1977
Alan Campbell (Glenavon)
1978
Roy Coyle (Linfield)
1979
Bertie Neill (Portadown)
1980
Roy Coyle (Linfield)
1981
Ronnie McFall (Portadown)
1982
Roy Coyle (Linfield)
1983
Roy Coyle (Linfield)
1984
Roy Welsh (Distillery)
1985
Roy Coyle (Linfield)
1986
Roy Coyle (Linfield)
1987
Paul Malone (Larne)
1988
Tommy Jackson (Glentoran)
1989
John Flanagan (Bangor)
1990
Ronnie McFall (Portadown)
1991
Ronnie McFall (Portadown)
1992
Tommy Jackson (Glentoran)
1993
Nigel Best (Bangor)
1994
Trevor Anderson (Linfield)
Sunday World Manager of the Year 2009
Alan McDonald became the first Glentoran boss since Roy Coyle in 2003 to win NIFWA's Manager of the Year award after guding the Glens to the Premiership title
1995
Nigel Best (Glenavon)
1996
Ronnie McFall (Portadown)
1997
Roy Walker (Crusaders)
1998
Marty Quinn (Cliftonville)
1999
Roy Coyle (Glentoran)
2000
David Jeffrey (Linfield)
2001
David Jeffrey (Linfield)
2002
Ronnie McFall (Portadown)
2003
Roy Coyle (Glentoran)
2004
David Jeffrey (Linfield)
2005
Joe McAree (Dungannon Swifts)
2006
David Jeffrey (Linfield)
2007
David Jeffrey (Linfield)
2008
David Jeffrey (Linfield)
2009
Alan McDonald (Glentoran)
2010
David Jeffrey (Linfield)
2011
David Jeffrey (Linfield)
2012
David Jeffrey (Linfield)
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