Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Soccer Coach of the Year

The Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Soccer Coach of the Year is an annual award given to the best head coach in the Atlantic Coast Conference during the NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The award has been given since 1975.

ACC Men's Soccer Coach of the Year
Awarded for	the best head coach in the Atlantic Coast Conference
Country	United States
Presented by	Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association (1975–present)
First awarded	1975
Currently held by	Mike Noonan, Clemson

Notable winners of the award include: Bruce Arena (who later coached the United States men's soccer team and LA Galaxy), I. M. Ibrahim (who spent his entire coaching career with Clemson University), Anson Dorrance (who later simultaneously coached the University of Carolina's women's soccer team and the United States women's soccer team) and Jay Vidovich (who went on to coach Portland Timbers 2 for a season, before returning to collegiate soccer).

Arena has won the award more times than any other coach, winning it seven times from 1979 until 1995.[1]

Winners

Coach of the Year (1975–present)

Bruce Arena is a seven-time winner of the award.

I. M. Ibrahim is a four-time winner of the award.

Anson Dorrance is a one-time winner.

Season	Coach	School	Reference
1975	Marvin Allen	North Carolina	[1]
1976	Jim Dietsch	Maryland	[1]
1977	Anson Dorrance	North Carolina	[1]
1978	I. M. Ibrahim	Clemson	[1]
1979	Bruce Arena	Virginia	[1]
1980	John Rennie	Duke	[1]
1981	George Kennedy	Wake Forest	[1]
1982	Joe Grimaldi	Maryland	[1]
1983	John Rennie (2)	Duke	[1]
1984	Bruce Arena (2)	Virginia	[1]
1985	I. M. Ibrahim (2)	Clemson	[1]
1986	Bruce Arena (3)	Virginia	[1]
1987	John Rennie (3)	Duke	[1]
1988	Bruce Arena (4)	Virginia	[1]
1989	Bruce Arena (5)	Virginia	[1]
1990	I. M. Ibrahim (3)	Clemson	[1]
1991	Bruce Arena (6)	Virginia	[1]
1992	George Tarantini	NC State	[1]
1993	I. M. Ibrahim (4)	Clemson	[1]
1994	George Tarantini (2)	NC State	[1]
1995	Bruce Arena (7)	Virginia	[1]
1996	George Gelnovatch	Virginia	[1]
1997	John Rennie (4)	Duke	[1]
1998	Trevor Adair	NC State	[1]
1999	John Rennie (5)	Duke	[1]
2000	Elmar Bolowich	North Carolina	[1]
2001	George Gelnovatch (2)	Virginia	[1]
2002	Jay Vidovich	Wake Forest	[1]
2003	Sasho Cirovski	Maryland	[1]
2004	Jay Vidovich (2)	Wake Forest	[1]
2005	Sasho Cirovski (2)	Maryland	[1]
2006	Jay Vidovich (3)	Wake Forest	[1]
2007	Ed Kelly	Boston College	[1]
2008	Jay Vidovich (4)	Wake Forest	[1]
2009	Jay Vidovich (5)	Wake Forest	[1]
2010	Elmar Bolowich (2)	North Carolina	[1]
2011	Carlos Somoano	North Carolina	[1]
2012	Sasho Cirovski (3)	Maryland	[1]
2013	Bobby Clark	Notre Dame	[2]
2014	Ian McIntyre	Syracuse	[3]
2015	Bobby Muuss	Wake Forest	[4]
2016	Bobby Muuss (2)	Wake Forest	[5]
2017	Bobby Muuss (3)	Wake Forest	[6]
2018	Bobby Muuss (4)	Wake Forest	[7]
2019	Mike Noonan	Clemson	[8]

References

1. "2012–13 ACC Record Book" (PDF). Atlantic Coast Conference. p. 80. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
2. "Harrison Shipp And Bobby Clark Cop ACC Awards". Notre Dame Athletics. 14 November 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
3. "McIntyre, Bono Capture ACC Awards". Syracuse University Athletics. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
4. "Harrison Named ACC Offensive Player and Freshman of the Year". Wake Forest Demon Deacons Athletics. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
5. "2016–17 ACC Men's Soccer Release" (PDF). Atlantic Coast Conference. Raycom Sports. p. 5. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
6. "ACC Announces 2017 Men's Soccer Award Winners". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
7. "Wake Forest Leads 2018 All-ACC Men's Soccer Honorees". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 7, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
8. "2019 All-ACC Men's Soccer Team Announced". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 13, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.