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The Sporting News Men's College Basketball Coach of the Year Award

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The Sporting News Men's College Basketball Coach of the Year Award, often informally called The Sporting News Coach of the Year Award, is an annual basketball award given to the best men's college basketball head coach in NCAA Division I competition. The award was first given in 1964 following the 1963–64 season and is presented by The Sporting News, a United States–based sports magazine that was established in 1886.[1]

The Sporting News College Basketball Coach of the Year
Awarded forthe most outstanding NCAA Division I men's basketball head coach
CountryUnited States
Presented byThe Sporting News
History
First award1964
Most recentTommy Lloyd, Arizona

Seven coaches have been honored multiple times. John Wooden is the only one to receive the award four times. Bill Self has the second-most with three awards. The two-time awardees include John Calipari, Denny Crum, Rick Pitino, Adolph Rupp, and Tubby Smith.

Two people won the award as interim head coaches: Jim Crews of Saint Louis (2013), who took over for then-head coach Rick Majerus before the 2012–13 season due to Majerus stepping down for health-related reasons,[2] and Rodney Terry of Texas (2023), who took over for then-head coach Chris Beard after eight games of the 2022–23 season due to an indefinite suspension and later firing.[3]

Key

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Coach (X) Denotes the number of times the coach has been awarded The Sporting News Coach of the Year Award at that point
† Co-Coaches of the Year
W, L, W % Total wins, total losses, win percentage
Finish Postseason tournament result
* Denotes national championship season

Winners

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Adolph Rupp, Kentucky, 1966
Jack Hartman, Southern Illinois, 1967
Guy Lewis, Houston, 1968
John Wooden, UCLA, 4× winner
Lou Carnesecca, St. John's, 1985
P. J. Carlesimo, Seton Hall, 1989
Norm Stewart, Missouri, 1994
Bill Guthridge, North Carolina, 1998
Ben Howland, Pittsburgh, 2002
Mike Montgomery, Stanford, 2004
Bruce Weber, Illinois, 2005
Jim Boeheim, Syracuse, 2010
Juwan Howard, Michigan, 2021
Kelvin Sampson, Houston, 2025
Season Coach School W L W % Finish Reference
1963–64 John Wooden UCLA 30 0 1.000 NCAA champion* [1]
1964–65 No award[1]
1965–66 Adolph Rupp Kentucky 27 2 .931 NCAA runner-up [4]
1966–67 Jack Hartman Southern Illinois 24 2 .923 NIT champion [5]
1967–68 Guy Lewis Houston 31 2 .939 NCAA Final Four [6]
1968–69 John Wooden (2) UCLA 29 1 .967 NCAA champion* [7]
1969–70 Adolph Rupp (2) Kentucky 26 2 .929 NCAA Elite Eight [8]
1970–71 Al McGuire Marquette 28 1 .966 NCAA Regional Third Place [9]
1971–72 John Wooden (3) UCLA 30 0 1.000 NCAA champion* [10]
1972–73 John Wooden (4) UCLA 30 0 1.000 NCAA champion* [1]
1973–74 Digger Phelps Notre Dame 26 3 .897 NCAA Regional Third Place [11]
1974–75 Bob Knight Indiana 31 1 .969 NCAA Elite Eight [12]
1975–76 Tom Young Rutgers 31 2 .939 NCAA Final Four [13]
1976–77 Lee Rose Charlotte 28 5 .848 NCAA Final Four [14]
1977–78 Bill Foster Duke 27 7 .794 NCAA runner-up [15]
1978–79 Bill Hodges Indiana State 33 1 .971 NCAA runner-up [16]
1979–80 Lute Olson Iowa 23 10 .697 NCAA Final Four [17]
1980–81 Dale Brown LSU 31 5 .861 NCAA Final Four [18]
1981–82 Ralph Miller Oregon State 25 5 .833 NCAA Elite Eight [19]
1982–83 Denny Crum Louisville 32 4 .889 NCAA Final Four [20]
1983–84 John Thompson Jr. Georgetown 34 3 .919 NCAA champion* [21]
1984–85 Lou Carnesecca St. John's 31 4 .886 NCAA Final Four [22]
1985–86 Denny Crum (2) Louisville 32 7 .821 NCAA champion* [23]
1986–87 Rick Pitino Providence 25 9 .735 NCAA Final Four [24]
1987–88 John Chaney Temple 32 2 .941 NCAA Elite Eight [25]
1988–89 P. J. Carlesimo Seton Hall 31 7 .816 NCAA runner-up [26]
1989–90 Jim Calhoun UConn 31 6 .838 NCAA Elite Eight [27]
1990–91 Rick Pitino (2) Kentucky 22 6 .786 Ineligible for postseason[a] [28]
1991–92 Mike Krzyzewski Duke 34 2 .944 NCAA champion* [29]
1992–93 Eddie Fogler Vanderbilt 28 6 .824 NCAA Sweet Sixteen [30]
1993–94 Norm Stewart Missouri 28 4 .875 NCAA Elite Eight [31]
1994–95 Jud Heathcote Michigan State 22 6 .786 NCAA First Round [32]
1995–96 John Calipari UMass 35[b] 2[b] .946[b] NCAA Final Four[b] [33]
1996–97 Roy Williams Kansas 34 2 .944 NCAA Sweet Sixteen [34]
1997–98 Bill Guthridge North Carolina 34 4 .895 NCAA Final Four [35]
1998–99 Cliff Ellis Auburn 29 4 .879 NCAA Sweet Sixteen [36]
1999–00† Bob Huggins Cincinnati 29 4 .879 NCAA Second Round [37]
Bill Self Tulsa 32 5 .865 NCAA Elite Eight [37]
2000–01 Al Skinner Boston College 27 5 .844 NCAA Second Round [38]
2001–02 Ben Howland Pittsburgh 29 6 .829 NCAA Sweet Sixteen [39]
2002–03 Tubby Smith Kentucky 32 4 .889 NCAA Elite Eight [40]
2003–04 Mike Montgomery Stanford 30 2 .938 NCAA Second Round [41]
2004–05 Bruce Weber Illinois 37 2 .949 NCAA runner-up [42]
2005–06 Bruce Pearl Tennessee 22 8 .733 NCAA Second Round [43]
2006–07 Tony Bennett Washington State 26 8 .765 NCAA Second Round [44]
2007–08 Keno Davis Drake 28 5 .848 NCAA First Round [45]
2008–09 Bill Self (2) Kansas 27 8 .771 NCAA Sweet Sixteen [46]
2009–10 Jim Boeheim Syracuse 30 5 .857 NCAA Sweet Sixteen [47]
2010–11 Jamie Dixon Pittsburgh 28 6 .824 NCAA Round of 32[c] [48]
2011–12 Bill Self (3) Kansas 32 7 .821 NCAA runner-up [49]
2012–13 Jim Crews Saint Louis 28 7 .800 NCAA Round of 32 [2]
2013–14 Gregg Marshall Wichita State 35 1 .972 NCAA Round of 32 [50]
2014–15 John Calipari (2) Kentucky 38 1 .974 NCAA Final Four [51]
2015–16 Tubby Smith (2) Texas Tech 19 13 .594 NCAA First Round [52]
2016–17 Mark Few Gonzaga 37 2 .949 NCAA runner-up [53]
2017–18 Mick Cronin Cincinnati 31 5 .861 NCAA Round of 32 [54]
2018–19 Mike Young Wofford 30 5 .857 NCAA Round of 32 [55]
2019–20 Anthony Grant Dayton 29 2 .935 N/A[d] [56]
2020–21 Juwan Howard Michigan 23 5 .821 NCAA Elite Eight [57]
2021–22 Ed Cooley Providence 27 6 .818 NCAA Sweet Sixteen [58]
2022–23 Rodney Terry Texas 29 9 .763 NCAA Elite Eight [3]
2023–24 Dan Hurley UConn 37 3 .925 NCAA champion* [1]
2024–25 Kelvin Sampson Houston 35 5 .875 NCAA runner-up [1]
2025–26 Tommy Lloyd Arizona ongoing ongoing TBD TBD [59]
  • a Kentucky was ineligible to receive the Southeastern Conference (SEC) regular season title, nor participate in the SEC or NCAA tournament because they were in the final year of a multi-year postseason ban.[60]
  • b On May 8, 1997, the NCAA Executive Committee voted to negate the Minutemen's 1996 NCAA tournament record, for Marcus Camby's acceptance of agents' improper gifts.[61] The 35–2 record was reduced to 31–1, and the UMass slot in the Final Four is officially denoted as vacated.[61]
  • c The NCAA men's tournament expanded to 68 teams starting in 2011, with the last four teams earning bids into the tournament set in competition with one another via "First Four" play-in games.[62] The 'Second Round' then became more commonly referred to as 'Round of 32' for specificity.
  • d The COVID-19 pandemic caused the 2019–20 men's season to be canceled prior to any national postseason tournaments occurring.[63]

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