The Brian Kilrea Coach of the Year Award is given out annually to the coach of the year in the

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(CHL). Originally called the CHL Coach of the Year Award, the trophy was renamed in 2003 to honour Brian Kilrea when he won his 1,000th game as the coach of the

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. Kilrea has won more games than any other coach in Canadian junior hockey history, two

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championships and was inducted into the

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in 2003. He was named the OHL's top coach five times in his 32-year coaching career, and won the CHL Coach of the Year Award once, in 1996–97. The winner is named from one of the recipients of the Coach of the Year Award in the CHL's three constituent leagues: the

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Coach of the Year), the Ron Lapointe Trophy (

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Coach of the Year), or the

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Coach of the Year). Bob Lowes, Bob Boughner and

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are the only coaches to capture the award twice.

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Winners

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