Big West Regular Season Champions
Big West Regular Season Champions
Full list of Big West Conference regular season men’s basketball champions, including head coach, by year. Parenthesis indicate number of titles for that coach or school. The league has been active since 1969 and Long Beach State is the program with the most titles (15), followed by UNLV and UC Irvine (ten each). Jerry Tarkanian is the coach with the most titles (14), followed by Russell Turner (eight) and Bob Thomason (six). See also: Big West Tournament Champions
1969-70 — Long Beach State, Jerry Tarkanian
1970-71 — Long Beach State (2), Jerry Tarkanian (2)
1971-72 — Long Beach State (3), Jerry Tarkanian (3)
1973-73 — Long Beach State (4), Jerry Tarkanian (4)
1973-74 — Long Beach State (5), Lute Olson
1974-75 — Long Beach State (6), Dwight Jones
1975-76 (tie) — Cal State Fullerton, Bobby Dye // Long Beach State (7), Dwight Jones (2)
1976-77 (tie) — Long Beach State (8), Dwight Jones (3) // San Diego State, Tim Vezie
1977-78 (tie) — Fresno State, Boyd Grant // San Diego State (2), Tim Vezie (2)
1978-79 — Pacific, Stan Morrison
1979-80 — Utah State, Rod Tueller
1980-81 — Fresno State (2), Boyd Grant (2)
1981-82 — Fresno State (3), Boyd Grant (3)
1982-83 — UNLV, Jerry Tarkanian (5)
1983-84 — UNLV (2), Jerry Tarkanian (6)
1984-85 — UNLV (3), Jerry Tarkanian (7)
1985-86 — UNLV (4), Jerry Tarkanian (8)
1986-87 — UNLV (5), Jerry Tarkanian (9)
1987-88 — UNLV (6), Jerry Tarkanian (10)
1988-89 — UNLV (7), Jerry Tarkanian (11)
1989-90 — UNLV (8), Jerry Tarkanian (12)
1990-91 — UNLV (9), Jerry Tarkanian (13)
1991-92 — UNLV (10), Jerry Tarkanian (14)
1992-93 — New Mexico State, Neil McCarthy
1993-94 — New Mexico State (2), Neil McCarthy (2)
1994-95 — Utah State (2), Larry Eustachy
1995-96 — Long Beach State (9), Seth Greenberg
1996-97 (tie) — Nevada, Pat Foster // Pacific (2), Bob Thomason // Utah State (3), Larry Eustachy (2)
1997-98 (tie) — Pacific (3), Bob Thomason (2) // Utah State (4), Larry Eustachy (3)
1998-99 (tie) — Boise State, Rod Jensen // New Mexico State (3), Lou Henson // UC Santa Barbara, Bob Williams
1999-00 (tie) — Long Beach State (10), Wayne Morgan // Utah State (5), Stew Morrill
2000-01 — UC Irvine, Pat Douglass
2001-02 (tie) — UC Irvine (2), Pat Douglass (2) // Utah State (6), Stew Morrill (2)
2002-03 — UC Santa Barbara (2), Bob Williams (2)
2003-04 (tie) — Pacific (4), Bob Thomason (3) // Utah State (7), Stew Morrill (3)
2004-05 — Pacific (5), Bob Thomason (4)
2005-06 — Pacific (6), Bob Thomason (5)
2006-07 — Long Beach State (11), Larry Reynolds
2007-08 (tie) — Cal State Fullerton (2), Bob Burton // Cal State Northridge, Bobby Braswell // UC Santa Barbara (3), Bob Williams (3)
2008-09 — Cal State Northridge (2), Bobby Braswell (2)
2009-10 (tie) — Pacific (7), Bob Thomason (6) // UC Santa Barbara (4), Bob Williams (4)
2010-11 — Long Beach State (12), Dan Monson
2011-12 — Long Beach State (13), Dan Monson (2)
2012-13 — Long Beach State (14), Dan Monson (3)
2013-14 — UC Irvine (3), Russell Turner
2014-15 — UC Davis, Jim Les
2015-16 (tie) — Hawaii, Eran Ganot // UC Irvine (4), Russell Turner (2)
2016-17 — UC Irvine (5), Russell Turner (3)
2017-18 — UC Davis (2), Jim Les (2)
2018-19 — UC Irvine (6), Russell Turner (4)
2019-20 — UC Irvine (7), Russell Turner (5)
2020-21 — UC Santa Barbara (5), Joe Pasternack
2021-22 — Long Beach State (15), Dan Monson (4)
2022-23 (tie) — UC Irvine (8), Russell Turner (6) // UC Santa Barbara (6), Joe Pasternack (2)
2023-24 — UC Irvine (9), Russell Turner (7)
2024-25 — UC San Diego, Eric Olen
2025-26 — UC Irvine (10), Russell Turner (8)
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