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The Northwest League Manager of the Year Award is an annual award given to the best manager in Minor League Baseball's Midwest League based on their regular-season performance as voted on by league managers. Broadcasters, Minor League Baseball executives, and members of the media have previously voted as well. Though the league was established in 1955, the award was not created until 1956. After the cancellation of the 2020 season, the league was known as the High-A West in 2021 before reverting to the Northwest League name in 2022.

The only manager to win the award on three occasions is Mark Haley, who won in 2005, 2008, and 2013. Three others have each won twice: Bruce Fields, Gomer Hodge, and Buddy Kerr.

Six managers from the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers have been selected for the Manager of the Year Award, more than any other team in the league, followed by the Cedar Rapids Kernels, Kane County Cougars, Waterloo Indians, and West Michigan Whitecaps (5); the Quad Cities River Bandits and South Bend Cubs (4); the Burlington Bees, Danville Warriors, and Great Lakes Loons (3); the Clinton Giants, Kenosha Twins, Lansing Lugnuts, Michigan Battle Cats, Peoria Chiefs, and Wisconsin Rapids Twins (2); and the Belleville Stags, Beloit Sky Carp, Bowling Green Hot Rods, Decatur Commodores, Fort Wayne TinCaps, Lafayette Red Sox, Madison Muskies, Michigan City White Caps, Quincy Giants, Rockford Royals, Springfield Cardinals, and Wausau Timbers (1).

Six managers from the Detroit Tigers Major League Baseball (MLB) organization have won the award, more than any other, followed by the Chicago White Sox and Oakland Athletics organizations (5); the Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota Twins, and San Francisco Giants organizations (4); the Arizona Diamondbacks, Cleveland Guardians, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Dodgers, and St. Louis Cardinals organizations (3); the Baltimore Orioles, Cincinnati Reds, Los Angeles Angels, Houston Astros, Miami Marlins, and Toronto Blue Jays organizations (2); and the San Diego Padres and Tampa Bay Rays organizations (1). Two award winners played for teams that operated as cooperatives of several MLB organizations.

Winners


1979	Tom Harmon	Central Oregon Phillies 1980	Jeff Scott	Bellingham Mariners 1981	Brad Fischer	Medford Athletics 1982	Joe Maddon	Salem Angels 1983	Dennis Rogers	Medford Athletics 1984	Marty Scott	Tri-Cities Triplets 1985	Frank Funk	Eugene Emeralds 1986	Sal Rende	Bellingham Mariners 1987	Rob Picciolo	Spokane Indians 1988	Lenn Sakata	Southern Oregon Athletics 1989	Bruce Bochy	Spokane Indians 1990	Gene Glynn	Spokane Indians 1991	Tom Poquette	Eugene Emeralds 1992	Tom Kotchman	Boise Hawks 1993	Dick Scott	Southern Oregon Athletics 1994	Joe Vavra	Yakima Bears 1995	Glenn Tufts	Bellingham Giants 1996	Joe Vavra	Yakima Bears 1997	Jim Eppard	Portland Rockies 1998	Keith Comstock	Salem-Keizer Volcanoes 1999	Kevin Long	Spokane Indians Greg Sparks	Southern Oregon Timberjacks 2000	Fred Stanley	Salem-Keizer Volcanoes 2001	Fred Stanley	Salem-Keizer Volcanoes 2002	Steve McFarland	Boise Hawks 2003	Darryl Kennedy	Spokane Indians 2004	Tom Beyers	Boise Hawks 2005	Steve Decker	Salem-Keizer Volcanoes 2006	Doug Dascenzo	Eugene Emeralds Steve Decker	Salem-Keizer Volcanoes 2007	Greg Riddoch	Eugene Emeralds Steve Decker	Salem-Keizer Volcanoes 2008	Tim Hulett	Spokane Indians 2009	Fred Ocasio	Tri-City Dust Devils 2010	Tim Hulett	Spokane Indians 2011	Fred Ocasio	Tri-City Dust Devils 2012	Clayton McCullough	Vancouver Canadians 2013	Rob Mummau	Everett AquaSox 2014	J.R. House	Hillsboro Hops 2015	Rob Mummau	Everett AquaSox 2016	Jesus Feliciano	Eugene Emeralds 2017	Rich Miller	Vancouver Canadians 2018	Shawn Roof	Hillsboro Hops 2019	Kenny Hook	Spokane Indians

Wins by team
Active Northwest League teams appear in bold.

Wins by organization
Active Northwest League–Major League Baseball affiliations appear in bold.