Colonial Athletic Association Men's Basketball Coach of the Year

CAA Men's Basketball Coach of the Year
Awarded for the most outstanding men's basketball head coach in the Colonial Athletic Association
Country United States
First awarded 1984
Currently held by Kevin Keatts, UNC Wilmington

The Colonial Athletic Association Men's Basketball Coach of the Year is a basketball award given to the most outstanding men's basketball head coach in the Colonial Athletic Association, as chosen by a panel of sports writers and broadcasters. The award was first given following the 1983–84 season, the first year of the conference's existence, to Joe Harrington of George Mason and Dick Tarrant of Richmond. Tarrant and Bruiser Flint of Drexel have won the most awards with four, while four other coaches have won the award twice.

As of 2015, the award has been given 35 times in 32 seasons. Twenty-three different coaches from 12 schools have received the award.

Key

Awarded one of the following National Coach of the Year awards that year:

Associated Press Coach of the Year (AP)
Adolph Rupp Cup (ARC)
Basketball Times Coach of the Year (BT)
CBS/Chevrolet Coach of the Year (CBS)
Naismith Coach of the Year (N)
NABC Coach of the Year (NABC)
Sporting News Coach of the Year (SN)
U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA)

Coach (X) Denotes the number of times the coach had been awarded the Coach of the Year award at that point
†
 Co-Coaches of the Year
*
 Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach but is no longer active
*^
 Active coach who has been elected to the Naismith Memorial 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 (Tdenotes a tie)
Overall W–L Overall win–loss record for that season

Winners

Oliver Purnell won in 1993 as Old Dominion's coach.
Drexel coach Bruiser Flint has won the award four times, most recently in 2012.
Blaine Taylor was Coach of the Year in 2005 while at Old Dominion.
Season Coach School National Coach of
the Year Awards		 Conf.
W–L		 Conf.
St.		 Overall
W–L
1982–83 Parkhill, BruceBruce Parkhill William & Mary — 9–0 1 20–9
1983–84† Harrington, JoeJoe Harrington George Mason — 5–5 4T 21–7
1983–84† Tarrant, DickDick Tarrant Richmond — 7–3 1 22–10
1984–85 Evans, PaulPaul Evans Navy — 11–3 1 26–6
1985–86 Tarrant, DickDick Tarrant (2) Richmond — 12–2 2 23–7
1986–87 Thurston, JohnJohn Thurston James Madison — 8–6 ? 20–10
1987–88† Tapscott, EdEd Tapscott American — ? ? 14–14
1987–88† Barnes, RickRick Barnes George Mason — 10–5 2 20–10
1988–89 Tarrant, DickDick Tarrant (3) Richmond — 13–1 1 21–10
1989–90 Driesell, LeftyLefty Driesell James Madison — 11–3 1 20–11
1990–91 Tarrant, DickDick Tarrant (4) Richmond — 10–4 2 22–10
1991–92 Driesell, LeftyLefty Driesell (2) James Madison — 12–2 1T 21–11
1992–93 Purnell, OliverOliver Purnell Old Dominion — 11–3 1T 21–8
1993–94 Dooley, BillBill Dooley Richmond — 8–6 4 14–14
1994–95 Capel II, JeffJeff Capel II Old Dominion — 12–2 1 21–12
1995–96 Smith, SonnySonny Smith VCU — 14–2 1 24–9
1996–97 Wainwright, JerryJerry Wainwright UNC Wilmington — 10–6 1T 16–14
1997–98 Woollum, CharlieCharlie Woollum William & Mary — 13–3 1T 20–7
1998–99 Larrañaga, JimJim Larrañaga George Mason — 13–3 1 19–11
1999–00 Dillard, ShermanSherman Dillard James Madison — 12–4 1T 20–9
2000–01 Wainwright, JerryJerry Wainwright (2) UNC Wilmington — 11–5 2T 19–11
2001–02 Flint, BruiserBruiser Flint Drexel — 11–7 3T 14–14
2002–03 Brownell, BradBrad Brownell UNC Wilmington — 15–3 1 24–7
2003–04 Flint, BruiserBruiser Flint (2) Drexel — 13–5 2 18–11
2004–05 Taylor, BlaineBlaine Taylor Old Dominion — 15–3 1 28–6
2005–06 Brownell, BradBrad Brownell (2) UNC Wilmington — 15–3 1T 25–8
2006–07 Grant, AnthonyAnthony Grant VCU — 16–2 1 28–7
2007–08 Shaver, TonyTony Shaver William & Mary — 10–8 5 17–16
2008–09 Flint, BruiserBruiser Flint (3) Drexel — 10–8 6 15–13
2009–10 Shaver, TonyTony Shaver (2) William & Mary — 12–6 3 22–11
2010–11 Larrañaga, JimJim Larrañaga (2) George Mason — 16–2 1 27–7
2011–12 Flint, BruiserBruiser Flint (4) Drexel — 16–2 1 29–7
2012–13 Skerry, PatPat Skerry Towson — 13–5 2T 18–13
2013–14 Ross, MontéMonté Ross Delaware — 14–2 1 22–9
2014–15 Keatts, KevinKevin Keatts UNC Wilmington — 12–6 1T —

Winners by school

School (year joined) Winners Years
Richmond (1982)[a 1] 5 1984†, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1994
UNC Wilmington (1985) 5 1997, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2015
Drexel (2001) 4 2002, 2004, 2009, 2012
George Mason (1982)[a 2] 4 1984†, 1988†, 1999, 2011
James Madison (1982) 4 1987, 1990, 1992, 2000
William & Mary (1982) 4 1983, 1998, 2008, 2010
Old Dominion (1991)[a 3] 3 1993, 1995, 2005
VCU (1995)[a 4] 2 1996, 2007
American (1984)[a 5] 1 1988†
Delaware (2001) 1 2014
Navy (1982)[a 6] 1 1985
Towson (2001) 1 2013
Charleston (2013) 0 —
Elon (2014) 0 —
Georgia State (2005)[a 7] 0 —
Hofstra (2001) 0 —
Northeastern (2005) 0 —

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Richmond left for the Atlantic 10 Conference (A10) in 2001.
  2. ↑ George Mason left for the A10 in 2013.
  3. ↑ Old Dominion left for Conference USA in 2013.
  4. ↑ VCU left for the A10 in 2012.
  5. ↑ American left for the Patriot League in 2001.
  6. ↑ The United States Naval Academy (Navy) left for the Patriot League in 1991.
  7. ↑ Georgia State left for the Sun Belt Conference in 2013.

References

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