Monty Williams has won the 2021-22 Coach of the Year award, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic.
Phoenix Suns
Dallas MavericksWilliams, 50, was runner-up to the New York Knicks' Tom Thibodeau in last season's voting.
In this campaign, Williams led the Phoenix Suns to an NBA-best 64-18 record.
Phoenix earned the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference and broke the franchise record for wins, shared by the 1992-93 and 2004-05 squads at 62-20.
The Suns became the first team in NBA history to increase their win total by at least 11 games in three consecutive seasons.
The Suns are currently tied at 2-2 in their conference semifinal series with the Dallas Mavericks.
Williams, who led the Suns to the 2021 NBA Finals, is 149-78 through three seasons with Phoenix. He is 322-299 overall, including five seasons with the New Orleans Hornets/Pelicans from 2010-15.
He is the third Phoenix coach to win the award, joining Cotton Fitzsimmons (1988-89) and Mike D'Antoni (2004-05).
