BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award


The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award is an award given annually as part of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony each December. The award is given to the coach who was considered to have made the most substantive contribution to British sport in that year. The award is decided by a panel of over 30 sporting journalists. Each panellist votes for their top two choices; their first preference is awarded two points, and their second preference is awarded one point. The winning coach is the one with the largest points total. In the case of a points tie, the person chosen as first preference by the most panellists is the winner. If this is also a tie the award is shared.
The first recipient of the award was Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson in 1999. The award has been presented to a football manager on nine occasions. It has been awarded to nine Britons, and ten of the other thirteen winners were European. Daniel Anderson, the only winner from the Southern Hemisphere, was in his native Australia at the time of the awards, so the then St. Helens captain, Paul Sculthorpe, collected it on his behalf. In 2007, Enzo Calzaghe was the first recipient of the award who had coached an individual and not a team. The most recent award was presented in 2018 to England national football team manager Gareth Southgate.

Winners

By year

YearNat.WinnerSportCoach ofRationaleRef.
1999Football Manchester Unitedfor guiding Manchester United to be "the first side to complete a unique treble" of the Premier League, FA Cup, and Champions League.
2000Rowing Olympic teamfor guiding "Redgrave, Matthew Pinsent, Tim Foster & James Cracknell to their coxless fours gold" at the Olympics.
2001Football Englandfor guiding England through qualification for the World Cup, defeating Germany 5–1 in the process.
2002Football Arsenalfor guiding Arsenal to the Double of the Premiership and FA Cup.
2003Rugby Union Englandfor guiding "his team to a famous World Cup victory in Australia."
2004Football Arsenalfor guiding Arsenal to a "third Premiership-winning campaign as his side went through the entire season unbeaten."
2005Football Chelseafor guiding "Chelsea to their first title for 50 years in his first season in charge."
2006Rugby league St Helens R.F.C."for guiding the team to Challenge Cup, minor Premiership and Grand Final triumph."
2007Boxing Joe Calzaghefor training Joe Calzaghe to 44 undefeated fights and 10 years as world champion.
2008Cycling Olympic teamfor guiding the British Olympic cycling team to "14 medals in total in Beijing, including eight golds."
2009Football Englandfor guiding "England to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa winning an impressive nine out of the 10 qualifiers played".
2010Golf European Ryder Cup teamfor guiding Europe to victory in the 2010 Ryder Cup.
2011Cricket England cricket teamfor guiding England to victory in The Ashes and to the top of the ICC Test Ranking
2012Cycling Olympic team/Team Skyfor guiding the British Olympic cycling team to "12 medals in total in London, including eight golds, and for guiding Bradley Wiggins towards winning the Tour de France"
2013Rugby Union/ British and Irish Lionsfor guiding the British and Irish Lions to a 2–1 series victory over Australia, the first series win since 1997.
2014Golf European Ryder Cup teamfor guiding Europe to victory in the Ryder Cup.
2015Football Northern Ireland national football teamfor guiding Northern Ireland to qualification for Euro 2016, the country's first major finals in 30 years
2016Football Leicester City F.C.for leading Leicester City to their first Premier League title; the 2015–16 Premier League, despite pre-season odds of 5000-1.
2017//Benke Blomkvist, Stephen Maguire & Christian MalcolmAthletics UK Athletics sprint relay teamsfor coaching the UK Athletics relay teams. At the 2017 World Athletics championships the UK men's 4x100m relay won Gold and all four relay teams won medals
2018Football Englandfor leading England to the 2018 World Cup semi-finals for the first time in 28 years.

By nationality

This table lists the total number of awards won by coaches of each nationality based on the principle of jus soli.
NationalityNumber of wins
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1

By sport

This table lists the total number of awards won by coaches' sporting profession.
Sporting professionNumber of wins
Football9
Cycling2
Golf2
Rugby Union2
Athletics1
Boxing1
Cricket1
Rowing1
Rugby league1