Coaching is essential for the success of any basketball team.
These are the 39 Peoria-area college, high school and junior high coaches named coach of the year by the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association for the 2024-25 season.
College men
- NCAA Division-I — Brian Wardle (Bradley)
College women
- NJCAA Division II — Karrie Redeker (Illinois Central College)
High school boys
- Class 1A — Trey David (Illini Bluffs); Tait Sennett (Princeville); Jason Persinger (Peoria Christian)
- Class 2A — Jason Smith (Princeton); Jeremy Anderson (Macomb); Brian Emerich (Tremont)
- Class 3A — Justin Dehm (Metamora); Daniel Ruffin (Peoria High)
High school girls
- Class 1A: Todd Hansen (Kewanee Wethersfield); Ryan Davis (Roanoke-Benson)
- Class 2A: Layne Langholf (Peoria Notre Dame); Joni Nightengale (Deer Creek-Mackinaw)
- Class 3A: Lexi Demott (Galesburg); Kim Barth (Washington); Bob Becker (Morton)
- Class 4A: Brett McGinnis (Pekin)
Junior high boys
- 7th grade — Chad VanDeVelde (Kewanee Visitation Catholic); Christian Harris (McNabb Putnam County); Jordan Mercer (Mossville); Brandon Heider (Eureka); Taylor Scheuermann (Dunlap Middle); Ethan Genders (Metamora).