A-League Women Coach of the Year

A-League Women Coach of the Year
Awarded for	The outstanding manager in each given A-League Women season
Country	Australia
Presented by	Football Australia
First award	2009
Final award	2025
Coach of the Year	Adrian Stenta
Most awards	Jeff Hopkins (3)

The A-League Women Coach of the Year is an annual soccer award presented to coaches in Australia. It recognises the most outstanding manager in the A-League Women each season. The recipient is chosen by a vote of all coaches at the conclusion of the regular season.

In 2009, the inaugural Coach of the Year award was given to Jeff Hopkins, who guided Queensland Roar to the premiership-championship double. The current holder of the award is Adrian Stenta of Adelaide United.

Jitka Klimková was the first female recipient of the award in 2012 with Canberra United. The only other female recipients of the award are Melissa Andreatta who received the award in 2018 with Brisbane Roar and Emily Husband who received the award in 2024 with Central Coast Mariners.

Only one coach has won the award three times, Jeff Hopkins in 2009 with the Roar, and in 2019 and 2021 with Melbourne Victory. The only other coach to have won the award on multiple occasions and was the first to do so, is Alen Stajcic who won the award in 2011 and 2014 with Sydney FC.

Winners

Season	Manager	Nationality	Club	Ref
2008–09	Jeff Hopkins	Wales	Queensland Roar
2009	Ray Junna Stephen Roche	Australia Australia	Canberra United Central Coast Mariners
2010–11	Alen Stajcic	Australia	Sydney FC
2011–12	Jitka Klimková	Czech Republic	Canberra United
2012–13	Mike Mulvey	Australia	Melbourne Victory
2013–14	Alen Stajcic (2)	Australia	Sydney FC
2014	Peter McGuinness	Australia	Newcastle Jets
2015–16	Craig Deans	Australia	Newcastle Jets
2016–17	Bobby Despotovski	Australia	Perth Glory
2017–18	Melissa Andreatta	Australia	Brisbane Roar
2018–19	Jeff Hopkins (2)	Wales	Melbourne Victory
2019–20	Rado Vidošić	Australia	Melbourne City	[1]
2020–21	Jeff Hopkins (3)	Wales	Melbourne Victory	[2]
2021–22	Adrian Stenta	Australia	Adelaide United	[3]
2022–23	Mark Torcaso	Australia	Western United	[4]
2023–24	Emily Husband	England	Central Coast Mariners	[5]
2024–25	Adrian Stenta (2)	Australia	Adelaide United	[6]

Source: ^[7]

Awards won by nationality

Country	Wins
Australia	13
Wales	3
Czech Republic	1
England	1

Awards won by club

Club	Wins
Melbourne Victory	3
Adelaide United	2
Brisbane Roar	2
Canberra United	2
Central Coast Mariners	2
Newcastle Jets	2
Sydney FC	2
Melbourne City	1
Perth Glory	1
Western United	1

References

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2. "Winners Dolan Warren Awards 2021". footballaustralia.com.au. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
3. Lewis, Samantha (26 May 2022). "Fiona Worts and Jake Brimmer take out A-Leagues' top gongs at 2021/22 Dolan Warren Awards". ABC News .
4. Harrington, Anna (1 June 2023). "Craig Goodwin, Alex Chidiac win A-Leagues top honours". Yahoo! Sports . Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
5. "Every Liberty A-League award winner: Julie Dolan Medalist, Fan Player of the Year & more". A-Leagues . 4 May 2024.
6. Comito, Matt (27 May 2025). "The complete honour roll: Full list of winners from Dolan Warren Awards 2025". A-Leagues .
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External links

• A-League website