List of WAC Coach of the Year winners

The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) has awarded Don Haskins Coach of the Year honors every season since 1980-81. The award is named after late Hall of Fame head coach Don Haskins, who coached at UTEP from 1961-1999 and won the National Championship in 1966. The coach to win the award the most times is the late former Utah coach Rick Majerus, with four total awards. New Mexico State is tied with three former members (Nevada, Utah & Wyoming) are tied for the most overall awards (four each). See also: WAC Player of the Year

Year	Coach(es)	School(s)
1981	Jim Brandenburg	Wyoming
1982	Jim Brandenburg (2)	Wyoming (2)
1983	Don Haskins	UTEP
1984	Gary Colson	New Mexico
1985	Smokey Gaines	San Diego State
1986	Jim Brandenburg (3)	Wyoming (3)
1987	Don Haskins (2)	UTEP (2)
1988	LaDell Andersen	BYU
1989	Riley Wallace	Hawaii
1990	Roger Reid	BYU (2)
1991	Rick Majerus	Utah
1992	Roger Reid (2)	BYU (3)
1993	Rick Majerus (2)	Utah (2)
1994	Dave Bliss	New Mexico (2)
1995	Rick Majerus (3)	Utah (3)
1996	Dave Bliss (2)	New Mexico (3)
1997	Steve Robinson	Tulsa
	Riley Wallace (2)	Hawaii (2)
1998	Larry Shyatt	Wyoming (4)
	Billy Tubbs	TCU
1999	Rick Majerus (4)	Utah (4)
	Willis Wilson	Rice
2000	Bill Self	Tulsa (2)
2001	Jerry Tarkanian	Fresno State
2002	Riley Wallace (3)	Hawaii (3)
2003	Ray Lopes	Fresno State (2)
2004	Billy Gillispie	UTEP (3)
2005	Mark Fox	Nevada
2006	Mark Fox (2)	Nevada (2)
2007	Mark Fox (3)	Nevada (3)
2008	Greg Graham	Boise State
2009	Stew Morrill	Utah State
2010	Stew Morrill (2)	Utah State (2)
2011	Stew Morrill (3)	Utah State (3)
2012	David Carter	Nevada (4)
2013	Mike White	Louisiana Tech
2014	Dick Hunsaker	Utah Valley
2015	Marvin Menzies	New Mexico State
2016	Rod Barnes	Cal State Bakersfield
2017	Rod Barnes (2)	Cal State Bakersfield (2)
2018	Chris Jans	New Mexico State (2)
2019	Chris Jans (2)	New Mexico State (3)
2020	Chris Jans (3)	New Mexico State (4)
2021	Lew Hill	UTRGV
2022	Chris Victor	Seattle
2023	Mark Madsen	Utah Valley (2)
2024	Joseph Jones	Tarleton State
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