List of NEC Coach of the Year winners

The Northeast Conference (NEC) has given the NEC Jim Phelan Coach of the Year award every season since 1982-83. The award was renamed in 2003 to honor longtime Mount St. Mary’s head coach Jim Phelan, who retired after the 2002-03 season. The coach who has won the award the most times (four) is former Central Connecticut head coach Howie Dickenman. Robert Morris is the program with the most awards (six), followed by Central Connecticut, St. Francis Brooklyn and Wagner (five each). See also: NEC Player of the Year

Year	Coach(es)	School(s)
1983	Matt Furjanic	Robert Morris
1984	Mark Amatucci	Loyola (MD)
1985	Tom Green	Fairleigh Dickinson
1986	Tom Green (2)	Fairleigh Dickinson (2)
1987	Dave Magarity	Marist
1988	Wayne Szoke	Monmouth
1989	Jarrett Durham	Robert Morris (2)
1990	Jarrett Durham (2)	Robert Morris (3)
1991	Rich Zvosec	St. Francis (NY)
1992	Tim Capstraw	Wagner
1993	Kevin Bannon	Rider
	Jim Phelan	Mount St. Mary’s
1994	Kevin Bannon (2)	Rider (2)
1995	Dave Magarity (2)	Marist (2)
1996	Jim Phelan (2)	Mount St. Mary’s (2)
1997	Ray Haskins	Long Island
1998	Ron Ganulin	St. Francis (NY) (2)
1999	Tom Sullivan	UMBC
2000	Howie Dickenman	Central Connecticut
2001	Dave Calloway	Monmouth (2)
2002	Howie Dickenman (2)	Central Connecticut (2)
2003	Dereck Whittenburg	Wagner (2)
2004	Ron Ganulin (2)	St. Francis (NY) (3)
2005	Jim Ferry	Long Island (2)
2006	Howie Dickenman (3)	Central Connecticut (3)
2007	Howie Dickenman (4)	Central Connecticut (4)
2008	Mike Rice Jr.	Robert Morris (4)
2009	Mike Rice Jr. (2)	Robert Morris (5)
2010	Tom Moore	Quinnipiac
2011	Jim Ferry (2)	Long Island (3)
2012	Glenn Braica	St. Francis (NY) (4)
2013	Tim O’Shea	Bryant
2014	Andrew Toole	Robert Morris (6)
2015	Glenn Braica (2)	St. Francis Brooklyn (5)
2016	Bashir Mason	Wagner (3)
2017	Jamion Christian	Mount St. Mary’s (3)
2018	Bashir Mason (2)	Wagner (4)
2019	Rob Krimmel	Saint Francis
2020	Joe Gallo	Merrimack
2021	Bashir Mason (3)	Wagner (5)
2022	Jared Grasso	Bryant (2)
2023	Chris Kraus	Stonehill
2024	Patrick Sellers	Central Connecticut (5)
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