The WBCA Coaches’ Trophy is presented each year to the head coach of the team that wins the NCAA Division I national championship game. Valued at more than $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
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