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Kay Yow Award

Field	Value
name	Kay Yow Award
image	Kay Yow cropped.jpg
imagesize	155px
caption	Kay Yow
awarded_for	the nation's top women's coach in NCAA Division I basketball who also displays great character off the court
presenter	Collegeinsider.com
country	United States
year	2010
holder	Larry Vickers
website	https://www.kayyowaward.com

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.

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.

Winners

Coach (X)	Denotes the number of times the coach has been awarded the Kay Yow Award

Year	Coach	School	Record	Postseason result	Reference
2009–10	*	Nebraska	32–2	NCAA Sweet 16
2010–11		Green Bay	34–2	NCAA Sweet 16
2011–12		Florida Gulf Coast	29–3	NCAA first round
2012–13		Albany	27–4	NCAA first round
2013–14		Hampton	28–4	NCAA first round	url=http://www.kayyowaward.com/history.php	title=The Kay Yow National Coach of the Year Award College Basketball Awards CollegeInsider.com	website=kayyowaward.com	access-date=2019-04-09}}
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	Canceled
2020–21	Jarrod Olson	California Baptist	26–1	WNIT Quarterfinal
2021–22	Dawn Plitzuweit	South Dakota	29–6	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2022–23	Teri Moren	Indiana	28–4	NCAA second round
2023–24	Carly Thibault-DuDonis	Fairfield	31–2	NCAA first round
2024–25	Larry Vickers	Norfolk State	30–5	NCAA first round

References

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References

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(2010). "Kay Yow Award". CollegeInsider.com.
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(13 April 2011). "Green Bay women's basketball head coach Matt Bollant named Coach of the Year". [[Horizon League]].
(10 January 2013). "FGCU's Karl Smesko Next on Friday's A-Sun Insider". [[Atlantic Sun Conference]].
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(April 3, 2024). "Indiana's Teri Moren is the recipient of the 2023 Kay Yow Award…".
Barker, Sean. (April 3, 2024). "Fairfield women's coach earns national coach of year honors". Shelton Herald.

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