The High School Male Coach of the Year Award dates back to 1968. Prior to then, the Male Coach of the Year was awarded to the top coach among all levels of competition.

Year	Coach	School/Team	Sport(s)
2012	Darrell Anderson & Dave Zittleman	Bismarck	Cross County, Track
2011	Jeff Hagler	North Star	Basketball
2010 (tie)	Darrell Anderson & Dave Zittleman Gene Buen	Bismarck Velva-Drake	Cross County, Track Baseball
2009 (tie)	Fred Fridley Mike Peluso	Watford City Bismarck	Football Hockey
2008	Ron Benson	Mott-Regent	Football
2007	Barry McCleary	Napoleon	Wrestling
2006	Mike Berg	Grand Forks Central	Football
2005	Craig Demester	New Rockford-Sheyenne	Basketball
2004 (tie)	Gregg Grinsteiner Rod Oksendahl	Dickinson Trinity Cavalier	Basketball Football
2003	Rod Oksendahl	Cavalier	Football, Baseball
2002	Dave Nelson	May-Port CG	Basketball
2001	Randy Burwick	Hettinger	Wrestling
2000	Steve Miller	Bismarck	Basketball
1999	Jack Carlson	Dickinson	Track
1998	Brad Hintz	Devils Lake	Basketball
1997	Lynn Fore	Fargo South	Wrestling
1996	Todd Olson	Grand Forks Central	Basketball
1995	Dan Smrekar	Bismarck St. Mary's	Football
1994	Jay Gibson	West Fargo	Football
1993	Joe Howell	Lisbon	Track, Football
1992 (tie)	Gary Samson Dan Smrekar	Minot Bismarck St. Mary's	Hockey Football
1991	Brian Anderson	Watford City	Basketball
1990	George Helmstetler	Jamestown	Basketball
1989	Alan Olson	Bisbee-Egeland	Basketball
1988	Joe Roller	Devils Lake	Football
1987	Dale Hertel	Fargo South	Football
1986	Pat Sullivan	Grand Forks Central	Basketball
1985	Dan Carr	Linton	Basketball
1984	Bob Hunskor	Newburg	Basketball
1983 (tie)	John Butterfield Jack DeMaine	Hettinger Munich	Basketball Basketball
1982	Jerry Meyer	Jamestown	Basketball
1981	Don Hanson	Mandan	Basketball
1980 (tie)	Mike Schaff Jim Glasser	Bismarck New Town	Wrestling Basketball
1979	Fred Fridley	Watford City	Football
1978	Doyle Radke	Minot	Track, Cross Country
1977	Ed Beyer	Hillsboro	Basketball
1976	Sid Cichy	Fargo Shanley	Football
1975	L.E. "Whitey" Bucholz	Parshall	Basketball, Track
1974	Sid Cichy	Fargo Shanley	Football
1973	Jerry Halmrast	Bismarck	Wrestling
1972 (tie)	Bruce Whiting Dick Limke	Bismarck Bismarck St. Mary's	Track Basketball
1971	Nick Olson	Minot	Basketball
1970	Serge Gambucci	Grand Forks Central	Hockey
1969	Sid Cichy	Fargo Shanley	Football
1968	Sid Cichy	Fargo Shanley	Football