Kay Yow Award

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Kay Yow Award
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Awarded forthe nation's top women's coach in NCAA Division I basketball who also displays great character off the court
CountryUnited States
Presented by Collegeinsider.com
First awarded2010
Currently held by Carly Thibault-DuDonis
Website https://www.kayyowaward.com
Teri Moren, the 2022-23 winner Teri Moren 03 (cropped).jpg
Teri Moren, the 2022–23 winner

The Kay Yow National Coach of the Year Award is an award given annually to the women's college basketball head coach in NCAA Division I competition who displays great character both on and off the court. The award was established in 2010 and is named for legendary women's head coach Kay Yow, who coached at NC State from 1975 to 2009 before succumbing to stage 4 breast cancer. Yow was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1987 but still continued to coach until the illness forced her to take a medical leave of absence in early 2009. Yow accumulated over 700 wins as a head coach, and also led the United States women's basketball team to an Olympic gold medal in 1988. [1]

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Selection

The award is presented to the coach who has exhibited great personal character both as a coach and as a person. A committee of 26 members, ranging from women's basketball analysts, former and current head coaches, and Yow's three siblings (sisters Deborah and Susan, and brother Ronnie), chooses the winner among a field of finalists. [2]

Winners

*Awarded the Naismith College Coach of the Year the same season
Coach (X)Denotes the number of times the coach has been awarded the Kay Yow Award
YearCoachSchoolRecordPostseason resultReference
2009–10 Connie Yori * Nebraska 32–2 NCAA Sweet 16 [3]
2010–11 Matt Bollant Green Bay 34–2 NCAA Sweet 16 [4]
2011–12 Karl Smesko Florida Gulf Coast 29–3 NCAA first round [5]
2012–13 Katie Abrahamson-Henderson Albany 27–4 NCAA first round [6]
2013–14 David Six Hampton 28–4 NCAA first round [7]
2014–15 Tricia Fabbri Quinnipiac 31–4 NCAA first round [7]
2015–16 Brian Boyer Arkansas State 27–6 WNIT second round [7]
2016–17 Maureen Magarity New Hampshire 26–6 WNIT first round [7]
2017–18 Sue Guevara Central Michigan 30–5 NCAA Sweet 16 [8]
2018–19 Kellie Harper Missouri State 25–10 NCAA Sweet Sixteen [9]
2019–20 Brian Giorgis Marist 26–4Canceled [10]
2020–21 Jarrod Olson California Baptist 26–1 WNIT Quarterfinal [11]
2021–22 Dawn Plitzuweit South Dakota 29–6 NCAA Sweet Sixteen [12]
2022–23 Teri Moren Indiana 28–4 NCAA second round [13]
2023–24 Carly Thibault-DuDonis Fairfield 31–2 NCAA first round [14]

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