Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball Coach of the Year
The Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball Coach of the Year is a basketball award given to head coaches in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The award is granted to the head coach voted to be the most successful that season by members of the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association, and since the 2012–13 season has also been awarded in separate voting by the league's coaches. The award was first given following the 1953–54 season, the first year of the conference's existence, to Everett Case of NC State. The first winner of the coaches' award was Jim Larrañaga of Miami (FL)a in 2013.
Dean Smith holds the record for most ACC Coach of the Year Awards with eight.
Duke head coach, Mike Krzyzewski, is second all-time in ACC Coach of the Year Awards with five.
Tony Bennett of Virginia won the award four times in a six-year span.
Bobby Cremins won the award three times as the head coach of Georgia Tech.
Everett Norris Case, nicknamed the "Old Gray Fox", was a basketball coach most notable for his tenure at North Carolina State University, from 1946 to 1964.
Everett Case
Case with players circa 1950