NBL Canada Coach of the Year Award

The NBL Canada Coach of the Year Award, is an annual National Basketball League of Canada award given since the 2011–12 season. Since its inception, the award has been given to 5 different coaches. Micheal Ray Richardson of the London Lightning is the only coach to get the award more than once. In the 2012–13 season Richardson shared the award with Joe Salerno. The most recent recipient is Hugo López of the Halifax Hurricanes.[1][2] After receiving the award in 2015, Josep Clarós was handed a lifetime ban from the NBL Canada, for forfeiting the seventh game of the 2015 Finals.[3] Up to the 2014–15 season, Clarós is the only non-American to get the award.

Winners

^ Denotes coach who is still active in the NBL Canada
dagger Denotes coach whose team won championship that year
Season Coach Nationality Team Reference
2011–12 dagger Micheal Ray Richardson  United States London Lightning [4]
2012–13 dagger Micheal Ray Richardson1  United States London Lightning [5]
2012–13 Joe Salerno^1  United States Summerside Storm [5]
2013–14 Bill Jones^  United States Windsor Express [6]
2014–15 Josep Clarós Spain Spain Halifax Rainmen [2]
2015–16 Hugo López Spain Spain Halifax Hurricanes [1]
2016–17 Kyle Julius Canada Canada London Lightning [7]
2017-18 Mike Leslie^ Canada Canada Halifax Hurricanes

1Micheal Ray Richardson and Joe Salerno were named co-Coaches of the Year in the 2012–13 season.

References

  1. 1 2 "Hugo Lopez Wins Coach of the Year". OurSportsCentral.com. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  2. 1 2 "NBLC Announces 2014-2015 Award Winners". NBL Canada. April 13, 2015. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  3. ↑ Ballingall , Alex (May 1, 2015). "Windsor Express win NBL Canada title after Halifax Rainmen forfeit". thestar.com. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  4. ↑ "NBL Canada pre-season guide and player register 2012–13" (PDF). NBL Canada. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  5. 1 2 "2013 NBL CANADA AWARDS OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED". Canada Basketball. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  6. ↑ "NBL Canada announces 2013–2014 award winners". Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  7. ↑ "The NBL Canada Coach of the Year is Kyle Julius". Golightning.ca. 2017-05-09. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
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