Big Ten Conference Baseball Coach of the Year

The Big Ten Conference Baseball Coach of the Year is a baseball award given to the most outstanding baseball head coach in the Big Ten Conference.

Big Ten Conference Baseball Coach of the Year
Awarded for	the most outstanding baseball head coach in the Big Ten Conference
Country	United States
First award	1988
Currently held by	Rob Vaughn, Maryland

Key

	Awarded one of the following National Coach of the Year awards that year: Collegiate Baseball Coach of the Year (CB) Baseball America Coach of the Year (BA)
Coach (X)	Denotes the number of times the coach had been awarded the Coach of the Year award at that point
*	Elected to the National College Baseball Hall of Fame as a coach but is no longer active
*^	Active coach who has been elected to the National College Baseball Hall of Fame (as a coach)
Conf. W–L	Conference win–loss record for that season
Conf. St.T	Conference standing at year's end (Tdenotes a tie)
Overall W–L	Overall win–loss record for that season
Season‡	Team won the College World Series

Winners

Season	Coach	School	National Coach of the Year Awards	Conf. W–L	Conf. St.	Overall W–L	Reference
1988	Tom Smith	Michigan State	—	16–12	3	41–20	[1]
1989	Bob Todd*	Ohio State	—	16–12	4	34–27
1990	Duane Banks	Iowa	—	22–6	1	38–19
1991	Paul Stevens	Northwestern	—	15–12	4	27–28-1
1992	Tom Smith (2)	Michigan State	—	17–11	3	35–19
1993	Bob Morgan	Indiana	—	15–12	4	38–21
1994	Bob Todd* (2)	Ohio State	—	25–2	1	49–09
1995	Paul Stevens (2)	Northwestern	—	15–13	3	36–19
1996	Joe Hindelang	Penn State	—	19–8	1	32–24
1997	Geoff Zahn	Michigan	—	17–9	1	36–22
1998	Itch Jones	Illinois	—	19–5	1	39–19
1999	Bob Todd* (3)	Ohio State	—	25–3	1	50–14
2000	John Anderson	Minnesota	—	20–8	1	38–22
2001	Bob Todd* (4)	Ohio State	—	20–7	1	43–18
2002	John Anderson (2)	Minnesota	—	18–10	1	32–26
2003	John Anderson (3)	Minnesota	—	24–6	1	40–22
2004	John Anderson (4)	Minnesota	—	21–10	1	38–23
2005	Itch Jones (2)	Illinois	—	20–12	1	33–23
2006	Paul Stevens (3)	Northwestern	—	21–11	2	26–33
2007	Rich Maloney	Michigan	—	21–7	1	42–19
2008	Rich Maloney (2)	Michigan	—	26–5	1	46–14
2009	Bob Todd* (5)	Ohio State	—	18–6	1	42–19
2010	John Anderson (5)	Minnesota	—	15–9	1	32–30
2011	Jake Boss	Michigan State	—	15–9	1	36–21
2012	Doug Schreiber	Purdue	—	17–7	1	41–12
2013	Tracy Smith	Indiana	—	17–7	1	49–16	[2]
2014	Tracy Smith (2)	Indiana	—	21–3	1	44–15	[3]
2015	Dan Hartleb	Illinois	—	21–1	1	48–8-1	[4]
2016	John Anderson (6)	Minnesota	—	16–7	1	35–21
2017	Darin Erstad	Nebraska	—	16–7–1	1	35–22–1
2018	John Anderson (7)	Minnesota	—	18–4	1	41–13
2019	Jeff Mercer	Indiana	—	17–7	1	37–23
2021	Will Bolt	Nebraska	—	31–12	1	31–12	[5]
2022	Rob Vaughn	Maryland	—	18–5	1	44–10	[6]
2023	Rob Vaughn (2)	Maryland	—	17–7	1	37–19	[7]

Winners by school

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
Minnesota (1906)	7	2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2016, 2018
Ohio State (1913)	5	1989, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2009
Indiana (1906)	4	1993, 2013, 2014, 2019
Illinois (1896)	3	1998, 2005, 2015
Michigan (1896)	3	1997, 2007, 2008
Michigan State (1951)	3	1988, 1992, 2011
Northwestern (1898)	3	1991, 1995, 2006
Maryland (2014)	2	2022, 2023
Nebraska (2012)	2	2017, 2021
Iowa (1906)	1	1990
Penn State (1992)	1	1996
Purdue (1906)	1	2012