The WBCA Coaches’ Trophy is presented each year to the NCAA Division I team that finishes atop the postseason USA TODAY Sports Top 25 Coaches Poll which is conducted following the NCAA Division I national championship game. Valued at $30,000, the luminous trophy is made of handcrafted Waterford Crystal in the shape of a basketball and sits atop a large black acrylic base.
Past Four Recipients
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2024 | Dawn Staley, South Carolina
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2023 | Kim Mulkey, LSU
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2022 | Dawn Staley, South Carolina
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2021 | Tara VanDerveer, Stanford
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Full List of Past Recipients
2024 - South Carolina, Dawn Staley
2023 - LSU, Kim Mulkey
2022 - South Carolina, Dawn Staley
2021 - Stanford, Tara VanDerveer
2020 - Not Awarded
2019 - Baylor, Kim Mulkey
2018 - Notre Dame, Muffet McGraw
2017 - South Carolina, Dawn Staley
2016 - Connecticut, Geno Auriemma
2015 - Connecticut, Geno Auriemma
2014 - Connecticut, Geno Auriemma
2013 - Connecticut, Geno Auriemma
2012 - Baylor, Kim Mulkey
2011 - Texas A&M, Gary Blair
2010 - Connecticut, Geno Auriemma
2009 - Connecticut, Geno Auriemma
2008 - Tennessee, Pat Summitt
2007 - Tennessee, Pat Summitt
2006 - Maryland, Brenda Frese
2005 - Baylor, Kim Mulkey
2004 - Connecticut, Geno Auriemma
2003 - Connecticut, Geno Auriemma
2002 - Connecticut, Geno Auriemma
2001 - Notre Dame, Muffet McGraw
2000 - Connecticut, Geno Auriemma
1999 - Purdue, Carolyn Peck
1998 - Tennessee, Pat Summitt
1997 - Tennessee, Pat Summitt
1996 - Tennessee, Pat Summitt
1995 - Connecticut, Geno Auriemma
1994 - North Carolina, Sylvia Hatchell