List of Big West Coach of the Year winners

The Big West Conference has awarded Big West Coach of the Year honors every season since 1977-78. The league was known as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association (PCAA) until 1988. Jerry Tarkanian is the coach who has won the award the most times (seven), followed by Bob Thomason (five). The programs with the most awards are current member UC Irvine and former member UNLV (seven each), followed by Pacific (six), Utah State, UC Santa Barbara and Long Beach State (five each). See also: Big West Player of the Year

Year	Coach(es)	School(s)
1978	Boyd Grant	Fresno State
1979	Stan Morrison	Pacific
1980	Bill Berry	San Jose State
1980	Rod Tueller	Utah State
1981	Boyd Grant (2)	Fresno State (2)
1982	Boyd Grant (3)	Fresno State (3)
1983	Jerry Tarkanian	UNLV
1984	Jerry Tarkanian (2)	UNLV (2)
1985	Jerry Tarkanian (3)	UNLV (3)
1986	Bill Mulligan	UC Irvine
1987	Jerry Tarkanian (4)	UNLV (4)
1988	Jerry Tarkanian (5)	UNLV (5)
1989	Neil McCarthy	New Mexico State
1990	Neil McCarthy (2)	New Mexico State (2)
1991	Jerry Tarkanian (6)	UNLV (6)
1992	Jerry Pimm	UC Santa Barbara
1992	Jerry Tarkanian (7)	UNLV (7)
1993	Bob Thomason	Pacific (2)
1994	Stan Morrison (2)	San Jose State (2)
1995	Larry Eustachy	Utah State (2)
1996	Rod Baker	UC Irvine (2)
1997	Bob Thomason (2)	Pacific (3)
1998	Larry Eustachy (2)	Utah State (3)
1999	Bob Williams	UC Santa Barbara (2)
2000	Stew Morrill	Utah State (4)
2001	Pat Douglass	UC Irvine (3)
2002	Stew Morrill (2)	Utah State (5)
2003	Bob Williams (2)	UC Santa Barbara (3)
2004	Bob Thomason (3)	Pacific (4)
2005	Bob Thomason (4)	Pacific (5)
2006	Bob Thomason (5)	Pacific (6)
2007	Larry Reynolds	Long Beach State
2008	Bobby Braswell	Cal State Northridge
2009	Bobby Braswell (2)	Cal State Northridge (2)
2010	Bob Williams (3)	UC Santa Barbara (4)
2011	Dan Monson	Long Beach State (2)
2012	Dan Monson (2)	Long Beach State (3)
2013	Dan Monson (3)	Long Beach State (4)
2014	Russell Turner	UC Irvine (4)
2015	Jim Les	UC Davis
2016	Eran Ganot	Hawaii
2017	Russell Turner (2)	UC Irvine (5)
2018	Jim Les (2)	UC Davis (2)
2019	Russell Turner (3)	UC Irvine (6)
2020	Russell Turner (4)	UC Irvine (7)
2021	Joe Pasternack	UC Santa Barbara (5)
2022	Dan Monson (4)	Long Beach State (5)
2023	Mike Magpayo	UC Riverside
2024	Eric Olen	UC San Diego
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