NAIA Coach of the Year (Men)
Coach of the Year
| Year | Winner | School | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Grant Henderson | Grand View (IA) | — |
| 2025 | Nick Mitchell | Grand View (IA) | — |
| 2024 | Nick Mitchell | Grand View (IA) | — |
| 2023 | Nick Mitchell | Grand View (IA) | — |
| 2022 | Nick Mitchell | Grand View (IA) | — |
| 2021 | Omi Acosta | Life (GA) | — |
| 2020 | Joey Martinez | Menlo (CA) | — |
| 2019 | Nick Mitchell | Grand View (IA) | — |
| 2018 | Chris Fleeger | Cumberlands (KY) | — |
| 2017 | Corey Ruff | Lindsey Wilson (KY) | — |
| 2016 | Nick Mitchell | Grand View (IA) | — |
| 2015 | Nick Mitchell | Grand View (IA) | — |
| 2014 | Nick Mitchell | Grand View (IA) | — |
| 2013 | Mike Ritchey | Southern Oregon | — |
| 2012 | Nick Mitchell | Grand View (IA) | — |
| 2011 | James Kisgen | McKendree (IL) | — |
| 2010 | Frank Romano | Notre Dame (OH) | — |
| 2009 | Joe Parisi | Lindenwood (MO) | — |
| 2008 | James Kisgen | McKendree (IL) | — |
| 2007 | Joe Parisi | Lindenwood (MO) | — |
| 2006 | Steve Costanzo | Dana (NE) | — |
| 2005 | Joe Parisi | Lindenwood (MO) | — |
| 2004 | David Ray | Montana State Northern | — |
| 2003 | Mike Machholz | Missouri Valley | — |
| 2002 | Joe Parisi | Lindenwood (MO) | — |
| 2001 | Mike Ritchey | Southern Oregon | — |
| 2000 | David Ray | Montana State Northern | — |
| 1999 | David Ray | Montana State Northern | — |
| 1998 | David Ray | Montana State Northern | — |
| 1997 | Mike Machholz | Missouri Valley | — |
| 1996 | Mike Machholz | Missouri Valley | — |
| 1995 | John Jeffire | Findlay (OH) | — |
| 1994 | TJ Nelson | Montana Western | — |
| 1993 | MIke Jones | Simon Fraser (CAN) | — |
| 1992 | Jay Liles | Montana State Northern | — |
| 1991 | Jay Liles | Montana State Northern | — |
| 1990 | Roger Jehlicka | Adams State (CO) | — |
| 1989 | David James | Central Oklahoma | — |
| 1988 | MIke Jones | Simon Fraser (CAN) | — |
| 1987 | Les Hogan | Alaska Pacific | — |
| 1986 | David James | Central Oklahoma | — |
| 1985 | Frank Hummel | Northern State (SD) | — |
| 1984 | David James | Central Oklahoma | — |
| 1983 | Bob Riehm | Southern Oregon | — |
| 1982 | Eddie Griffin | Central Oklahoma | — |
| 1981 | Eddie Griffin | Central Oklahoma | — |
| 1980 | Richard Ulrich | Adams State (CO) | — |
| 1979 | Eddie Griffin | Central Oklahoma | — |
| 1978 | Bob Riehm | Southern Oregon | — |
| 1977 | Jim Scott | Grand Valley State (MI) | — |
| 1976 | Curt Byrnes | Eastern Washington | — |
| 1975 | John Paul Grygelko | Augsburg (MN) | — |
| 1974 | Eric Beardsley | Central Washington | — |
| 1973 | Vern Tate | Si Tanka-Huron (SD) | — |
| 1972 | Gene Moses | Adams State (CO) | — |
| 1971 | Eric Beardsley | Central Washington | — |
| 1970 | Fran McCann | Winona State (MN) | — |
| 1969 | Don Benning | Nebraska Omaha | — |
| 1968 | Frank Powell | Adams State (CO) | — |
| 1967 | Eliott 'Gray' Simons | Lock Haven (PA) | — |
| 1966 | Eliott 'Gray' Simons | Lock Haven (PA) | — |
| 1965 | Russell Houk | Bloomsburg (PA) | — |
| 1964 | Bill Garland | Minnesota-Moorhead | — |
| 1963 | Russell Houk | Bloomsburg (PA) | — |