page_title: Southern League Manager of the Year Award
section_title: Winners
hierarchical_section_title: Southern League Manager of the Year Award / Winners
caption_attribution_description: Seattle Mariners 3rd base coach Daren Brown.
context_page_description: The Southern League Manager of the Year Award is an annual award given to the best manager in Minor League Baseball's Southern League based on their team's regular season performance. The award was created in 1972, eight years after the league was established in 1964. The only managers with more than one win are Andy Green and John Shoemaker, each with two awards. Green won in consecutive years.
  Seven managers from the Jacksonville Suns/Expos have been selected for the Manager of the Year Award, more than any other team in the league, followed by the Birmingham Barons and Orlando Twins/Sun Rays/Cubs; the Chattanooga Lookouts, Greenville Braves, Huntsville Stars, Knoxville Sox/Blue Jays/Tennessee Smokies, and Mobile BayBears; the Columbus Astros and West Tenn Diamond Jaxx/Jackson Generals; the Biloxi Shuckers and Montgomery Biscuits; and the Mississippi Braves, Montgomery Rebels, Nashville Sounds, and Savannah Braves.
caption: Daren Brown, the 2016 winner, led his Jackson Generals to win the SL championship.
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