The AEEB Coach of the Year Award is an annual basketball award that is given by the Spanish Basketball Coaches Association (Spanish: Asociación Española de Entrenadores de Baloncesto (AEEB). It recognizes the best coach of the year in Spain.
The award was established in 1975, and the person recognized as the 'AEEB Coach of the Year' receives the AEEB Coach of the Year trophy, which is named after Antonio Díaz-Miguel. This award is considered the most important one for basketball coaches in Spain, since it is based on votes by other coaches. The top-tier level basketball league in Spain, the Liga ACB, also gives a coach of the year award, the ACB Best Coach award, which has been awarded since the 2007–08 season.
Past winners
Season Coach Liga ACB Team 1974–75 Pedro Ferrándiz Real Madrid 1975–76 Aíto García Reneses Cotonificio Badalona 1976–77 Lolo Sainz Real Madrid 1977–78 Antoni Serra Joventut Badalona 1978–79 Rafael Peyró 1979–80 Ángel Palmi & Luis Rodrigo 1980–81 Antonio Díaz-Miguel 1981–82 Ignacio Pinedo 1982–83 Antonio Díaz-Miguel (2×) 1983–84 Manuel Coloma 1984–85 Lolo Sainz (2×) Real Madrid 1985–86 Juan Jiménez TDK Manresa 1986–87 José Antonio Figueroa Cajabilbao 1987–88 Alfred Julbe RAM Joventut 1988–89 Mario Pesquera Caja Ronda 1989–90 Aíto García Reneses (2×) FC Barcelona 1990–91 Lolo Sainz (3×) Montigalà Joventut 1991–92 Miguel Ángel Martín Estudiantes Caja Postal 1992–93 Gustavo Aranzana Elosúa León 1993–94 Pedro Martínez TDK Manresa 1994–95 Javier Imbroda Unicaja 1995–96 Salva Maldonado TDK Manresa 1996–97 Alfred Julbe (2x) Festina Joventut 1997–98 Luis Casimiro TDK Manresa 1998–99 Javier Imbroda (2×) Caja San Fernando 1999–00 Sergio Scariolo Real Madrid Teka 2000–01 Duško Ivanović TAU Cerámica 2001–02 Edu Torres Caprabo Lleida 2002–03 Paco Olmos Pamesa Valencia 2003–04 Pepu Hernández Adecco Estudiantes 2004–05 Trifón Poch Etosa Alicante 2005–06 Aíto García Reneses (3×) DKV Joventut 2006–07 Joan Plaza Real Madrid 2007–08 Aíto García Reneses (4×) DKV Joventut 2008–09 Xavi Pascual FC Barcelona 2009–10 Xavi Pascual (2×) FC Barcelona 2010–11 Xavi Pascual (3×) FC Barcelona 2011–12 Sito Alonso Lagun Aro GBC 2012–13 Pablo Laso Real Madrid 2013–14 Velimir Perasović Valencia Basket 2014–15 Pablo Laso (2×) Real Madrid 2015–16 Pablo Laso (3×) Real Madrid 2016–17 Pedro Martínez (2×) Valencia Basket 2017–18 Pablo Laso (4×) Real Madrid 2018–19 Svetislav Pešić FC Barcelona
Most successful coaches Below is the list of the most successful coaches, those with 2 or more awards won:
NameAwards Aíto García Reneses 4 Pablo Laso 4 Lolo Sainz 3 Xavi Pascual 3 Antonio Díaz-Miguel 2 Pedro Martínez 2 Alfred Julbe 2 Javier Imbroda 2
See also ACB Best Coach
References
External links AEEB official website