Canadian Premier League Coach of the Year

Soccer award for Canadian Premier League coaches
Coach of the Year
SportSoccer
LeagueCanadian Premier League
CountryCanada
History
First award2019
First winnerEngland Tommy Wheeldon Jr.
Most wins Tommy Wheeldon Jr. (2)
Most recent Tommy Wheeldon Jr.
Websitecanpl.ca/awards/

The Canadian Premier League Coach of the Year award has been awarded since the inaugural 2019 season to a Canadian Premier League head coach. The award is given to the coach who receives the most votes from each head coach and one assistant coach from all the participating teams. It is awarded annually at the Canadian Premier League Awards ceremony.

Like all the Canadian Premier League awards, the Coach of the Year award is only judged based on results from the regular season, a practice which started in 2022.[1] Tommy Wheeldon Jr., the current head coach of Cavalry FC, has won the most awards, with two titles. The only coach who won the award, while also winning the Canadian Premier League Championship is Pa-Modou Kah, who led Pacific FC to their first league championship in 2021.

Winners by year

Coach of the Year
Season Coach Nationality Club Winning % Team result Ref
Reg. season League total Reg. season Playoffs
2019 Tommy Wheeldon Jr.  ENG Cavalry 67.9 63.3 1st Runner-up [2]
2020 Stephen Hart  TRI HFX Wanderers N/A[a] 36.4 N/A[a] Runner-up [3]
2021 Pa-Modou Kah  NOR Pacific 46.4 50 3rd Champions [4]
2022 Carlos González  ESP Atlético Ottawa 46.4 45.2 1st Runner-up [5]
2023 Tommy Wheeldon Jr. (2)  ENG Cavalry 57.1 54.8 1st Runner-up [6]
  1. ^ a b No regular season played.

Records

Coach Titles Finalist Years won Years finalist
England Tommy Wheeldon Jr. 2 1 2019, 2023 2021
Spain Carlos González 1 0 2021 –
Trinidad and Tobago Stephen Hart 1 0 2020 –
Norway Pa-Modou Kah 1 0 2021 –
Canada Bobby Smyrniotis 0 5 – 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Canada Jim Brennan 0 1 – 2019
Canada Patrice Gheisar 0 1 – 2023
Canada James Merriman 0 1 – 2022
Spain Mista 0 1 – 2020

References

  1. ^ "CPL announces new awards, 2022 voting procedures". Canadian Premier League. September 28, 2022. Retrieved January 30, 2024. Voting for all seven of the CPL's annual awards will this year be based on performances during the regular season, not including Canadian Championship, Concacaf or playoff action
  2. ^ "Canadian Premier League announces 2019 Award winners". Canadian Premier League. November 26, 2019. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  3. ^ "Canadian Premier League announces 2020 Award winners". Canadian Premier League. November 26, 2020. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  4. ^ "Canadian Premier League announces 2020 Award winners". Canadian Premier League. November 26, 2020. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  5. ^ Jacques, John (October 29, 2022). "2022 CPL Awards Roundup". Northern Tribune. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  6. ^ Jacques, John (October 27, 2023). "2023 CPL Awards Round Up: Cavalry Dominates The Show". Northern Tribune. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
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