List of ASUN Coach of the Year winners

The ASUN Conference (f/k/a the Atlantic Sun) has awarded ASUN Coach of the Year honors every season since 1978-79. The coach to win the award the most times is late Georgia Southern head coach Frank Kerns, with four total awards. Mercer is the program with the most awards (five), followed by Georgia Southern (four), College of Charleston and Little Rock (three each). All three of those programs are no longer members of the conference. See also: ASUN Player of the Year

Year	Coach	School
1979	Lenny Fant	Northeast Louisiana
1980	Bill Bibb	Mercer
1981	Gene Iba	Houston Baptist
1982	Ron Kestenbaum	Arkansas-Little Rock
1983	Frank Kerns	Georgia Southern
1984	Mike Hanks	Samford
1985	Bill Bibb (2)	Mercer (2)
1986	Mike Newell	Arkansas-Little Rock (2)
1987	Frank Kerns (2)	Georgia Southern (2)
1988	Frank Kerns (3)	Georgia Southern (3)
1989	Mike Newell (2)	Arkansas-Little Rock (3)
1990	Tommy Vardeman	Centenary
1991	Tommy Vardeman (2)	Centenary (2)
1992	Frank Kerns (4)	Georgia Southern (4)
1993	Bob Weltlich	FIU
1994	John Kresse	College of Charleston
1995	Dan Hipsher	Stetson
1996	Billy Lee	Campbell
1997	John Kresse (2)	College of Charleston (2)
1998	John Kresse (3)	College of Charleston (3)
1999	Jimmy Tillette	Samford (2)
2000	Don Maestri	Troy
2001	Lefty Driesell	Georgia State
2002	Sidney Green	Florida Atlantic
2003	Mark Slonaker	Mercer (3)
2004	Don Maestri (2)	Troy (2)
2005	Rick Scruggs	Gardner-Webb
2006	Scott Sanderson	Lipscomb
2007	Murry Bartow	East Tennessee State
2008	Rick Byrd	Belmont
2009	Cliff Warren	Jacksonville
2010	Robbie Laing	Campbell (2)
2011	Rick Byrd (2)	Belmont (2)
2012	Eddie Payne	USC Upstate
2013	Bob Hoffman	Mercer (4)
2014	Bob Hoffman (2)	Mercer (5)
2015	Matthew Driscoll	North Florida
2016	Matthew Driscoll (2)	North Florida (2)
2017	Joe Dooley	Florida Gulf Coast
2018	Joe Dooley (2)	Florida Gulf Coast (2)
2019	Casey Alexander	Lipscomb (2)
2020	Matthew Driscoll (3)	North Florida (3)
	Ritchie McKay	Liberty
2021	Ritchie McKay (2)	Liberty (2)
2022	Ray Harper	Jacksonville State
2023	Amir Abdur-Rahim	Kennesaw State
2024	A.W. Hamilton	Eastern Kentucky
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