Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Coach of the Year

Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Coach of the Year

Awarded for	the best head coach in the Big Ten Conference
Country	United States
History
First award	1991
Most recent	Brian Maisonneuve, Ohio State

The Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Coach of the Year is an annual award given to the top men's college soccer coach in the Big Ten Conference. Indiana head coach Jerry Yeagley was named Coach of the Year a record eight times.

Key

	Awarded a National Coach of the Year award: United Soccer Coaches College Coach of the Year (USC)
†	Co-Coaches of the Year
*	Elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame
Season‡	Team won the NCAA Division I National Championship

Winners

Season	Player	School	National Coach of the Year Awards	Reference
1991	Jim Launder	Wisconsin	—	[1]
1992	Gary Avedikian	Ohio State	—
1993	Jerry Yeagley *	Indiana	—
1994	Jerry Yeagley * (2)	Indiana	USC
1995‡	Jim Launder (2)	Wisconsin	USC
1996	Joe Baum	Michigan State	—
1997	Jerry Yeagley * (3)	Indiana	—
1998‡	Jerry Yeagley * (4)	Indiana	USC
1999†	John Bluem	Ohio State	—
1999‡†	Jerry Yeagley * (5)	Indiana	USC
2000	Joe Baum (2)	Michigan State	—
2001	Jerry Yeagley * (6)	Indiana	—
2002	Jerry Yeagley * (7)	Indiana	—
2003‡	Jerry Yeagley * (8)	Indiana	USC
2004	John Bluem (2)	Ohio State	—
2005	Barry Gorman	Penn State	—
2006	Mike Freitag	Indiana	—
2007	Mike Freitag (2)	Indiana	—
2008	Joe Baum	Michigan State	—
2009	John Bluem (3)	Ohio State	—
2010	Todd Yeagley	Indiana	—	[2]
2011	Tim Lenahan	Northwestern	—	[3]
2012	Bob Warming	Penn State	—	[4]
2013	Bob Warming (2)	Penn State	—	[5]
2014	John Bluem (4)	Ohio State	—	[6]
2015	Dan Donigan	Rutgers	—	[7]
2016	Sasho Cirovski	Maryland	—	[8]
2017	Chaka Daley	Michigan	—	[9]
2018	Todd Yeagley (2)	Indiana	—	[10]
2019	Todd Yeagley (3)	Indiana	—	[11]
2020	Todd Yeagley (4)	Indiana	—	[12]
2021	Jeff Cook	Penn State	—	[13]
2022	Sasho Cirovski (2)	Maryland	—	[14]
2023	Jeff Cook (2)	Penn State	—	[15]
2024	Brian Maisonneuve	Ohio State	USC	[16]

Winners by school

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
Indiana (1991)	14	1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2018, 2019, 2020
Ohio State (1991)	6	1992, 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2024
Penn State (1991)	5	2005, 2012, 2013, 2021, 2023
Michigan State (1991)	3	1996, 2000, 2008
Maryland (2014)	2	2016, 2022
Wisconsin (1991)	2	1991, 1995
Michigan (2000)	1	2017
Northwestern (1991)	1	2011
Rutgers (2014)	1	2015

References

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