Utica University men’s basketball coach Sean Coffey has earned another honor after the Pioneers’ successful season.

Coffey, who has been Utica coach since the 2016-17 season, has earned the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Coach of the Year, the organization announced Tuesday. It is the first time he has earned the honor.

Coffey also earned the Empire 8 Conference coach of the year honors in February for the second time. He was also E8 coach of the year during the 2021-22 season.

The team finished 23-5 overall after earning its second Empire 8 regular-season title in as many seasons. The team’s 23 wins during the 2022-23 season tied the program record for wins in a single season.

Under his guidance, the Pioneers were selected to the NCAA Division III tournament for the first time since the 2006-07 season. In the tournament, Utica topped Babson College in the first round before falling to host Rowan University the next day in the second round earlier this month.