List of WCC Coach of the Year winners

The West Coast Conference (WCC) has awarded WCC Men’s Basketball Coach of the Year honors every season since 1952-53. The coach to win the award the most times is Gonzaga’s Mark Few, with fourteen total. Gonzaga is also the program with the most awards (seventeen), followed by San Francisco (twelve) and Santa Clara (eleven). Parenthesis indicate number of awards for that coach or school.

1953 — Bob Feerick, Santa Clara

1954 — Bob Feerick (2), Santa Clara (2)

1955 — Phil Woolpert, San Francisco

1956 — Phil Woolpert (2), San Francisco (2)

1957 — Phil Woolpert (3), San Francisco (3)

1958 — Phil Woolpert (4), San Francisco (4)

1959 — Jim Weaver, Saint Mary’s

1960 — Bob Feerick (3), Santa Clara (3)

1961 — Bill Donovan, Loyola Marymount

1962 — Duck Dowell, Pepperdine

1963 — Peter Peletta, San Francisco (5)

1964 — Peter Peletta (2), San Francisco (6)

1965 — Peter Peletta (3), San Francisco (7)

1966 — Dick Edwards, Pacific

1967 — Dick Edwards (2), Pacific (2)

1968 — Dick Garibaldi, Santa Clara (4)

1969 — Dick Garibaldi (2), Santa Clara (5)

1970 — Dick Garibaldi (3), Santa Clara (6)

1971 — Dick Edwards (3), Pacific (3)

1972 — Bob Gaillard, San Francisco (8)

1973 — Jim Padgett, Nevada

1974 — Bill O’Connor, Seattle

1975 — Jerry Tarkanian, UNLV

1976 — Gary Colson, Pepperdine (2)

1977 — Bob Gaillard (2), San Francisco (9)

1978 — Jack Avina, Portland

1979 — Dan Belluomini, San Francisco (10)

1980 — Ron Jacobs, Loyola Marymount (2)

1981 (tie) — Pete Barry, San Francisco (11)

1981 (tie) — Dan Fitzgerald, Gonzaga

1982 — Jim Harrick, Pepperdine (3)

1983 — Jim Harrick (2), Pepperdine (4)

1984 — Jim Brovelli, San Diego

1985 — Jim Harrick (3), Pepperdine (5)

1986 (tie) — Hank Egan, San Diego (2)

1986 (tie) — Jim Harrick (4), Pepperdine (6)

1987 — Hank Egan (2), San Diego (3)

1988 — Paul Westhead, Loyola Marymount (3)

1989 — Lynn Nance, Saint Mary’s (2)

1990 — Paul Westhead (2), Loyola Marymount (4)

1991 — Tom Asbury, Pepperdine (7)

1992 — Tom Asbury (2), Pepperdine (8)

1993 — Dick Davey, Santa Clara (7)

1994 — Dan Fitzgerald (2), Gonzaga (2)

1995 — Dick Davey (2), Santa Clara (8)

1996 — John Olive, Loyola Marymount (5)

1997 — Dick Davey (3), Santa Clara (9)

1998 — Dan Monson, Gonzaga (3)

1999 — Brad Holland, San Diego (4)

2000 — Brad Holland (2), San Diego (5)

2001 — Mark Few, Gonzaga (4)

2002 — Mark Few (2), Gonzaga (5)

2003 — Mark Few (3), Gonzaga (6)

2004 — Mark Few (4), Gonzaga (7)

2005 — Mark Few (5), Gonzaga (8)

2006 — Mark Few (6), Gonzaga (9)

2007 — Dick Davey (4), Santa Clara (10)

2008 (tie) — Randy Bennett, Saint Mary’s (3)

2008 (tie) — Mark Few (7), Gonzaga (10)

2009 — Eric Reveno, Portland (2)

2010 — Mark Few (8), Gonzaga (11)

2011 — Randy Bennett (2), Saint Mary’s (4)

2012 — Max Good, Loyola Marymount (6)

2013 — Mark Few (9), Gonzaga (12)

2014 — Rex Walters, San Francisco (12)

2015 — Mark Few (10), Gonzaga (13)

2016 — Randy Bennett (3), Saint Mary’s (5)

2017 — Mark Few (11), Gonzaga (14)

2018 — Mark Few (12), Gonzaga (15)

2019 — Mark Few (13), Gonzaga (16)

2020 — Damon Stoudamire, Pacific (4)

2021 — Mark Few (14), Gonzaga (17)

2022 — Randy Bennett (4), Saint Mary’s (6)

2023 — Randy Bennett (5), Saint Mary’s (7)

2024 — Randy Bennett (6), Saint Mary’s (8)

2025 — Randy Bennett (7), Saint Mary’s (9)

2026 — Herb Sendek, Santa Clara (11)

 

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