DBL Coach of the Year

The Dutch Basketball League Coach of the Year is an award given to the best coach in the Dutch highest professional basketball league. The award is given after the regular season and was first handed out in 1975 to Bill Sheridan.^[1]

Winners

Key
Coach (X)	Name of the coach and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
Club (X)	Name of the club and the number of times a coach of it has won the award (if more than one)
†	Indicates multiple award winners in the same season

Year	Coach	Nationality	Team	Ref.
1974–75	Bill Sheridan	United States	Punch Delft	^[1]
1975–76	Tom Quinn	United States	Flamingo's Haarlem	^[1]
1976–77	Bill Sheridan (2)	United States	Remington Den Bosch	^[1]
1977–78	Jim Parks	United States	Donar Groningen	^[1]
1978–79	Ton Boot	Netherlands	EBBC Den Bosch (2)	^[1]
1979–80	Ton Boot (2)	Netherlands	Nashua Den Bosch (3)	^[1]
1981–82	Edwin van der Hart	Netherlands	Delta Lloyd Amsterdam	^[1]
1982–83	Ruud Harrewijn	Netherlands	Eve & Adam Stars Haarlem (2)	^[1]
1983–84^†	Ton Boot (3)	Netherlands	Nashua Den Bosch (4)	^[1]
1983–84^†	Maarten van Gent	Netherlands	Hatrans Haaksbergen	^[1]
1984–85	Ruud Harrewijn (2)	Netherlands	Elmex Leiden	^[1]
1985–86	Jan Dekker	Netherlands	Nashua Den Bosch (5)	^[1]
1986–87	Ton Boot (4)	Netherlands	Doppeldouche Den Helder	^[1]
1987–88	Ton Boot (5)	Netherlands	Direktbank Den Helder (2)	^[1]
1988–89	Jan Dekker (2)	Netherlands	Nashua Den Bosch (5)	^[1]
1989–90	Glenn Pinas	Netherlands	Computerij Meppel	^[1]
1990–91	Jan Willem Jansen	Netherlands	VGNN Donar Groningen (2)	^[1]
1991–92	Jan Willem Jansen (2)	Netherlands	Akrides Haarlem	^[1]
1992–93	Ton Boot (6)	Netherlands	Commodore Den Helder (3)	^[1]
1993–94	Meindert van der Veen	Netherlands	Mustang Jeans Den Helder (4)	^[1]
1994–95	Glenn Pinas (2)	Netherlands	RZG Donar Groningen (3)	^[1]
1995–96	Glenn Pinas (3)	Netherlands	RZG Donar Groningen (4)	^[1]
1996–97	Glenn Pinas (4)	Netherlands	RZG Donar Groningen (5)	^[1]
1997–98	Jan Willem Jansen (3)	Netherlands	Ricoh Astronauts Amsterdam	^[1]
1998–99	Bob Gonnen	Netherlands	Den Helder (5)	^[1]
1999–00	Lawrence Nicols	United States	EBBC Den Bosch (6)	^[1]
2000–01	Ton Boot (7)	Netherlands	Ricoh Astronauts Amsterdam (2)	^[1]
2001–02	Herman van den Belt^{^}	Netherlands	Landstede Basketbal	^[1]
2002–03	Toon van Helfteren	Netherlands	EBBC Den Bosch (7)	^[1]
2003–04	Arik Shivek	Israel	Ricoh Astronauts Amsterdam (3)	^[1]
2004–05	Herman van den Belt^{^} (2)	Netherlands	Landstede Basketbal (2)	^[1]
2005–06	Erik Braal	Netherlands	Rotterdam Basketbal	^[1]
2006–07	Michael Schuurs^{^}	Netherlands	Matrixx Magixx	^[1]
2007–08	Erik Braal (2)	Netherlands	WCAA Giants	^[1]
2008–09	Arik Shivek (2)	Israel	EclipseJet-MyGuide Amsterdam (4)	^[1]
2009–10	Toon van Helfteren (2)	Netherlands	Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden (2)	^[1]
2010–11	Toon van Helfteren (3)	Netherlands	Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden (3)	^[1]
2011–12	Toon van Helfteren (4)	Netherlands	Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden (4)	^[1]
2012–13	Raoul Korner	Austria	EiffelTowers Den Bosch (8)	^[1]
2013–14	Ivica Skelin	Croatia	GasTerra Flames Groningen (6)	^[2]
2014–15	Ivica Skelin (2)	Croatia	Donar Groningen (7)	^[3]

Awards per coach

Awards	Player	Won in
7	Ton Boot	1979, 1980, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1993, 2001
4	Toon van Helfteren	2003, 2010, 2011, 2012
4	Glenn Pians	1990, 1995, 1996, 1997
3	Jan Willem Jansen	1991, 1992, 1998

References

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^ "Meeste seizoensprijzen naar GasTerra Flames". iBasketball (in Dutch). 2014-04-22. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
^ Donar coach Skelin: Coach of the Year

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[2] "Meeste seizoensprijzen naar GasTerra Flames". iBasketball (in Dutch). 2014-04-22. Retrieved 2014-04-22.

[3] Donar coach Skelin: Coach of the Year

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