List of Big Sky Coach of the Year winners

The Big Sky Conference has awarded Big Sky Coach of the Year honors every season since 1963-64. The coach to win the award the most times is current Weber State head coach Randy Rahe, with four total awards. Weber State is also the program with the most awards (17), followed by Eastern Washington (eight), Montana and Montana State (seven each). See also: Big Sky Player of the Year

Year	Coach(es)	School(s)
1964	Roger Craft	Montana State
1965	Dick Motta	Weber State
1966	Hank Anderson	Gonzaga
1967	Roger Craft (2)	Montana State (2)
1968	Wayne Anderson	Idaho
1969	Phil Johnson	Weber State (2)
1970	Phil Johnson (2)	Weber State (3)
1971	Phil Johnson (3)	Weber State (4)
1972	Gene Visscher	Weber State (5)
1973	Gene Visscher (2)	Weber State (6)
1974	Jim Killingsworth	Idaho State
1975	Jud Heathcote	Montana
1976	Bus Conner	Boise State
1977	Jim Killingsworth (2)	Idaho State (2)
1978	Jim Brandenburg	Montana (2)
	Neil McCarthy	Weber State (7)
1979	Joedy Gardner	Northern Arizona
1980	Neil McCarthy (2)	Weber State (8)
1981	Don Monson	Idaho (2)
1982	Don Monson (2)	Idaho (3)
1983	Neil McCarthy (3)	Weber State (9)
1984	Sonny Allen	Nevada
1985	Sonny Allen (2)	Nevada (2)
1986	Stu Starner	Montana State (3)
1987	Jim Boutin	Idaho State (3)
	Bobby Dye	Boise State (2)
1988	Bobby Dye (2)	Boise State (3)
1989	Kermit Davis	Idaho (4)
1990	Bob Hofman	Eastern Washington
1991	Stew Morrill	Montana (3)
1992	Blaine Taylor	Montana (4)
1993	Bobby Dye (3)	Boise State (4)
1994	Ron Abegglen	Weber State (10)
	Herb Williams	Idaho State (4)
1995	Ron Abegglen (2)	Weber State (11)
1996	Mick Durham	Montana State (4)
1997	Ben Howland	Northern Arizona (2)
1998	Steve Aggers	Eastern Washington (2)
1999	Ron Abegglen (3)	Weber State (12)
2000	Steve Aggers (2)	Eastern Washington (3)
2001	Bobby Braswell	Cal State Northridge
2002	Mick Durham (2)	Montana State (5)
2003	Joe Cravens	Weber State (13)
2004	Ray Giacoletti	Eastern Washington (4)
2005	Mick Durham (3)	Montana State (6)
2006	Mike Adras	Northern Arizona (3)
2007	Randy Rahe	Weber State (14)
2008	Ken Bone	Portland State
2009	Randy Rahe (2)	Weber State (15)
2010	Randy Rahe (3)	Weber State (16)
2011	B.J. Hill	Northern Colorado
2012	Wayne Tinkle	Montana (5)
2013	Wayne Tinkle (2)	Montana (6)
2014	Randy Rahe (4)	Weber State (17)
2015	Jim Hayford	Eastern Washington (5)
	Brian Katz	Sacramento State
2016	Bill Evans	Idaho State (5)
2017	Brian Jones	North Dakota
2018	Travis DeCuire	Montana (7)
2019	Jeff Linder	Northern Colorado (2)
2020	Shantay Legans	Eastern Washington (6)
2021	Todd Simon	Southern Utah
2022	Danny Sprinkle	Montana State (7)
2023	David Riley	Eastern Washington (7)
2024	David Riley (2)	Eastern Washington (8)
	Steve Smiley	Northern Colorado (3)
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