Kay Yow Award
Year Coach School Record Postseason result
2009-10 Connie Yori * Nebraska 32-2 NCAA Sweet 16
2010-11 Matt Bollant Green Bay 34-2 NCAA Sweet 16
2011-12 Karl Smesko Florida Gulf Coast 29-3 NCAA First Round
2012-13 Katie Abrahamson-Henderson Albany 27-4 NCAA First round
2013-14 David Six Hampton 28-4 NCAA First round
2014-15 Tricia Fabbri Quinnipiac 31-4 NCAA First round
2015-16 Brian Boyer Arkansas State 27-6 WNIT Second round
2016-17 Maureen Magarity New Hampshire 26-6 WNIT First round
2017-18 Sue Guevara Central Michigan 30-5 NCAA Sweet 16
2018-19 Kellie Harper Missouri State 25-10 NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2019-20 Brian Giorgis Marist 26-4 Cancelled
Winners
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.