Former national men’s football team coach Abdullah Almutairi has bagged the coach of the year award in the annual NSJF Pulsar Sports Award 2078.

Para-taekwondo coach Kabiraj Negi Lama, boxer Deepak Maharjan, volleyball coach Jagdish Bhatta and former national cricket coach Dav Whatmore were the nominees for the coach of the year award besides football’s Kuwaiti coach Almutairi.

Nepal had reached the third round of Asia Cup Qualifiers and the final of the SAFF Championship for the first time under Almutairi’s leadership.