Photo by Jake McNeill Marshall girls head basketball coach Dan Westby (center) talks to his team during a timeout during the second half of the Section 2AAA championship game against New Ulm on March 1 at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter. Westby was named the Class AAA Head Coach of the Year by the Minnesota Girls Basketball Coaches Association on Monday. Marshall assistant coach Steph Bot was also named the Assistant Coach of the Year.

The Minnesota Girls Basketball Coaches Association announced its list of Coaches of the Year on Monday. Among the honorees were Marshall’s Dan Westby and Steph Bot, who were named the Head and Assistant Coach of the Year, respectively.

Westby and Bot coached the Marshall Tigers to a 29-2 record on the season. Their lone losses came to No. 3 Orono in the regular season and top-seeded Benilde-St. Margaret’s in the Class AAA championship game.

Maple Grove’s Mark Cooh and Stacie Olson were named the Head and Assistant Coach of the Year for Class 4A, Connor Goetz and Mark Forbish of Providence Academy got the nod in 2A and West Central’s Becca Holland and Luc Beireis got the election in Class A.