coach of the year

Seattle Kraken cut ties with coach Hakstol after disappointing year. Search for new head coach underway.

Washington's Kalen DeBoer has been named The Associated Press coach of the year in college football.

USC quarterback Caleb Williams is the unanimous choice as The Associated Press player of the year in the Pac-12. Utah cornerback Clark Phillips III was named defensive player of the year .

Aaron Rodgers, who led the Packers to the best record in the NFL during the 2021 season, became the second player with at least four NFL MVPs; Peyton Manning won it five times.

Jonquel Jones led a sweep of three major WNBA awards for Connecticut, earning MVP honors hours before the Sun opened their best-of-five playoff series against Chicago.

Dawn Staley helped guide South Carolina to the No. 1 ranking this season. She has now earned coach of the year honors from The Associated Press for the first time.

Oregon's Payton Pritchard has been named Pac-12 men's basketball player of the year by the conference's coaches. UCLA coach Mick Cronin was voted coach of the year.

A tearful Giannis Antetokounmpo earned Most Valuable Player honors, Mike Budenholzer won Coach of the Year, and Jon Horst took Executive of the Year.

Washington sophomore Jaylen Nowell has been voted the Pac-12 player of the year after helping lead the Huskies to the regular season conference title.

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Associated Press handed out some hardware to honor the top players and coaches in men's and women's basketball. Kansas point guard Frank Mason III has received the AP Player of the Year trophy. He averaged 20...