NBL (Australia) Coach of The Year

The NBL Coach of the Year award takes into account regular-season performances only, and is voted on by head coaches, assistant coaches (one per club) and team captains (one per club) on a 3-2-1 basis.

• 1980 Barry Barnes (Nunawading Spectres)
• 1981 Bob Turner (Newcastle Falcons)
• 1982 Cal Bruton (Geelong Cats)
• 1983 Robbie Cadee (Bankstown Bruins)
• 1984 Brian Kerle (Brisbane Bullets)
• 1985 Bob Turner (Canberra Cannons)
• 1986 Ken Cole (Adelaide 36ers)
• 1987 David Lindstrom (Illawarra Hawks)
• 1988 Bruce Palmer (North Melbourne Giants)
• 1989 Lindsay Gaze (Melbourne Tigers)
• 1990 Brian Kerle (Brisbane Bullets)
• 1991 Murray Arnold (Perth Wildcats)
• 1992 Brian Goorjian (South East Melbourne Magic)
• 1993 Alan Black (Illawarra Hawks)
• 1994 Brett Brown (North Melbourne Giants)
• 1995 Alan Black (Illawarra Hawks) & Tom Wiseman (Newcastle Falcons)
• 1996 Brett Flanigan (Canberra Cannons)
• 1997 Lindsay Gaze (Melbourne Tigers) & Brian Goorjian (South East Melbourne Magic)
• 1998 Brian Goorjian (South East Melbourne Magic)
• 1999 Lindsay Gaze (Melbourne Tigers) & Brendan Joyce (Wollongong Hawks)
• 2000 Ian Stacker (Townsville Crocodiles)
• 2001 Brendan Joyce (Wollongong Hawks)
• 2002 Brian Goorjian (Victoria Titans)
• 2003 Ian Stacker (Townsville Crocodiles)
• 2004 Joey Wright (Brisbane Bullets)
• 2005 Adrian Hurley (Hunter Pirates)
• 2006 Alan Westover (Melbourne Tigers)
• 2007 Joey Wright (Brisbane Bullets)
• 2008 Brian Goorjian (Sydney Kings)
• 2009 Brian Goorjian (South Dragons)
• 2010 Gordie McLeod (Wollongong Hawks)
• 2011 Trevor Gleeson (Townsville Crocodiles)
• 2012 Andrej Lemanis (New Zealand Breakers)