List of AP Coach of the Year winners

Every year since 1967, the Associated Press (AP) has awarded the Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year Award (or simply AP Coach of the Year Award) to recognize the best men’s college basketball coach of the season. Parenthesis indicate number of awards for that coach or school.

1967 — John Wooden, UCLA

1968 — Guy Lewis, Houston

1969 — John Wooden (2), UCLA (2)

1970 — John Wooden (3), UCLA (3)

1971 — Al McGuire, Marquette

1972 — John Wooden (4), UCLA (4)

1973 — John Wooden (5), UCLA (5)

1974 — Norm Sloan, NC State

1975 — Bob Knight, Indiana

1976 — Bob Knight (2), Indiana (2)

1977 — Bob Gaillard, San Francisco

1978 — Eddie Sutton, Arkansas

1979 — Bill Hodges, Indiana State

1980 — Ray Meyer, DePaul

1981 — Ralph Miller, Oregon State

1982 — Ralph Miller (2), Oregon State (2)

1983 — Guy Lewis (2), Houston (2)

1984 — Ray Meyer (2), DePaul (2)

1985 — Bill Frieder, Michigan

1986 — Eddie Sutton (2), Kentucky

1987 — Tom Davis, Iowa

1988 — John Chaney, Temple

1989 — Bob Knight (3), Indiana (3)

1990 — Jim Calhoun, Connecticut

1991 — Randy Ayers, Ohio State

1992 — Roy Williams, Kansas

1993 — Eddie Fogler, Vanderbilt

1994 — Norm Stewart, Missouri

1995 — Kelvin Sampson, Oklahoma

1996 — Gene Keady, Purdue

1997 — vacated

1998 — Tom Izzo, Michigan State

1999 — Cliff Ellis, Auburn

2000 — Larry Eustachy, Iowa State

2001 — Matt Doherty, North Carolina

2002 — Ben Howland, Pittsburgh

2003 — Tubby Smith, Kentucky (2)

2004 — Phil Martelli, Saint Joseph’s

2005 — Bruce Weber, Illinois

2006 — Roy Williams (2), North Carolina (2)

2007 — Tony Bennett, Washington State

2008 — Keno Davis, Drake

2009 — Bill Self, Kansas (2)

2010 — Jim Boeheim, Syracuse

2011 — Mike Brey, Notre Dame

2012 — Frank Haith, Missouri (2)

2013 — Jim Larrañaga, Miami (FL)

2014 — Gregg Marshall, Wichita State

2015 — John Calipari, Kentucky (3)

2016 — Bill Self (2), Kansas (3)

2017 — Mark Few, Gonzaga

2018 — Tony Bennett (2), Virginia

2019 — Chris Beard, Texas Tech

2020 — Anthony Grant, Dayton

2021 — Juwan Howard, Michigan (2)

2022 — Tommy Lloyd, Arizona

2023 — Shaka Smart, Marquette (2)

2024 — Kelvin Sampson (2), Houston (3)

2025 (tie) — Bruce Pearl, Auburn (2)

2025 (tie) — Rick Pitino, St. John’s

 

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