Geno Auriemma Award

Geno Auriemma Award
Awarded forThe best women's basketball college coach
CountryUnited States
Presented byUnited States Basketball Writers Association
First awarded1990
Currently held byDawn Staley, South Carolina
Websitehttps://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa

The Geno Auriemma Award, known through the 2023–24 college basketball season as the United States Basketball Writers Association National Coach of the Year Award, is an annual award presented by the United States Basketball Writers Association to the top NCAA Division I women's basketball head coach since the 1989–90 season.[1]

After the 2023–24 season, the award was named after Hall of Fame coach Geno Auriemma, who at the time of announcement had won it six times at UConn.[2]

  1. ^ "USBWA WOMEN'S HONORS". www.sportswriters.net. Archived from the original on 2019-01-15. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  2. ^ "Women's National Coach of the Year Award to be named for Auriemma" (Press release). United States Basketball Writers Association. April 17, 2024. Retrieved April 20, 2024.