Geno Auriemma Award

Geno Auriemma Award
Awarded forThe best women's basketball college coach
CountryUnited States
Presented byUnited States Basketball Writers Association
First award1990
Currently held byCori Close, UCLA
Websitehttps://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa

The Geno Auriemma Award, known through the 2023–24 college basketball season as the United States Basketball Writers Association National Coach of the Year Award, is an annual award presented by the United States Basketball Writers Association to the top NCAA Division I women's basketball head coach since the 1989–90 season.

After the 2023–24 season, the award was named after Hall of Fame coach Geno Auriemma, who at the time of announcement had won it six times at UConn.