Here are the Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year award winners.
| Year | Coach | School |
| 2021-22 | Danny Sprinkle | Montana State |
| 2020-21 | Todd Simon | Southern Utah |
| 2019-20 | Shantay Legans | Eastern Washington |
| 2018-19 | Jeff Linder | Northern Colorado |
| 2017-18 | Travis DeCuire | Montana |
| 2016-17 | Brian Jones | North Dakota |
| 2015-16 | Bill Evans | Idaho State |
| 2014-15 | Jim Hayford Brian Katz | Eastern Washington Sacramento State |
| 2013-14 | Randy Rahe | Weber State |
| 2012-13 | Wayne Tinkle | Montana |
| 2011-12 | Wayne Tinkle | Montana |
| 2010-11 | B.J. Hill* | Northern Colorado |
| 2009-10 | Randy Rahe | Weber State |
| 2008-09 | Randy Rahe | Weber State |
| 2007-08 | Ken Bone | Portland State |
| 2006-07 | Randy Rahe | Weber State |
| 2005-06 | Mike Adras | Northern Arizona |
| 2004-05 | Mick Durham | Montana State |
| 2003-04 | Ray Giacolleti | Eastern Washington |
| 2002-03 | Joe Cravens | Weber State |
| 2001-02 | Mick Durham | Montana State |
| 2000-01 | Bobby Braswell | Cal State Northridge |
| 1999-2000 | Steve Aggers | Eastern Washington |
| 1998-99 | Ron Abegglen | Weber State |
| 1997-98 | Steve Aggers | Eastern Washington |
| 1996-97 | Ben Howland | Northern Arizona |
| 1995-96 | Mick Durham | Montana State |
| 1994-95 | Ron Abegglen | Weber State |
| 1993-94 | Ron Abegglen Herb Williams | Weber State Idaho State |
| 1992-93 | Bobby Dye | Boise State |
| 1991-92 | Blaine Taylor | Montana |
| 1990-91 | Stew Morrill | Montana |
| 1989-90 | Bob Hofman | Eastern Washington |
| 1988-89 | Kermit Davis | Idaho |
| 1987-88 | Bobby Dye | Boise State |
| 1986-87 | Bobby Dye Jim Boutin | Boise State Idaho State |
| 1985-86 | Stu Starner | Montana State |
| 1984-85 | Sonny Allen | Nevada |
| 1983-84 | Sonny Allen | Nevada |
| 1982-83 | Neil McCarthy | Weber State |
| 1981-82 | Don Monson | Idaho |
| 1980-81 | Don Monson | Idaho |
| 1979-80 | Neil McCarthy | Weber State |
| 1978-79 | Joedy Gardner | Northern Arizona |
| 1977-78 | Jim Brandenburg Neil McCarthy | Montana Weber State |
| 1976-77 | Jim Killingsworth | Idaho State |
| 1975-76 | Bus Connor | Boise State |
| 1974-75 | Jud Heathcote | Montana |
| 1973-74 | Jim Killingsworth | Idaho State |
| 1972-73 | Gene Visscher | Weber State |
| 1971-72 | Gene Visscher | Weber State |
| 1970-71 | Phil Johnson | Weber State |
| 1969-70 | Phil Johnson | Weber State |
| 1968-69 | Phil Johnson | Weber State |
| 1967-68 | Wayne Anderson | Idaho |
| 1966-67 | Roger Craft | Montana State |
| 1965-66 | Hank Anderson | Gonzaga |
| 1964-65 | Dick Motta | Weber State |
| 1963-64 | Roger Craft | Montana State |
