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Utah Jazz coach Quin Snyder finished eighth in Coach of the Year voting after his team's second-half surged helped garner him a handful of third-place votes from the press. Snyder's former boss, Atlanta coach Mike Budenholzer, won the award with 67 first-place votes. Golden State's Steve Kerr finished second and Milwaukee's Jason Kidd finished third. Snyder received one second-place vote from Atlanta play-by-play man Bob Rathbun and four third-place votes from Michigan reporter David Mayo, the Deseret News' Jody Genessy, ESPN.com's Kevin Arnovitz, and Jazz broadcaster Ron Boone. Final voting results: Mike Budenholzer, Atlanta 513 total points Steve Kerr, Golden State 471 Jason Kidd, Milwaukee 57 Brad Stevens, Boston 50 Gregg Popovich, San Antonio 38 Kevin McHale, Houston 13 Tom Thibodeau, Chicago 10 Quin Snyder, Utah 7 David Blatt, Cleveland 3 Doc Rivers, L.A. Clippers 2 Terry Stotts, Portland 2 Rick Carlisle, Dallas 1 Dwane Casey, Toronto 1 Jeff Hornacek, Phoenix 1 Monty Williams, New Orleans 1 The Salt Lake Tribune's ballot: 1. Mike Budenholzer, Atlanta 2. Steve Kerr, Golden State 3. Brad Stevens, Boston Aaron Falk