A-League Men Coach of the Year

The A-League Men Coach of the Year is an annual soccer award presented to coaches in Australia. It recognises the most outstanding manager in the A-League Men each season. The recipient is chosen by a vote of all coaches at the conclusion of the regular season.^[1] The award was established in the first A-League season, 2005–06.

A-League Men Coach of the Year
Lawrie McKinna won the inaugural Coach of the Year award in 2006.
Awarded for	The outstanding manager in each given A-League season
Country	Australia
Presented by	Football Federation Australia
First award	2006
Final award	2025
Coach of the Year	Steve Corica
Most awards	Graham Arnold & Tony Popovic (3)

In 2006, the inaugural Coach of the Year award was given to Lawrie McKinna, who took Central Coast Mariners to the 2006 A-League Grand Final. The current holder of the award is Steve Corica.

Three coaches have won the award multiple times, Graham Arnold in 2012, 2017, and 2018, Ernie Merrick in 2007 and 2010, and Tony Popovic in 2013, 2019, and 2022.

Winners

Season	Manager	Nationality	Club	Ref
2005–06	Lawrie McKinna	Scotland	Central Coast Mariners	[2]
2006–07	Ernie Merrick	Scotland	Melbourne Victory	[3]
2007–08	Gary van Egmond	Australia	Newcastle Jets	[4]
2008–09	Aurelio Vidmar	Australia	Adelaide United	[5]
2009–10	Ernie Merrick (2)	Scotland	Melbourne Victory	[6]
2010–11	Ange Postecoglou	Australia	Brisbane Roar	[7]
2011–12	Graham Arnold	Australia	Central Coast Mariners	[8]
2012–13	Tony Popovic	Australia	Western Sydney Wanderers	[9]
2013–14	Mike Mulvey	England	Brisbane Roar	[10]
2014–15	Kevin Muscat	Australia	Melbourne Victory	[11]
2015–16	Guillermo Amor	Spain	Adelaide United	[12]
2016–17	Graham Arnold (2)	Australia	Sydney FC	[13]
2017–18	Graham Arnold (3)	Australia	Sydney FC	[14]
2018–19	Tony Popovic (2)	Australia	Perth Glory	[15]
2019–20	Erick Mombaerts	France	Melbourne City	[16]
2020–21	Patrick Kisnorbo	Australia	Melbourne City	[17]
2021–22	Tony Popovic (3)	Australia	Melbourne Victory	[18]
2022–23	Carl Veart	Australia	Adelaide United	[19]
2023–24	Mark Jackson	England	Central Coast Mariners	[20]
2024–25	Steve Corica	Australia	Auckland FC	[21]

Awards won by nationality

Ernie Merrick is the only foreign coach to have won the award twice.

Country	Wins
Australia	13
Scotland	3
England	2
France	1
Spain	1

Awards won by club

Club	Wins
Melbourne Victory	4
Adelaide United	3
Central Coast Mariners	3
Brisbane Roar	2
Sydney FC	2
Melbourne City	2
Auckland FC	1
Newcastle Jets	1
Perth Glory	1
Western Sydney Wanderers	1