New Zealand NBL Coach of the Year Award

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The National Basketball League Coach of the Year is an annual National Basketball League (NBL) award given since the 1989 New Zealand NBL season to the best head coach of the regular season.[1][2]

In September 2021, the Coach of the Year award was named in honour of Steve McKean following his death.[3] McKean was coach of the Tall Blacks from 1972–1981 and received the Basketball New Zealand Coach of the Year Award in 1978 and 2002.[3] He was the NBL's Coach of the Year in 1992.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b "2005 League Handbook" (PDF). Basketball.org.nz. pp. 32–36. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  2. ^ a b "2015 Bartercard NBL Handbook" (PDF). Basketball.org.nz. pp. 28–34. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  3. ^ a b "COACH OF THE YEAR AWARD TO BE RE-NAMED IN HONOUR OF STEVE MCKEAN". nznbl.basketball. 17 September 2021. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.