NBL Canada Coach of the Year Award

The NBL Canada Coach of the Year Award, is an annual National Basketball League of Canada award given since the 2011–12 season. Since its inception, the award has been given to 5 different coaches. Micheal Ray Richardson of the London Lightning is the only coach to get the award more than once. In the 2012–13 season Richardson shared the award with Joe Salerno. The most recent recipient is Hugo López of the Halifax Hurricanes.[1][2] After receiving the award in 2015, Josep Clarós was handed a lifetime ban from the NBL Canada, for forfeiting the seventh game of the 2015 Finals.[3]

Winners
^ Denotes a tie for Coach of the Year
Season Coach Nationality Team Reference
2011–12 Micheal Ray Richardson  United States London Lightning [4]
2012–13 Micheal Ray Richardson (2)  United States London Lightning [5]
2012–13 Joe Salerno  United States Summerside Storm [5]
2013–14 Bill Jones  United States Windsor Express [6]
2014–15 Josep Clarós  Spain Halifax Rainmen [2]
2015–16 Hugo López  Spain Halifax Hurricanes [1]
2016–17 Kyle Julius  Canada London Lightning [7]
2017–18 Mike Leslie  Canada Halifax Hurricanes
2018–19 Joe Salerno  United States Moncton Magic
2019–20 Joe Salerno (3)  United States Moncton Magic
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References
  1. "Hugo Lopez Wins Coach of the Year". OurSportsCentral.com. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  2. "NBLC Announces 2014-2015 Award Winners". NBL Canada. April 13, 2015. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  3. Ballingall , Alex (May 1, 2015). "Windsor Express win NBL Canada title after Halifax Rainmen forfeit". thestar.com. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  4. "NBL Canada pre-season guide and player register 2012–13" (PDF). NBL Canada. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  5. "2013 NBL CANADA AWARDS OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED". Canada Basketball. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  6. "NBL Canada announces 2013–2014 award winners". Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  7. "The NBL Canada Coach of the Year is Kyle Julius". Golightning.ca. 2017-05-09. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
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