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MAAC Men's Basketball Coach of the Year
Awarded for	the most outstanding men's basketball head coach in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Country	United States
History
First award	1982
Most recent	Tom Pecora, Quinnipiac

The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year is a basketball award given to the most outstanding men's basketball head coach in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, as chosen by a panel of sports writers and broadcasters. The award was first given following the 1981–82 season, the first year of the conference's existence, to Bob Dukiet of Saint Peter's. Joe Mihalich of Niagara, Ted Fiore of Saint Peter's, and King Rice of Monmouth have won the most awards with three, while five other coaches have won the award twice.^[1]

Key

	Awarded one of the following National Coach of the Year awards that year: Associated Press Coach of the Year (AP) Adolph Rupp Cup (ARC) Basketball Times Coach of the Year (BT) CBS/Chevrolet Coach of the Year (CBS) Naismith Coach of the Year (N) NABC Coach of the Year (NABC) Sporting News Coach of the Year (SN) U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA)
Coach (X)	Denotes the number of times the coach had been awarded the Coach of the Year award at that point
†	Co-Coaches of the Year
*	Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach but is no longer active
*^	Active coach who has been elected to the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame (as a coach)
Conf. W–L	Conference win–loss record for that season
Conf. St.^T	Conference standing at year's end (^Tdenotes a tie)
Overall W–L	Overall win–loss record for that season

Winners

Season	Coach	School	National Coach of the Year Awards	Conf. W–L	Conf. St.	Overall W–L
1981–82	Bob Dukiet	Saint Peter's	—	9–1	1	20–9
1982–83	Gordon Chiesa	Manhattan	—	4–6	4	15–13
1983–84	Pat Kennedy	Iona	—	11–3	1^T	23–8
1984–85	Les Wothke	Army	—	7–7	5	16–13
1985–86	Mitch Buonaguro	Fairfield	—	13–1	1	24–7
1986–87	Ted Fiore	Saint Peter's	—	11–3	1	21–8
1987–88	Speedy Morris	La Salle	—	14–0	1	24–10
1988–89^†	Speedy Morris (2)	La Salle	—	13–1	1	26–6
1988–89^†	Ted Fiore (2)	Saint Peter's	—	11–3	2	22–9
1989–90	George Blaney	Holy Cross	—	14–2	1	24–6
1990–91	Ted Fiore (3)	Saint Peter's	—	11–5	3^T	24–7
1991–92	Steve Lappas	Manhattan	—	13–3	1	25–9
1992–93	Jack Armstrong	Niagara	—	11–3	2	23–7
1993–94	John Beilein	Canisius	—	12–2	1	22–7
1994–95	Fran Fraschilla	Manhattan	—	12–2	1	26–5
1995–96	Paul Cormier	Fairfield	—	10–4	1^T	20–10
1996–97	Tim Welsh	Iona	—	11–3	1	22–8
1997–98	Tim Welsh (2)	Iona	—	15–3	1	27–6
1998–99	Joe Mihalich	Niagara	—	13–5	1^T	17–12
1999–00	Paul Hewitt	Siena	—	15–3	1	24–9
2000–01	Dave Magarity	Marist	—	11–7	4^T	17–13
2001–02	Don Harnum	Rider	—	13–5	1^T	17–11
2002–03	Bobby Gonzalez	Manhattan	—	14–4	1	23–7
2003–04	Tim O'Toole	Fairfield	—	12–6	3^T	19–11
2004–05	Joe Mihalich (2)	Niagara	—	13–5	1^T	20–10
2005–06	Bobby Gonzalez (2)	Manhattan	—	14–4	1	20–11
2006–07	Matt Brady	Marist	—	14–4	1	25–9
2007–08	Tommy Dempsey	Rider	—	13–5	1^T	23–11
2008–09	Fran McCaffery	Siena	—	16–2	1	27–8
2009–10	Kevin Willard	Iona	—	12–6	3	21–10
2010–11	Ed Cooley	Fairfield	—	15–3	1	25–8
2011–12	Jimmy Patsos	Loyola (MD)	—	13–5	2	24–9
2012–13	Joe Mihalich (3)	Niagara	—	13–5	1	19–14
2013–14	Tim Cluess	Iona	—	17–3	1	22–11
2014–15	Kevin Baggett	Rider	—	15–5	2	21–12
2015–16	King Rice	Monmouth	—	17–3	1	28–8
2016–17	King Rice (2)	Monmouth	—	18–2	1	27–7
2017–18	Kevin Baggett (2)	Rider	—	15–3	1^T	22–10
2018–19	Tim Cluess (2)	Iona	—	12–6	1	17–16
2019–20	Shaheen Holloway	Saint Peter's	—	14–6	2	18–12
2020–21	King Rice (3)	Monmouth	—	12–6	2	12–7
2021–22	Rick Pitino	Iona	—	17–3	2	25–6
2022–23	Rick Pitino (2)	Iona	—	17–3	1	27–8
2023–24	Tom Pecora	Quinnipiac	—	15–5	1	23–8

Winners by school

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
Iona (1981)	7	1984, 1997, 1998, 2010, 2014, 2019, 2022
Manhattan (1981)	5	1983, 1992, 1995, 2003, 2006
Saint Peter's (1981)	5	1982, 1987, 1989^†, 1991, 2020
Fairfield (1981)	4	1986, 1996, 2004, 2011
Niagara (1989)	4	1993, 1999, 2005, 2013
Rider (1997)	4	2002, 2008, 2015, 2018
Monmouth (2013)^{[a 1]}	3	2016, 2017, 2021
La Salle (1983)^{[a 2]}	2	1988, 1989^†
Marist (1997)	2	2001, 2007
Siena (1989)	2	2000, 2009
Army (1981)^{[a 3]}	1	1985
Canisius (1989)	1	1994
Holy Cross (1983)^{[a 3]}	1	1990
Loyola (MD) (1989)^{[a 4]}	1	2012
Quinnipiac (2013)	1	2024
Fordham (1981)^{[a 3]}	0	—
Merrimack (2024)	0	—
Mount St. Mary's (2022)	0	—
Sacred Heart (2024)	0	—