Dronacharya Award, instituted in 1985, is presented by the Indian government for excellence in sports coaching. The award comprises a bronze statuette of Dronacharya, a scroll of honour and a cash component of 500000 rupees. B.I. Fernandez is the first foreign coach to be awarded Dronacharya Award.
| Year | Name of the Recipient | Associated Sport |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | O.M. Nambiar | Athletics |
| 1985 | Om Prakash Bhardwaj | Boxing |
| 1985 | Balchandra Bhaskar Bhagwat | Wrestling |
| 1986 | Raghunandan Vasant Gokhle | Chess |
| 1986 | Desh Prem Azad | Cricket |
| 1987 | Gurcharan Singh | Cricket |
| 1987 | Guru Hanuman | Wrestling |
| 1990 | Ramakant Achrekar | Cricket |
| 1990 | Syed Naeemuddin | Football |
| 1990 | A. Ramana Rao | Volleyball |
| 1994 | Ilyas Babar | Athletics |
| 1995 | Karan Singh | Athletics |
| 1995 | M. Shyam Sunder Rao | Volleyball |
| 1996 | Wilson Jones | Billiards & Snooker |
| 1996 | Pal Singh Sandhu | Weightlifting |
| 1997 | Joginder Singh Saini | Athletics |
| 1998 | Bahadur Singh | Athletics |
| 1998 | Hargobind Singh Sandhu | Athletics |
| 1998 | G.S.Sandhu | Boxing |
| 1999 | Kenneth Owen Bosen | Athletics |
| 1999 | Capt. Hawa Singh | Boxing |
| 1999 | Ajay Kumar Sirohi | Weightlifting |
| 2000 | SM Arif | Badminton |
| 2000 | Gudial Singh Bhangu | Hockey |
| 2000 | Bhupender Dhawan | Powerlifting |
| 2001 | Prof. Sunny Thomas | Shooting |
| 2002 | Renu Kohli | Athletics |
| 2002 | Jaswant Singh | Athletics |
| 2002 | MK Kaushik | Hockey |
| 2002 | E. Prasad Rao | Kabaddi |
| 2002 | Cdr. HD Motivala | Yachting |
| 2003 | Robert Bobby George | Athletics |
| 2003 | Anup Kumar | Boxing |
| 2003 | Rajinder Singh | Hockey |
| 2003 | Sukhchain Singh Cheema | Wrestling |
| 2004 | Arvind Savur | Billiards & Snooker |
| 2004 | Sunita Sharma | Cricket |
| 2004 | Cyrus M. Poncha | Squash |
| 2004 | Gurcharan Singh | Boxing |
| 2005 | Hony. Captain M Venu | Boxing |
| 2005 | Balwant Singh | Kabaddi |
| 2005 | Maha Singh Rao | Wrestling |
| 2005 | Ismail Baig | Rowing |
| 2006 | RD Singh | Athletics |
| 2006 | Damodaran Chandralal | Boxing |
| 2006 | Koneru Ashok | Chess |
| 2007 | Sanjeev Kumar Singh | Archery |
| 2007 | Jagdish Singh | Boxing |
| 2007 | GE Sridharan | Volley Ball |
| 2007 | Jagminder Singh | Wrestling |
| 2009 | Pullela Gopichand | Badminton |
| 2009 | Satpal | Wrestling |
| 2009 | J Uday Kumar | Kabaddi |
| 2009 | Baldev Singh | Hockey |
| 2009 | Jaidev Bisht | Boxing |
| 2010 | AK Kutty | Athletics |
| 2010 | Captain Chnadrup | Wrestling |
| 2010 | Ajay Kumar Bansal | Hockey |
| 2010 | Subhash Agarwal | Billiards and Snooker |
| 2010 | L Ibomcha Singh | Boxing |
| 2011 | Inukurthi Venkateshwara | Rao Boxing |
| 2011 | Devender Kumar Rathore | Gymnastics |
| 2011 | Ramphal | Athletics |
| 2011 | Kuntal Roy | Athletics |
| 2011 | Rajinder Singh | Hockey |
| 2012 | Virendra Poonia | Athletics |
| 2012 | Sunil Dabas | Kabaddi(Women) |
| 2012 | Yashvir Singh | Wresling |
| 2012 | Harendra Singh | Hockey |
| 2012 | Satyapal Singh | Para Sports |
| 2012 | JS Bhatia | Athletics |
| 2012 | Bhavani Mukherjee | Table Tennis |
| 2012 | B.I. Fernadez | Boxing |
| 2013 | Poornima Mahato | Archery |
| 2013 | Mahavir Singh | Boxing |
| 2013 | Narinder Singh Saini | Hockey |
| 2013 | KP Thomas | Athletics |
| 2013 | Raj Singh | Wrestling |
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