List of MAAC Coach of the Year winners

The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) has awarded “The Rock” MAAC Coach of the Year honors every season since 1981-82. The coach that has won the award the most times (three) is former Niagara head coach Joe Mihalich. Iona is the program with the most awards (eight), followed by Manhattan, Saint Peter’s (five each), Fairfield, Niagara and Rider (four each). See also: MAAC Player of the Year

Year	Coach(es)	School(s)
1982	Bob Dukiet	Saint Peter’s
1983	Gordon Chiesa	Manhattan
1984	Pat Kennedy	Iona
1985	Les Wothke	Army
1986	Mitch Buonaguro	Fairfield
1987	Ted Fiore	Saint Peter’s (2)
1988	Speedy Morris	La Salle
1989	Ted Fiore (2)	Saint Peter’s (3)
	Speedy Morris (2)	La Salle (2)
1990	George Blaney	Holy Cross
1991	Ted Fiore (3)	Saint Peter’s (4)
1992	Steve Lappas	Manhattan (2)
1993	Jack Armstrong	Niagara
1994	John Beilein	Canisius
1995	Fran Fraschilla	Manhattan (3)
1996	Paul Cormier	Fairfield (2)
1997	Tim Welsh	Iona (2)
1998	Tim Welsh (2)	Iona (3)
1999	Joe Mihalich	Niagara (2)
2000	Paul Hewitt	Siena
2001	Dave Magarity	Marist
2002	Don Harnum	Rider
2003	Bobby Gonzalez	Manhattan (4)
2004	Tim O’Toole	Fairfield (3)
2005	Joe Mihalich (2)	Niagara (3)
2006	Bobby Gonzalez (2)	Manhattan (5)
2007	Matt Brady	Marist (2)
2008	Tommy Dempsey	Rider (2)
2009	Fran McCaffery	Siena (2)
2010	Kevin Willard	Iona (4)
2011	Ed Cooley	Fairfield (4)
2012	Jimmy Patsos	Loyola (MD)
2013	Joe Mihalich (3)	Niagara (4)
2014	Tim Cluess	Iona (5)
2015	Kevin Baggett	Rider (3)
2016	King Rice	Monmouth
2017	King Rice (2)	Monmouth (2)
2018	Kevin Baggett (2)	Rider (4)
2019	Tim Cluess (2)	Iona (6)
2020	Shaheen Holloway	Saint Peter’s (5)
2021	King Rice (3)	Monmouth (3)
2022	Rick Pitino	Iona (7)
2023	Rick Pitino (2)	Iona (8)
2024	Tom Pecora	Quinnipiac
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