NBL Coach of the Year Award
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The NBL Coach of the Year award takes into account regular-season performances only, and is voted on by head coaches, assistant coaches (one per club) and team captains (one per club) on a 3-2-1 basis.
- 1980 Barry Barnes (Nunawading Spectres)
- 1981 Bob Turner (Newcastle Falcons)
- 1982 Cal Bruton (Geelong Cats)
- 1983 Robbie Cadee (Bankstown Bruins)
- 1984 Brian Kerle (Brisbane Bullets)
- 1985 Bob Turner (Canberra Cannons)
- 1986 Ken Cole (Adelaide 36ers)
- 1987 David Lindstrom (Illawarra Hawks)
- 1988 Bruce Palmer (North Melbourne Giants)
- 1989 Lindsay Gaze (Melbourne Tigers)
- 1990 Brian Kerle (Brisbane Bullets)
- 1991 Murray Arnold (Perth Wildcats)
- 1992 Brian Goorjian (South East Melbourne Magic)
- 1993 Alan Black (Illawarra Hawks)
- 1994 Brett Brown (North Melbourne Giants)
- 1995 Alan Black (Illawarra Hawks) & Tom Wiseman (Newcastle Falcons)
- 1996 Brett Flanigan (Canberra Cannons)
- 1997 Lindsay Gaze (Melbourne Tigers) & Brian Goorjian (South East Melbourne Magic)
- 1998 Brian Goorjian (South East Melbourne Magic)
- 1999 Lindsay Gaze (Melbourne Tigers) & Brendan Joyce (Wollongong Hawks)
- 2000 Ian Stacker (Townsville Crocodiles)
- 2001 Brendan Joyce (Wollongong Hawks)
- 2002 Brian Goorjian (Victoria Titans)
- 2003 Ian Stacker (Townsville Crocodiles)
- 2004 Joey Wright (Brisbane Bullets)
- 2005 Adrian Hurley (Hunter Pirates)
- 2006 Alan Westover (Melbourne Tigers)
- 2007 Joey Wright (Brisbane Bullets)
- 2008 Brian Goorjian (Sydney Kings)
- 2009 Brian Goorjian (South Dragons)
- 2010 Gordie McLeod (Wollongong Hawks)
- 2011 Trevor Gleeson (Townsville Crocodiles)
- 2012 Andrej Lemanis (New Zealand Breakers)
- 2013 Andrej Lemanis (New Zealand Breakers)
- 2014 Gordie McLeod (Wollongong Hawks)
- 2015 Aaron Fearne (Cairns Taipans)