Colonial Athletic Association Men's Basketball Coach of the Year

CAA Men's Basketball Coach of the Year
Awarded for	the most outstanding men's basketball head coach in the Colonial Athletic Association
Country	United States
First awarded	1984
Currently held by	Kevin Keatts, UNC Wilmington

The Colonial Athletic Association Men's Basketball Coach of the Year is a basketball award given to the most outstanding men's basketball head coach in the Colonial Athletic Association, as chosen by a panel of sports writers and broadcasters. The award was first given following the 1983–84 season, the first year of the conference's existence, to Joe Harrington of George Mason and Dick Tarrant of Richmond. Tarrant and Bruiser Flint of Drexel have won the most awards with four, while six other coaches have won the award twice.

Key

	Awarded one of the following National Coach of the Year awards that year: Associated Press Coach of the Year (AP) Adolph Rupp Cup (ARC) Basketball Times Coach of the Year (BT) CBS/Chevrolet Coach of the Year (CBS) Naismith Coach of the Year (N) NABC Coach of the Year (NABC) Sporting News Coach of the Year (SN) U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA)
Coach (X)	Denotes the number of times the coach had been awarded the Coach of the Year award at that point
†	Co-Coaches of the Year
*	Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach but is no longer active
*^	Active coach who has been elected to the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame (as a coach)
Conf. W–L	Conference win–loss record for that season
Conf. St.^T	Conference standing at year's end (^Tdenotes a tie)
Overall W–L	Overall win–loss record for that season

Winners

Oliver Purnell won in 1993 as Old Dominion's coach.

Drexel coach Bruiser Flint has won the award four times, most recently in 2012.

Blaine Taylor was Coach of the Year in 2005 while at Old Dominion.

Season	Coach	School	National Coach of the Year Awards	Conf. W–L	Conf. St.	Overall W–L
1982–83	Parkhill, BruceBruce Parkhill	William & Mary	—	9–0	1	20–9
1983–84^†	Harrington, JoeJoe Harrington	George Mason	—	5–5	4^T	21–7
1983–84^†	Tarrant, DickDick Tarrant	Richmond	—	7–3	1	22–10
1984–85	Evans, PaulPaul Evans	Navy	—	11–3	1	26–6
1985–86	Tarrant, DickDick Tarrant (2)	Richmond	—	12–2	2	23–7
1986–87	Thurston, JohnJohn Thurston	James Madison	—	8–6	?	20–10
1987–88^†	Tapscott, EdEd Tapscott	American	—	?	?	14–14
1987–88^†	Barnes, RickRick Barnes	George Mason	—	10–5	2	20–10
1988–89	Tarrant, DickDick Tarrant (3)	Richmond	—	13–1	1	21–10
1989–90	Driesell, LeftyLefty Driesell	James Madison	—	11–3	1	20–11
1990–91	Tarrant, DickDick Tarrant (4)	Richmond	—	10–4	2	22–10
1991–92	Driesell, LeftyLefty Driesell (2)	James Madison	—	12–2	1^T	21–11
1992–93	Purnell, OliverOliver Purnell	Old Dominion	—	11–3	1^T	21–8
1993–94	Dooley, BillBill Dooley	Richmond	—	8–6	4	14–14
1994–95	Capel II, JeffJeff Capel II	Old Dominion	—	12–2	1	21–12
1995–96	Smith, SonnySonny Smith	VCU	—	14–2	1	24–9
1996–97	Wainwright, JerryJerry Wainwright	UNC Wilmington	—	10–6	1^T	16–14
1997–98	Woollum, CharlieCharlie Woollum	William & Mary	—	13–3	1^T	20–7
1998–99	Larrañaga, JimJim Larrañaga	George Mason	—	13–3	1	19–11
1999–00	Dillard, ShermanSherman Dillard	James Madison	—	12–4	1^T	20–9
2000–01	Wainwright, JerryJerry Wainwright (2)	UNC Wilmington	—	11–5	2^T	19–11
2001–02	Flint, BruiserBruiser Flint	Drexel	—	11–7	3^T	14–14
2002–03	Brownell, BradBrad Brownell	UNC Wilmington	—	15–3	1	24–7
2003–04	Flint, BruiserBruiser Flint (2)	Drexel	—	13–5	2	18–11
2004–05	Taylor, BlaineBlaine Taylor	Old Dominion	—	15–3	1	28–6
2005–06	Brownell, BradBrad Brownell (2)	UNC Wilmington	—	15–3	1^T	25–8
2006–07	Grant, AnthonyAnthony Grant	VCU	—	16–2	1	28–7
2007–08	Shaver, TonyTony Shaver	William & Mary	—	10–8	5	17–16
2008–09	Flint, BruiserBruiser Flint (3)	Drexel	—	10–8	6	15–13
2009–10	Shaver, TonyTony Shaver (2)	William & Mary	—	12–6	3	22–11
2010–11	Larrañaga, JimJim Larrañaga (2)	George Mason	—	16–2	1	27–7
2011–12	Flint, BruiserBruiser Flint (4)	Drexel	—	16–2	1	29–7
2012–13	Skerry, PatPat Skerry	Towson	—	13–5	2^T	18–13
2013–14	Ross, MontéMonté Ross	Delaware	—	14–2	1	22–9
2014–15	Keatts, KevinKevin Keatts	UNC Wilmington	—	12–6	1^T	18–14
2015–16	Keatts, KevinKevin Keatts (2)	UNC Wilmington	—	14–4	1^T	—

Winners by school

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
UNC Wilmington (1985)	6	1997, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2015, 2016
Richmond (1982)[a 1]	5	1984^†, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1994
Drexel (2001)	4	2002, 2004, 2009, 2012
George Mason (1982)[a 2]	4	1984^†, 1988^†, 1999, 2011
James Madison (1982)	4	1987, 1990, 1992, 2000
William & Mary (1982)	4	1983, 1998, 2008, 2010
Old Dominion (1991)[a 3]	3	1993, 1995, 2005
VCU (1995)[a 4]	2	1996, 2007
American (1984)[a 5]	1	1988^†
Delaware (2001)	1	2014
Navy (1982)[a 6]	1	1985
Towson (2001)	1	2013
Charleston (2013)	0	—
Elon (2014)	0	—
Georgia State (2005)[a 7]	0	—
Hofstra (2001)	0	—
Northeastern (2005)	0	—

See also

• List of coaches in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Footnotes

1. Richmond left for the Atlantic 10 Conference (A10) in 2001.
2. George Mason left for the A10 in 2013.
3. Old Dominion left for Conference USA in 2013.
4. VCU left for the A10 in 2012.
5. American left for the Patriot League in 2001.
6. The United States Naval Academy (Navy) left for the Patriot League in 1991.
7. Georgia State left for the Sun Belt Conference in 2013.

References

• "2009–10 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball media guide: Records section" (PDF). Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved 15 March 2010.