Atlantic Sun Regular Season Champions
Atlantic Sun Regular Season Champions
Full list of Atlantic Sun Tournament men’s basketball champions (f/k/a the Trans Atlantic Athletic Conference and the ASUN), including head coach, by year. Parenthesis indicate number of titles for that coach or school. The league has been active since 1978 and former member Belmont is the program with the most titles (six), followed by Little Rock, College of Charleston and Liberty (five each). Rick Byrd is the head coach with the most titles (six), followed by John Kresse and Ritchie McKay (five each). See also: Atlantic Sun Tournament Champions
1978-79 — Northeast Louisiana, Lenny Fant
1979-80 — Northeast Louisiana (2), Benny Hollis
1980-81 — Houston Baptist, Gene Iba
1981-82 — Arkansas-Little Rock, Ron Kestenbaum
1982-83 — Arkansas-Little Rock (2), Ron Kestenbaum (2)
1983-84 — Houston Baptist (2), Gene Iba (2)
1984-85 — Georgia Southern, Frank Kerns
1985-86 — Arkansas-Little Rock (3), Mike Newell
1986-87 — Arkansas-Little Rock (4), Mike Newell (2)
1987-88 (tie) — Arkansas-Little Rock (5), Mike Newell (3) // Georgia Southern (2), Frank Kerns (2)
1988-89 — Georgia Southern (3), Frank Kerns (3)
1989-90 — Centenary, Tommy Vardeman
1990-91 — UTSA, Stu Starner
1991-92 — Georgia Southern (4), Frank Kerns (4)
1992-93 — FIU, Bob Weltlich
1993-94 — College of Charleston, John Kresse
1994-95 — College of Charleston (2), John Kresse (2)
1995-96 (tie) — College of Charleston (3), John Kresse (3) // Samford, John Brady // Southeastern Louisiana, John Lyles
1996-97 (tie) — College of Charleston (4), John Kresse (4) // Samford (2), John Brady (2)
1997-98 (tie) — College of Charleston (5), John Kresse (5) // Georgia State, Lefty Driesell
1998-99 — Samford (3), Jimmy Tillette
1999-00 (tie) — Georgia State (2), Lefty Driesell (2) // Troy, Don Maestri
2000-01 — Georgia State (3), Lefty Driesell (3)
2001-02 (tie) — Georgia State (4), Lefty Driesell (4) // Troy (2), Don Maestri (2)
2002-03 (tie) — Belmont, Rick Byrd // Mercer, Mark Slonaker // Troy (3), Don Maestri (3)
2003-04 — Troy (4), Don Maestri (4)
2004-05 (tie) — Gardner-Webb, Rick Scruggs // UCF, Kirk Speraw
2005-06 (tie) — Belmont (2), Rick Byrd (2) // Lipscomb, Scott Sanderson
2006-07 — East Tennessee State, Murry Bartow
2007-08 — Belmont (3), Rick Byrd (3)
2008-09 — Jacksonville, Cliff Warren
2009-10 (tie) — Belmont (4), Rick Byrd (4) // Campbell, Robbie Laing // Jacksonville (2), Cliff Warren (2) // Lipscomb (2), Scott Sanderson (2)
2010-11 — Belmont (5), Rick Byrd (5)
2011-12 — Belmont (6), Rick Byrd (6)
2012-13 — Mercer (2), Bob Hoffman
2013-14 (tie) — Florida Gulf Coast, Joe Dooley // Mercer (3), Bob Hoffman (2)
2014-15 — North Florida, Matthew Driscoll
2015-16 — North Florida (2), Matthew Driscoll (2)
2016-17 — Florida Gulf Coast (2), Joe Dooley (2)
2017-18 — Florida Gulf Coast (3), Joe Dooley (3)
2018-19 (tie) — Liberty, Ritchie McKay // Lipscomb (3), Casey Alexander
2019-20 (tie) — Liberty (2), Ritchie McKay (2) // North Florida (3), Matthew Driscoll (3)
2020-21 — Liberty (3), Ritchie McKay (3)
2021-22 (tie) — Jacksonville State, Ray Harper // Liberty (4), Ritchie McKay (4)
2022-23 (tie) — Kennesaw State, Amir Abdur-Rahim // Liberty (5), Ritchie McKay (5)
2023-24 — Eastern Kentucky, A.W. Hamilton
2024-25 (tie) — Lipscomb (4), Lennie Acuff // North Alabama, Tony Pujol
2025-26 (tie) — Austin Peay, Corey Gipson // Central Arkansas, John Shulman
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