The Baby Dalupan Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Coach of the Year Award is an annual Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) award given since the 1993 PBA season. The winner receives the Baby Dalupan Trophy, which is named since 1995 in honor of Dalupan, who won 15 championships in the PBA and led the Crispa Redmanizers to win its first Grand Slam in 1976.[1] Unlike the traditional player awards, which is given by the league, this citation is awarded by the PBA Press Corps.

Since its inception, the award has been given to 13 different coaches. The most recent award winner of Baby Dalupan Trophy are the entire coaching staff of Meralco Bolts, led by head coach Luigi Trillo.

List of awardees

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^ Denotes head coach who is still active in the PBA
* Elected to the PBA Hall of Fame as a coach
*^ Active PBA head coach who has been elected to the PBA Hall of Fame
Season Coach Nationality Team
1993 Chot Reyes^   Philippines Purefoods TJ Hotdogs
1994 Tim Cone^   United States Alaska Milkmen
1995 Derrick Pumaren   Philippines Sunkist Orange Juicers
1996 Tim Cone (2)   United States Alaska Milkmen
1997 Ron Jacobs   United States San Miguel Beermen
1998 Perry Ronquillo   Philippines Formula Shell Zoom Masters
1999 Perry Ronquillo (2)   Philippines Formula Shell Zoom Masters
2000 Jong Uichico   Philippines San Miguel Beermen
2001 Yeng Guiao^   Philippines Batang Red Bull Thunder
2002 Chot Reyes^ (2)   Philippines Coca Cola Tigers
Ryan Gregorio   Philippines Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs
2003 Chot Reyes^ (3)   Philippines Coca Cola Tigers
2004–05 Siot Tanquincen   Philippines Barangay Ginebra Kings
2005–06 Ryan Gregorio (2)   Philippines Purefoods Chunkee Giants
2006–07 Jong Uichico (2)   Philippines Barangay Ginebra Kings
2007–08 Boyet Fernandez   Philippines Sta. Lucia Realtors
2008–09 Chot Reyes^ (4)   Philippines Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters
2009–10 Ryan Gregorio (3)   Philippines B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados
2010–11 Chot Reyes^ (5)   Philippines Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters
2011–12 Yeng Guiao^ (2)   Philippines Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
2012–13 Luigi Trillo^   Philippines Alaska Aces
2013–14 Tim Cone^ (3)   United States San Mig Super Coffee Mixers
2014–15 Leo Austria^   Philippines San Miguel Beermen
2015–16 Leo Austria^ (2)   Philippines San Miguel Beermen
2016–17 Leo Austria^ (3)   Philippines San Miguel Beermen
2017–18 Chito Victolero   Philippines Magnolia Hotshots
2019 Leo Austria^ (4)   Philippines San Miguel Beermen
2020[n 1] Tim Cone^ (4)   Philippines Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
2021 Chot Reyes^ (6)   Philippines TNT Tropang Giga
2022–23 Tim Cone^ (5)   Philippines Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
2023–24 Luigi Trillo^ (2)   Philippines Meralco Bolts
Gene Afable^   Philippines Meralco Bolts
Reynel Hugnatan^   Philippines Meralco Bolts
Sandro Soriano^   Philippines Meralco Bolts
Nenad Vučinić^   Philippines Meralco Bolts
Norman Black^   Philippines Meralco Bolts

Multiple time winners

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Total Coach
6 Chot Reyes
5 Tim Cone
4 Leo Austria
3 Ryan Gregorio
2 Yeng Guiao
Perry Ronquillo
Jong Uichico

Notes

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  1. ^ The 2020 season only had one conference. A different award, named "Outstanding Coach of the Bubble" was given to Cone.

References

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  1. ^ "Highest accolade for PBA's best coach". Manila Standard. 1995-01-03. Retrieved 2013-10-27.