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Illinois’ Mike Small, Pepperdine’s Laurie Gibbs win Golfweek’s 2022-23 Coach of the Year honors

Check out Golfweek’s college golf Coaches of the Year.

The 2022-23 college golf season is complete, which means it’s time for postseason awards.

A pair of veteran teams took home the trophies from Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona, where the championships were contested for a third and final time of a three-year deal. In the individual competitions, there were big come-from-behind victories on both sides, as well.

However, when it comes to the Coach of the Year conversation, there are two who stood out among the rest, and they’ve been selected as the Golfweek 2022-23 Coaches of the Year.

Golfweek selects men’s and women’s All-America teams and honorable mention selections, as well as Players of the Year and Coaches of the Year.

Here’s a look at Golfweek‘s 2022-23 Coaches of the Year and a look at past winners.

On this day: Celts win vs CLE in ’17 ECF, PHI in ’12 ECF; Watts born

On this day, the Boston Celtics beat both the Cavs and 76ers in East Finals series, and former Celtic forward Ron Watts was born.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, former Celtics small forward Ron Watts was born in 1943 in the U.S. capital, Washington, D.C. Watts would play his college ball with the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, and be drafted by the Celtics with the 17th overall pick of the 1965 NBA draft.

The Washington native would go on to play for two seasons with Boston, though in only 29 games total and just one during the entirety of his rookie season. He would win a championship with the team in 1966 and would log a career 1.4 points, 1.4 rebounds, and 0.1 assists per game with the team.

He would leave the Celtics after being drafted by the Seattle Supersonics in the 1967 NBA expansion draft.

Notre Dame alumnus Monty Williams dismissed as Phoenix Suns coach

Was this the right call?

Success in the recent past seems to be mattering less and less in the NBA. For at least some teams, it doesn’t matter what you did a few years ago if you’re not getting the job done now. The Phoenix Suns showed they subscribe to that philosophy when The Athletic reported that they have fired former Notre Dame player [autotag]Monty Williams[/autotag] as coach. Williams was the 2022 Coach of the Year, and he took the Suns to the 2021 NBA Finals.

Williams joins the ranks of NBA coaches who have lost their jobs recently despite doing great things not long ago. The Toronto Raptors ousted Nick Nurse even though he led them to the 2019 championship. Mike Budenholzer, who coached [autotag]Pat Connaughton[/autotag] and the Milwaukee Bucks to the 2021 title, also was handed his walking papers. These moves should put almost every coach in the league on notice about what can happen if their team underachieves.

Hopefully, Williams isn’t out of the NBA for long. He has too good of a resume for teams with coaching vacancies not to at least look at him. He’s a good guy, too. Who wouldn’t want that on their bench?

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Notre Dame gives out team awards for 2022-23 season

Congratulations to the honorees.

For the second straight season, Notre Dame made noise that forced the women’s basketball world to pay attention to it. The impact this past year was even greater than the year before though. The Irish upset UConn during nonconference play, won the outright ACC regular-season championship and made their second straight Sweet 16. That’s a year almost any program would take.

The book on the 2022-23 season officially closed Wednesday when the Irish held their awards banquet. It had to have been tough for ACC Coach of the Year [autotag]Niele Ivey[/autotag] and her staff to select the winners of these awards. Then again, when you look at who won, you probably won’t be surprised. These winners embodied the very things they were honored for, and if the awards had to be voted on again, it’s likely the same results would have come out.

Here are the players who shined the most for the Irish this season:

Marquette’s Shaka Smart named USBWA Coach of the Year

Shaka Smart earns his first national coaching award.

Marquette men’s head basketball coach Skaha Smart has been named the USBWA Henry Iba Coach of the Year, it was announced on Wednesday. It’s the first time that the 45-year old head coach has won a national coaching award in his career.

Smart led Marquette to a 29-7 record this season including 17-3 in conference play, leading to a conference regular season and conference tournament championships as well as a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

The 29-7 record matches the best of his career as he also went 29-7 with the VCU Rams in the 2011-12 season.

The Golden Eagles in this year’s NCAA Tournament won their first game against Vermont in the Round of 64 78-61 before falling to Michigan State 69-60 in the Round of 32.

It’s the second award Smart has won this year for his coaching efforts, he also won the Big East Coach of the Year award.

In his 14 years as a head coach, Smart has now made the NCAA Tournament in 10 of 13 possible years. This includes each of the last three as he also made the 2020-2021 NCAA Tournament when he was with the Texas Longhorns.

For his career, Smart is 320-162 including 48-20 now at Marquette through his two seasons.

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Niele Ivey, Maddy Westbeld, Lauren Ebo speak after Notre Dame win

Hear from the winners of the ACC Tournament quarterfinal against NC State.

Despite having the ACC Tournament’s top seed, Notre Dame was dealt a tough hand for its quarterfinal. It had to face an NC State program that had won the last two matchups, and Olivia Miles was sidelined with a knee injury, probably for the entire weekend. Rather than panic, the Irish merely adjusted, and they won, 66-60. That earned them the right to face another tough squad in Louisville in the semifinals.

[autotag]Niele Ivey[/autotag] showed why she was named ACC Coach of the Year by keeping her players prepared even though they were missing their best asset. [autotag]Maddy Westbeld[/autotag]’s 3 near the end of the first half gave the Irish a lead they wouldn’t relinquish, and she achieved a double-double of 15 points and 10 rebounds. [autotag]Lauren Ebo[/autotag] enjoyed a balanced afternoon with eight points, six rebounds, a steal and an assist.

All three women spoke to the media afterwards, and here’s what they had to say:

ACC honors galore for Notre Dame

So many Irish folks won awards that we had to make a listicle out of this story.

When you win the outright ACC regular-season championship, as Notre Dame did, many conference honors are sure to come. That’s exactly what happened when the ACC unveiled its annual honors. The best part is the honors weren’t limited to those who are on the court every game.

All of this is happening ahead of the ACC Tournament, which begins Wednesday in Greensboro, North Carolina. Having earned one of the top four seeds, the Irish received an automatic berth to the quarterfinals, which will take place Friday. As the top seed, they will play the winner of the second-round game between Syracuse and an NC State program that has given them problems over the past year.

Joe Lunardi’s latest Bracketology has the Irish holding steady as the No. 3 seed in the quadrant featuring undefeated and top-ranked South Carolina. Should the Gamecocks draw the Irish in the Elite Eight in that scenario, they’ll have to deal with these heavy hitters that have made the Irish such a force this season:

Former Alabama OC Brian Daboll named NFL Coach of the Year

Former Crimson Tide OC is the NFL’s Coach of the Year in his first season!

Former Alabama offensive coordinator Brian Daboll has been named the 2022-2023 NFL Coach of the Year in his first season with the New York Giants.

Daboll spent the 2017 season under Nick Saban in Tuscaloosa as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. He worked with Jalen Hurts, Tua Tagoaviloa and Mac Jones in the national title run the Crimson Tide made that season.

After the lone season at Alabama, Daboll returned to the NFL as the Buffalo Bills‘ offensive coordinator. His play-calling abilities for an offense headlined by Josh Allen and Stefon Diggs earned him the opportunity to be the New York Giants head coach.

In Daboll’s first year, the Giants not only made the playoffs, but won a playoff game for the first time since winning the Super Bowl over a decade ago in 2012.

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Brian Daboll announced as finalist for NFL 2022 AP Coach of the Year

Brian Daboll one of five finalists for NFL AP Coach of the Year

New York Giants head coach, Brian Daboll, has been named a finalist for the 2022 NFL AP Coach of the Year award.

Daboll was the offensive coordinator for the Crimson Tide in 2017 and was a monumental part of the national title run. During his time in Tuscaloosa, Daboll worked extensively with both Jalen Hurts and Tua Tagovailoa to help develop them into the players they are today.

After his year-long stint with coach Saban, Daboll returned to the NFL as the offensive coordinator for the Buffalo Bills. Daboll’s work with Josh Allen put him on the map as one of the best young offensive minds in football. Daboll inherited a 4-13 Giants roster, and after one year turned them into a playoff team that even got a victory on Wild Card weekend.

The winner will be announced on Thursday, Feb. 9 ahead of Super Bowl weekend.

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Dan Campbell isn’t a finalist for coach of the year and folks are not happy about it

Lions head coach Dan Campbell isn’t a finalist for NFL coach of the year and folks are not happy about it

The NFL revealed the finalists for several season awards on Wednesday and the Detroit Lions were well-represented. Aidan Hutchinson is one of three finalists for defensive rookie of the year, while offensive coordinator Ben Johnson is in the finalist trio for assistant coach of the year.

There’s a notable omission, however. Head coach Dan Campbell is not one of the three finalists for the coach of the year. Campbell didn’t even make the cut to the final five.

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While Campbell himself admitted during the Manning Cast in wild card weekend that he didn’t think he deserved to be the coach of the year, many fans, analysts and players disagree. The outrage over Campbell’s snub spread like wildfire across social media.