Coach of the Year 1895-2023

1896–Dr. Louis J. Cooke, Minneapolis YMCA

1900–Cooke, Minnesota

1901–Cooke

1902–Cooke

1903–Cooke

1906–Cooke

1907–Cooke

1913–Rev. Fred B. Hill, Carleton

1914–Harry Gammons, Stillwater

1915–Raymond Hanson, Red Wing

1916–Claude Hunt, Carleton

1917–Cooke

1918–Windy Levis, Carleton

1919–Cooke

1920–Earl Jackson, Carleton

1921–Weston Mitchell, Mpls. Central

1922–Everett Dean, Carleton

1923–Dean

1924–Dean

1925–Edwin McKee, St. Paul Mechanic Arts

1926–B.F. Borchert, Gaylord

1927–Otto Engenbrecht, Mpls. South

1928–Glenn Hanna, Moorhead

1929–Ray Parkins, Mpls. Edison and Jesse Stasch seniors

1930–Ozzie Cowles, Carleton

1931–Frank Cleve, Concordia (Moorhead)

1932–Marshall Diebold, Carleton

1933–Diebold

1934–Harvey Roels, Chisholm

1935–Joe Hutton, Hamline

1936–Hutton

1937–Dave MacMillan, Minnesota

1938–MacMillan

1939–Moose Krause, St. Mary’s

1940–Walt Mikulich, Breckenridge

1941–Muxey Anderson, Buhl

1942–Hutton

1943–Harry Nelson, St. Paul Washington

1944–Cleve, Mpls. Patrick Henry

1945–Dick Buckley, Ely

1946–Chet Bisel, Lynd

1947–Jim Withan, Mankato State

1948–John Kundla, Minneapolis Lakers

1949–Cowles, Minnesota

1950–Paul Sokol, St. Thomas

1951–Hutton

1952–Butsie Maetzold, Hopkins

1953–Mario Retica, Hibbing

1954–Gus Young, Gustavus Adolphus

1955–Cowles

1956–Wayne Courtney, Mpls. Roosevelt

1957–Hutton

1958–Norm Olson, Duluth Branch

1959–Jack Thurnblad, Wayzata

1960–Richie Olson, Edgerton

1961–Lloyd Peterson, Minnesota-Duluth

1962–Red Severson, St. Cloud State

1963–Glenn Mattke, Marshall

1964–Kundla, Minnesota

1965–Kundla

1966–Tom Feely, St. Thomas

1967–Duane Baglien, Edina

1968–Orris Jirele, Rochester Lourdes

1969–Al Wold, Rochester John Marshall

1970–Bill Fitch, Minnesota

1971–Jim Hastings, Duluth Central

1972–Bill Musselman, Minnesota

1973–Les Wothke, Winona State

1974–Del Schiffler, Melrose

1975–Bob McDonald, Chisholm

1976–Ed Prohofsky, Mpls. Marshall-University

1977–Jim Dutcher, Minnesota

1978–Ellen Mosher, Minnesota women

1979–Dan Smith, St. John’s men

1980–Dave Schellhase, Moorhead State men

1981–Mosher

1982–Dutcher

1983–Schiffler, Woodbury boys

1984–Dale Race, Minnesota-Duluth men

1985–Mosher Hanson

1986–Butch Raymond, St. Cloud State men

1987–Jack Evens, Bloomington Jefferson boys

1988–Duane Siverson, Concordia (Moorhead) women

1989–Clem Haskins, Minnesota men

1990–Haskins

1991–Ted Riverso, St. Thomas women

1992–Len Horyza, Cretin boys

1993–Mike Durbin, St. Benedict’s women

1994–Steve Fritz, St. Thomas men

1995–Riverso

1996–Kevin McHale & Flip Saunders, Minnesota Timberwolves

1997–Haskins

1998–McHale & Saunders

1999–Durbin

2000–Larry McKenzie, Mpls. Patrick Henry boys

2001–Smith

2002–no award

2003–Mark Hanson, Gustavus Adolphus men

2004–Pam Borton, Minnesota women

2005–Myron Glass, Rochester Lourdes girls

2006–Mike Leaf, Winona State men

2007–Matt Marganthaler, Mankato State men

2008–Paul Fessler, Concordia (St. Paul) women

2009–Pam Gohl, Mankato State women

2010–Vern Simmons, St. Paul Johnson boys

2011–Fritz–2nd award, 1st since 1994
2012–Ruth Sinn, St. Thomas women

2013–Cheryl Reeve, Minnesota Lynx
2014–Melissa Guebert, Eastview girls
2015–Reeve
2016–John Tauer, St. Thomas men
2017–Reeve
2018–Willie Braziel, Columbia Heights boys
2019–Aaron Greiss, Augsburg men, and Ted Riverso, Augsburg women–Riverso 3rd award, others 1991 and 1995

2020–John Herbrechtsmeyer, Bethel women

2021–Mandy Pearson, UMD women

2022–Lori Fish, St. Cloud State women

2023–Pearson