NEW YORK (Ticker) -- After leading the Portland Trail Blazers to their first division title in seven years, Mike Dunleavy today was voted as the NBA Coach of the Year. Dunleavy received 48 of a possible 118 votes from a media panel throughout the United States and Canada. Larry Brown of the Philadelphia 76ers finished second with 23 votes and Jerry Sloan of the Utah Jazz was third with 15 votes. Dunleavy guided the Trail Blazers to the league's third-best record at 35-15 (.700) and their first Pacific Division title since 1991-92. Portland won 22 of 25 games at home and improved on last season's .561 winning percentage (46-36). Dunleavy orchestrated a balanced attack which featured the top seven players averaging between eight and 14 points per game. "It's a little embarrassing to me because our team is a team and this is an individual award," Dunleavy said at a news conference in Portland today. "This is really not about me. I hope my players understand this is a team award and this is really about them." Nine players led the Blazers in as many statistical categories: Isaiah Rider (13.9 ppg), Brian Grant (9.8 rpg), Damon Stoudamire (6.2 apg), Greg Anthony (1.32 spg), Arvydas Sabonis (63 blocked shots), Rasheed Wallace (50.8 FG percentage), Walt Williams (43.8 3-pt FG percentage), Jim Jackson (84.2 FT percentage) and Stacey Augmon (1.9 to 1 steal/turnover ratio). Portland's regular season success has finally carried over to the postseason. The Trail Blazers had been eliminated in the first round of the playoffs each of the last six years before sweeping Phoenix this season. The Trail Blazers beat the Utah Jazz, 84-81, Thursday night to even their Western Conference semifinal series at one game apiece. Brown led the 76ers to the playoffs for the first time in eight years with a 28-22 record. The Coach of the Year receives the Red Auerbach Trophy named in honor of the legendary vice chairman of the Boston Celtics, who guided the team to nine championships between the 1956-57 and 1966-67 seasons.  