Naismith College Coach of the Year | |
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Awarded for | the most outstanding men's and women's basketball head coaches in the United States |
Presented by | Atlanta Tipoff Club |
First awarded | 1987 |
Currently held by |
Jay Wright, Villanova (men) Geno Auriemma, Connecticut (women) |
Naismith College Coach of the Year Award is an award given by the Atlanta Tipoff Club to one men's and one women's NCAA Division I collegiate coach each season since 1987. The award was originally given to the two winning coaches of the NCAA Division I basketball tournament for the first two years of its existence; in 1989, the Naismith Award's governing board decided to give it out via voting process.