<P> The National Basketball Association 's Coach of the Year is an annual National Basketball Association ( NBA ) award given since the 1962 -- 63 NBA season . The winner receives the Red Auerbach Trophy , which is named in honor of the head coach who led the Boston Celtics to nine NBA championships from 1956 to 1966 . The winner is selected at the end of regular season by a panel of sportswriters from the United States and Canada , each of whom casts a vote for first , second and third place selections . Each first - place vote is worth five points ; each second - place vote is worth three points ; and each third - place vote is worth one point . The person with the highest point total , regardless of the number of first - place votes , wins the award . </P>
<P> The National Basketball Association 's Coach of the Year is an annual National Basketball Association ( NBA ) award given since the 1962 -- 63 NBA season . The winner receives the Red Auerbach Trophy , which is named in honor of the head coach who led the Boston Celtics to nine NBA championships from 1956 to 1966 . The winner is selected at the end of regular season by a panel of sportswriters from the United States and Canada , each of whom casts a vote for first , second and third place selections . Each first - place vote is worth five points ; each second - place vote is worth three points ; and each third - place vote is worth one point . The person with the highest point total , regardless of the number of first - place votes , wins the award . </P>
who votes for coach of the year nba
who votes for coach of the year nba
a panel of sportswriters from the United States and Canada
a panel of sportswriters from the United States and Canada