List of ACC Coach of the Year winners

The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) has awarded ACC Men’s Basketball Coach of the Year honors every season since 1953-54. The coach to win the award the most times is Dean Smith, with eight total awards all at UNC. North Carolina is also the program with the most awards (thirteen), followed by Duke (eleven), NC State (nine), Virginia and Wake Forest (eight each). Parenthesis indicate number of awards for that coach or school.

1954 — Everett Case, NC State

1955 — Everett Case (2), NC State (2)

1956 — Murray Greason, Wake Forest

1957 — Frank McGuire, North Carolina

1958 — Everett Case (3), NC State (3)

1959 — Harold Bradley, Duke

1960 — Bones McKinney, Wake Forest (2)

1961 — Bones McKinney, Wake Forest (3)

1962 — Bob Stevens, South Carolina

1963 — Vic Bubas, Duke (2)

1964 — Vic Bubas (2), Duke (3)

1965 — Press Maravich, NC State (4)

1966 — Vic Bubas (3), Duke (4)

1967 — Dean Smith, North Carolina (2)

1968 — Dean Smith (2), North Carolina (3)

1969 — Frank McGuire (2), South Carolina (2)

1970 — Norm Sloan, NC State (5)

1971 — Dean Smith (3), North Carolina (4)

1972 — Bill Gibson, Virginia

1973 — Norm Sloan (2), NC State (6)

1974 — Norm Sloan (3), NC State (7)

1975 — Lefty Driesell, Maryland

1976 — Dean Smith (4), North Carolina (5)

1977 — Dean Smith (5), North Carolina (6)

1978 — Bill E. Foster, Duke (5)

1979 — Dean Smith (6), North Carolina (7)

1980 — Lefty Driesell (2), Maryland (2)

1981 — Terry Holland, Virginia (2)

1982 — Terry Holland (2), Virginia (3)

1983 — Bobby Cremins, Georgia Tech

1984 — Mike Krzyzewski, Duke (6)

1985 — Bobby Cremins (2), Georgia Tech (2)

1986 — Mike Krzyzewski (2), Duke (7)

1987 — Cliff Ellis, Clemson

1988 — Dean Smith (7), North Carolina (8)

1989 — Jim Valvano, NC State (8)

1990 — Cliff Ellis (2), Clemson (2)

1991 — Dave Odom, Wake Forest (4)

1992 — Pat Kennedy, Florida State

1993 — Dean Smith (8), North Carolina (9)

1994 — Dave Odom (2), Wake Forest (5)

1995 — Dave Odom (3), Wake Forest (6)

1996 — Bobby Cremins (3), Georgia Tech (3)

1997 — Mike Krzyzewski (3), Duke (8)

1998 — Bill Guthridge, North Carolina (10)

1999 — Mike Krzyzewski (4), Duke (9)

2000 — Mike Krzyzewski (5), Duke (10)

2001 — Paul Hewitt, Georgia Tech (4)

2002 — Gary Williams, Maryland (3)

2003 — Skip Prosser, Wake Forest (7)

2004 — Herb Sendek, NC State (9)

2005 — Seth Greenberg, Virginia Tech

2006 — Roy Williams, North Carolina (11)

2007 — Dave Leitao, Virginia (4)

2008 — Seth Greenberg (2), Virginia Tech (2)

2009 — Leonard Hamilton, Florida State (2)

2010 — Gary Williams (2), Maryland (4)

2011 — Roy Williams (2), North Carolina (12)

2012 — Leonard Hamilton (2), Florida State (3)

2013 — Jim Larrañaga, Miami (FL)

2014 — Tony Bennett, Virginia (5)

2015 — Tony Bennett (2), Virginia (6)

2016 — Jim Larrañaga (2), Miami (FL) (2)

2017 — Josh Pastner, Georgia Tech (5)

2018 — Tony Bennett (3), Virginia (7)

2019 — Tony Bennett (4), Virginia (8)

2020 — Leonard Hamilton (3), Florida State (4)

2021 — Mike Young, Virginia Tech (3)

2022 — Steve Forbes, Wake Forest (8)

2023 — Jeff Capel III, Pittsburgh

2024 — Hubert Davis, North Carolina (13)

2025 — Pat Kelsey, Louisville

2026 — Jon Scheyer, Duke (11)

 

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