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BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award

British annual award

Field	Value
name	BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award
presenter	BBC Sports Personality of the Year
country	United Kingdom
year
holder	Sarina Wiegman (2025)

The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award is an award given annually as part of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony each December. The award is given to the coach who was considered to have made the most substantive contribution to British sport in that year.

History

The first recipient of the award was Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson in 1999. The award has been presented to a football manager on ten occasions. It has been awarded to nine Britons, and eleven of the other fourteen winners were European. Daniel Anderson, the only winner from the Southern Hemisphere, was in his native Australia at the time of the awards, so the then St. Helens captain, Paul Sculthorpe, collected it on his behalf. In 2007, Enzo Calzaghe was the first recipient of the award who had coached an individual and not a team. The most recent award was presented in 2024 to athlete Keely Hodgkinson's coaches Jenny Meadows and Trevor Painter.

Nomination procedure

The award is decided by a panel of over 30 sporting journalists. Each panellist votes for their top two choices; their first preference is awarded two points, and their second preference is awarded one point. The winning coach is the one with the largest points total. In the case of a points tie, the person chosen as first preference by the most panellists is the winner. If this is also a tie the award is shared.

Winners

By year

Year	Nat.	Winner	Sport	Coach of
1999	SCO	Football	ENG Manchester United	for guiding Manchester United to be "the first side to complete a unique treble" of the Premier League, FA Cup, and Champions League.
2000	GER	Rowing	GBR Olympic team	for guiding "Redgrave, Matthew Pinsent, Tim Foster & James Cracknell to their coxless fours gold" at the Olympics.
2001	SWE	Football	ENG England	for guiding England through qualification for the World Cup, defeating Germany 5–1 in the process.
2002	FRA	Football	ENG Arsenal	for guiding Arsenal to the Double of the Premiership and FA Cup.
2003	ENG	Rugby Union	ENG England	for guiding "his team to a famous World Cup victory in Australia."
2004	FRA	Football	ENG Arsenal	for guiding Arsenal to a "third Premiership-winning campaign (...) as his side went through the entire season unbeaten."
2005	POR	Football	ENG Chelsea	for guiding "Chelsea to their first title for 50 years in his first season in charge."
2006	AUS	Rugby league	ENG St Helens R.F.C.	"for guiding the team to Challenge Cup, minor Premiership and Grand Final triumph."
2007	ITA	Boxing	WAL Joe Calzaghe	for training Joe Calzaghe to 44 undefeated fights and 10 years as world champion.
2008	WAL	Cycling	GBR Olympic team	for guiding the British Olympic cycling team to "14 medals in total in Beijing, including eight golds."
2009	ITA	Football	ENG England	for guiding "England to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa winning an impressive nine out of the 10 qualifiers played".
2010	SCO	Golf	EUR European Ryder Cup team	for guiding Europe to victory in the 2010 Ryder Cup.
2011	ZIM	Cricket	ENG England cricket team	for guiding England to victory in The Ashes and to the top of the ICC Test Ranking
2012	WAL	Cycling	GBR Olympic team/Team Sky	for guiding the British Olympic cycling team to "12 medals in total in London, including eight golds, and for guiding Bradley Wiggins towards winning the Tour de France"
2013	NZL	Rugby Union	GBR/IRE British & Irish Lions	for guiding the British & Irish Lions to a 2–1 series victory over Australia, the first series win since 1997.
2014	IRL	Golf	EUR European Ryder Cup team	for guiding Europe to victory in the Ryder Cup.
2015	NIR	Football	NIR Northern Ireland national football team	for guiding Northern Ireland to qualification for Euro 2016, the country's first major finals in 30 years
2016	ITA	Football	ENG Leicester City F.C.	for leading Leicester City to their first Premier League title; the 2015–16 Premier League, despite pre-season odds of 5000–1.
2017	SWE/NIR/WAL	Athletics	UK UK Athletics sprint relay teams	for coaching the UK Athletics relay teams. At the 2017 World Athletics championships the UK men's 4x100m relay won Gold and all four relay teams won medals
2018	ENG	Football	ENG England	for leading England Men to the 2018 World Cup semi-finals for the first time in 28 years.
2019	ENG	Athletics	ENG Dina Asher-Smith	for guiding Dina Asher-Smith to 200m gold at the 2019 World Athletics Championships.
2020	GER	Football	ENG Liverpool F.C.	for leading Liverpool to their first top-flight title in 30 years by winning the 2019–20 Premier League.
2021	ENG	Football	ENG England Men	for leading England to the UEFA Euro 2020 final at Wembley, ending the nation's 55-year wait for a major final since the 1966 World Cup.
2022	NED	Football	ENG England Women	for guiding England to victory at UEFA Women's Euro 2022, the nation's first major women's football trophy.
2023	ESP	Football	EnglandManchester City F.C.	for guiding Manchester City to complete the treble of the Premier League, Champions League, and FA Cup.
2024	ENG	Athletics	England Keely Hodgkinson
Georgia Bell
Lewis Davey	for guiding Keely Hodgkinson to the 800m gold medal, and Georgia Bell and Lewis Davey to 1500m and 4x400m relay bronze medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
2025	NED	Football	ENG England Women	for guiding England to victory at UEFA Women's Euro 2025, their second straight European Championship title.

By nationality

This table lists the total number of awards won by coaches of each nationality based on the principle of jus soli.

Nationality	Number of wins	Republic of Ireland
5
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1

By sport

This table lists the total number of awards won by coaches' sporting profession.

Sporting profession	Number of wins	Football	Athletics	Cycling	Golf	Rugby Union	Boxing	Cricket	Rowing	Rugby league
12
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1

References

General

Specific

References

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(16 December 2012). "Sports Personality: Cycling's Dave Brailsford is coach of the year". BBC News.
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(14 December 2012). "Sports Personality 2014: Paul McGinley named Coach of Year". BBC News.
(20 December 2015). "Sports Personality 2015: Michael O'Neill wins Coach of the Year award". BBC News.
(19 December 2016). "Sports Personality 2016: Leicester win Team of the Year, Claudio Ranieri top coach". BBC Sport.
(30 November 2017). "UK Coaching high performance coach of the year". UK Coaching.
(17 December 2017). "BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2017: Coach award for sprint trio Blomkvist, Malcolm & Maguire". BBC Sport.
(16 December 2018). "Sports Personality of the Year: Gareth Southgate named Coach of the Year". [[BBC Sport]].
(15 December 2019). "John Blackie named Coach of the Year at Sports Personality of the Year". [[BBC Sport]].
(20 December 2020). "Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp win Team and Coach of the Year at Sports Personality of the Year 2020". [[BBC Sport]].
(19 December 2021). "Sports Personality 2021: Gareth Southgate and England named Coach and Team of the Year". BBC Sport.
(21 December 2022). "Sports Personality of the Year 2022: England's Lionesses and Sarina Wiegman win team and coach of the year". BBC Sport.
(2023-12-19). "Sports Personality of the Year 2023: Man City & Pep Guardiola win team and coach of the year". BBC Sport.
"Painter and Meadows win Coach of the Year award". BBC Sport.
(18 December 2025). "Sports Personality of the Year 2025: England boss Wiegman named Coach of the Year". BBC Sport.

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