Women's National Coach of the Year

USBWA Women's National Coach of the Year

Presented to the nation's top Division I women's head coach

UCLA's Close is USBWA Women's National Coach of the Year Women's National Coach of the Year Award to be named for Auriemma South Carolina's Staley is USBWA National Coach of the Year for a third straight season South Carolina's Staley wins 2022-23 National Coach of the Year Award South Carolina's Staley wins 2021-22 National Coach of the Year
ALL-TIME USBWA'S WOMEN'S NATIONAL COACHES OF THE YEAR
2023-24Dawn Staley, South Carolina38-0
2022-23Dawn Staley, South Carolina36-1
2021-22Dawn Staley, South Carolina35-2
2020-21Tara VanDerveer, Stanford31-2
2019-20Dawn Staley, South Carolina32-1
2018-19Kim Mulkey, Baylor37-1
2017-18Vic Schaefer, Mississippi State37-2
2016-17Geno Auriemma, UConn36-1
2015-16Geno Auriemma, UConn38-0
2014-15Courtney Banghart, Princeton31-1
2013-14Muffet McGraw, Notre Dame37-1
2012-13Muffet McGraw, Notre Dame35-2
2011-12Kim Mulkey, Baylor40-0
2010-11Kim Mulkey, Baylor34-3
2009-10Connie Yori, Nebraska32-2
2008-09Geno Auriemma, UConn39-0
2007-08Geno Auriemma, UConn36-2
2006-07Gail Goestenkors, Duke32-2
2005-06Sylvia Hatchell, North Carolina33-2
2004-05Pokey Chatman, LSU34-3
2003-04Joe Curl, Houston28-4
2002-03Geno Auriemma, UConn37-1
2001-02Brenda Oldfield (Frese), Minnesota22-8
2000-01Muffet McGraw, Notre Dame34-2
1999-00Andy Landers, Georgia32-4
1998-99Carolyn Peck, Purdue34-1
1997-98Pat Summitt, Tennessee39-0
1996-97Wendy Lary, Old Dominion34-2
1995-96Leon Barmore, Louisiana Tech31-2
1994-95Geno Auriemma, UConn35-0
1993-94Ceal Barry, Colorado27-5
1992-93Jim Foster, Vanderbilt30-3
1991-92Christine Weller, Maryland25-6
1990-91Debbie Ryan, Virginia31-3
1989-90Tara VanDerveer, Stanford32-1