anderson (5) | Minnesota | — | 15–9 | 1 | 32–30 |
| 2011 | Jake Boss | Michigan State | — | 15–9 | 1 | 36–21 |
| 2012 | Doug Schreiber | Purdue | — | 17–7 | 1 | 41–12 |
| 2013 | Tracy Smith | Indiana | — | 17–7 | 1 | 49–16 |
| 2014 | Tracy Smith (2) | Indiana | — | 21–3 | 1 | 44–15 |
| 2015 | Dan Hartleb | Illinois | — | 21–1 | 1 | 48–8-1 |
| 2016 | John Anderson (6) | Minnesota | — | 16–7 | 1 | 35–21 |
| 2017 | Darin Erstad | Nebraska | — | 16–7–1 | 1 | 35–22–1 |
| 2018 | John Anderson (7) | Minnesota | — | 18–4 | 1 | 41–13 |
| 2019 | Jeff Mercer | Indiana | — | 17–7 | 1 | 37–23 |
| 2021 | Will Bolt | Nebraska | — | 31–12 | 1 | 31–12 |
| 2022 | Rob Vaughn | Maryland | — | 18–5 | 1 | 44–10 |
| 2023 | Rob Vaughn (2) | Maryland | — | 17–7 | 1 | 37–19 |

## Winners by school

| School (year joined) | Winners | Years |
| Minnesota (1906) | 7 | 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2016, 2018 |
| Ohio State (1913) | 5 | 1989, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2009 |
| Indiana (1906) | 4 | 1993, 2013, 2014, 2019 |
| Illinois (1896) | 3 | 1998, 2005, 2015 |
| Michigan (1896) | 3 | 1997, 2007, 2008 |
| Michigan State (1951) | 3 | 1988, 1992, 2011 |
| Northwestern (1898) | 3 | 1991, 1995, 2006 |
| Maryland (2014) | 2 | 2022, 2023 |
| Nebraska (2012) | 2 | 2017, 2021 |
| Iowa (1906) | 1 | 1990 |
| Penn State (1992) | 1 | 1996 |
| Purdue (1906) | 1 | 2012 |