Big Sky Coach of the Year

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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