In June, Simon Middleton was made an MBE.
The first women's team coach to win the World Rugby Coach of the Year is from England.
Ian Foster, Dave Rennie, Allan Bunting and New Zealand women's sevens coaches were all beaten by the 55 year old.
England won their third successive Six Nations title in April.
The Red Roses won four games in the autumn, including two against New Zealand.
When New Zealand hosts the World Cup in 2022, they are expected to be one of the favorites.
World Rugby promised to "increasing the pace of women's rugby development" with a plan including a focus on player welfare and the launch of a new global competition.
The conversation was about unstoppable women of rugby.
A former rugby league player at Castleford, Middleton switched to rugby union and played for the Tykes before becoming a coach at the end of his playing career.
He was an assistant coach during the Red Roses' winning World Cup campaign in 2015.
The head coach of England's XVs side since 2015, Middleton was the head coach of the Team GB women's sevens team that finished fourth at the 2016 Olympic Games.
Will Jordan scored 15 tries in 11 Tests and was named the breakthrough player of the year. He beat out England fly-half Marcus Smith and Australia's Andrew Kellaway.
