The Herb Brooks Coach of the Year is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference regular season to the best coach in the conference as voted by the coaches of each NCHC team.
The Coach of the Year was first awarded in 2014 and is a successor to the CCHA Coach of the Year which was temporarily discontinued after the first iteration of the conference dissolved due to the 2013–14 NCAA conference realignment.
The award is named in honor of Herb Brooks who, though having died ten years prior to the NCHC beginning play, coached founding member St. Cloud State for one season. He is better known for coaching Minnesota to their first three national championships in the 1970s as well as leading Team USA to victory at the Miracle on Ice en route to the gold medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics.
Award winners Year Winner School 2013–14 Bob Motzko St. Cloud State 2014–15 Dave Hakstol North Dakota 2015–16 Brad Berry North Dakota 2016–17 Andy Murray Western Michigan 2017–18 Bob Motzko St. Cloud State 2018–19 Brett Larson St. Cloud State 2019–20 Brad Berry North Dakota 2020–21 Brad Berry North Dakota 2021–22 Brad Berry North Dakota 2022–23 Pat Ferschweiler Western Michigan 2023–24 Kris Mayotte Colorado College 2024–25 Pat Ferschweiler Western Michigan 2025–26 Dane Jackson North Dakota
Winners by school School WinnersNorth Dakota 6St. Cloud State 3Western Michigan 3Colorado College 1
See also NCHC Awards CCHA Coach of the Year
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