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	Jim Larranaga, George Mason

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 has won the most awards with four, while five other coaches have won the award at least twice.

As of 2011, the award has been given 30 times in 27 seasons. Twenty different coaches from ten schools have received the award.

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*	Elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach but is no longer active
*^	Active coach who has been elected to the Basketball 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 three times, most recently in 2009.

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
1983–84†	Harrington, JoeJoe Harrington	George Mason	—	0505 !5–5	4T	2107 !21–7
1983–84†	Tarrant, DickDick Tarrant	Richmond	—	0703 !7–3	1	2210 !22–10
1984–85	Evans, PaulPaul Evans	Navy	—	1103 !11–3	1	2606 !26–6
1985–86	Tarrant, DickDick Tarrant (2)	Richmond	—	1202 !12–2	2	2307 !23–7
1986–87	Thurston, JohnJohn Thurston	James Madison	—	0806 !8–6	?	2010 !20–10
1987–88†	Tapscott, EdEd Tapscott	American	—	?	?	1414 !14–14
1987–88†	Barnes, RickRick Barnes	George Mason	—	1005 !10–5	2	2010 !20–10
1988–89	Tarrant, DickDick Tarrant (3)	Richmond	—	1301 !13–1	1	2110 !21–10
1989–90	Driesell, LeftyLefty Driesell	James Madison	—	1103 !11–3	1	2011 !20–11
1990–91	Tarrant, DickDick Tarrant (4)	Richmond	—	1004 !10–4	2	2210 !22–10
1991–92	Driesell, LeftyLefty Driesell (2)	James Madison	—	1202 !12–2	1T	2111 !21–11
1992–93	Purnell, OliverOliver Purnell	Old Dominion	—	1103 !11–3	1T	2108 !21–8
1993–94	Dooley, BillBill Dooley	Richmond	—	0806 !8–6	4	1414 !14–14
1994–95	Capel II, JeffJeff Capel II	Old Dominion	—	1202 !12–2	1	2112 !21–12
1995–96	Smith, SonnySonny Smith	VCU	—	1402 !14–2	1	2409 !24–9
1996–97	Wainwright, JerryJerry Wainwright	UNCW	—	1006 !10–6	1T	1614 !16–14
1997–98	Woollum, CharlieCharlie Woollum	William & Mary	—	1303 !13–3	1T	2007 !20–7
1998–99	Larranaga, JimJim Larranaga	George Mason	—	1303 !13–3	1	1911 !19–11
1999–00	Dillard, ShermanSherman Dillard	James Madison	—	1204 !12–4	1T	2009 !20–9
2000–01	Wainwright, JerryJerry Wainwright (2)	UNCW	—	1105 !11–5	2T	1911 !19–11
2001–02	Flint, BruiserBruiser Flint	Drexel	—	1107 !11–7	3T	1414 !14–14
2002–03	Brownell, BradBrad Brownell	UNCW	—	1503 !15–3	1	2407 !24–7
2003–04	Flint, BruiserBruiser Flint (2)	Drexel	—	1305 !13–5	2	1811 !18–11
2004–05	Taylor, BlaineBlaine Taylor	Old Dominion	—	1503 !15–3	1	2806 !28–6
2005–06	Brownell, BradBrad Brownell (2)	UNCW	—	1503 !15–3	1T	2508 !25–8
2006–07	Grant, AnthonyAnthony Grant	VCU	—	1602 !16–2	1	2807 !28–7
2007–08	Shaver, TonyTony Shaver	William & Mary	—	1008 !10–8	5	1716 !17–16
2008–09	Flint, BruiserBruiser Flint (3)	Drexel	—	1008 !10–8	6	1513 !15–13
2009–10	Shaver, TonyTony Shaver (2)	William & Mary	—	1206 !12–6	3	2211 !22–11
2010–11	Larranaga, JimJim Larranaga (2)	George Mason	—	1602 !16–2	1	2707 !27–7

Winners by school

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

See also

• List of members of the Basketball Hall of Fame (coaches)

Footnotes

• ^a Richmond was a member until joining the Atlantic 10 Conference in 2001.
• ^b American University was a member until in joined the Patriot League in 2001.
• ^c The United States Naval Academy (Navy) was a member until joining the Patriot League in 1991.

References

• "2009–10 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball media guide: Records section". Colonial Athletic Association. http://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/8500/supportfiles/Records/recordbookmbask.pdf. Retrieved 15 March, 2010.