Los Angeles D-Fenders head coach Eric Musselman has been named the winner of the Dennis Johnson Coach of the Year award, as voted by his fellow NBA Development League head coaches. 

Musselman helmed a Los Angeles team that recorded an NBA D-League record 38 victories during the 2011-12 regular season en route to a Western Conference Championship and the first overall seed in the 2012 NBA D-League Playoffs.