Parker, 44, took over at Turf Moor at the beginning of the season and edged out Daniel Farke of title rivals Leeds United, Sheffield United's Chris Wilder and Sunderland head coach Regis Le Bris to win the award.

The 97 points Burnley have already achieved is the highest Parker has managed as a head coach, exceeding his tally when he took Fulham (81) up via the play-offs in 2019-20, and when he won automatic promotion with Bournemouth (88) in 2021-22.

Parker has guided the Clarets back to the Premier League, breaking multiple records along the way, including the most clean sheets (30) and fewest goals conceded (15) - while they could yet still match Reading's 33-game unbeaten record set in 2005-06.

Burnley's astonishing defensive record meant goalkeeper James Trafford and centre-back pair Maxime Esteve and CJ Egan-Riley were named in the Championship team of the year.

"I am really proud of that [the points tally]," Parker told BBC Sport.

"To think that we're on target if we can go and win at the weekend, a 100-point tally is a huge achievement.

"That, along with everything else that comes with it in terms of the unbeaten record now of 32 games, the clean sheets, the goals conceded.

"This [promotion] is right up there because of the journey we've been on. This is a team that was practically put together in the last week of the transfer window and to come together like they have makes me immensely proud of them."