Rick Swan of Colorado College was selected as the SCAC Coach of the Year.

Swan guided Colorado College to a regular season overall mark of 29-1 as well as a perfect 14-0 SCAC record - the second time in three years that the Tigers have run the table during conference play. The top seed at the SCAC championship tournament, Colorado College ended their season as the number one team in the country. This was the first time an SCAC team volleyball program sat atop the national rankings. 

Swan is the winningest coach in CC volleyball history (548-207 career history) and has guided the Tigers to a school-record 19 consecutive NCAA Division III playoff appearances. This year, Colorado College set program recors with an 18-match winning streak to open the season and had an unblemished regular season play record against Divison III opponenents.

This award marks the fourth time Swan has been recognized by his peers as the conference's Coach-of-the-Year - earning the award previously in 2010 and 2015 as well as Co-COTY in 2012.