Breakthrough Program Coach of the Year

Beginning in 2026, WIN Magazine started awarding the Breakthrough Program Coach of the Year Award, recognizing the top coach who elevated his program to new heights.

The 2026 recipient is Donny Pritzlaff, who has served as head coach at Columbia for two seasons. The Lions didn’t just improve, but they rewrote portions of their record book over the course of the 2025-26 season. Columbia finished the dual-meet season with an impressive 11-3 record, punctuated by a perfect 5-0 mark in Ivy League competition. The undefeated conference run secured the program’s first regular-season Ivy League title since the 1981-82 season, a drought spanning more than four decades.

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2026: Donny Pritzlaff (Columbia)