Actually you would be misinterpreting it IMO. Not every COY has been the coach who won the conference. Coaches have been awarded for notable improvements. For instance Kevin Stallings won COY for 09-10 while Kentucky won the regular season and SEC tournament.

Martin, Johnson, or White would've all been good candidates for it.

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Posted by lsu711

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Posted on 3/8/16 at 1:53 pm to BluegrassBelle

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Actually you would be misinterpreting it IMO

The best coach puts together the best team considering inherent limitations. Take this year as an example. Cal was handed the keys to the UK machine and went 13-5. Kennedy did the same thing with A&Ms brand and resources for basketball - and went 1-0 vs UK. Kennedy is more deserving that Cal.

Martin went 11-7 at SC with maybe a little less to work with as far as the things that are out of his control. The reason I take Kennedy over Martin is because Martin went 11-7 vs an extremely unbalanced schedule. SCs SEC opponents lost something like 20 more games than LSUs.

IMO, You are describing a Most Improved Coach award.

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