Big West Tournament Champions
Big West Tournament Champions
Full list of Big West Conference Tournament men’s basketball champions, including head coach, by year. Parenthesis indicate number of titles for that coach or school. The league has held this tournament annually since 1976 and UNLV is the program with the most titles (seven), followed by Long Beach State and Utah State (six each). Jerry Tarkanian is the coach with the most titles (seven), followed by Bob Thomason and Stew Morrill (four each). See also: Big West Regular Season Champions
1976 — San Diego State, Tim Vezie
1977 — Long Beach State, Dwight Jones
1978 — Cal State Fullerton, Bobby Dye
1979 — Pacific, Stan Morrison
1980 — San José State, Bill Berry
1981 — Fresno State, Boyd Grant
1982 — Fresno State (2), Boyd Grant (2)
1983 — UNLV, Jerry Tarkanian
1984 — Fresno State (3), Boyd Grant (3)
1985 — UNLV (2), Jerry Tarkanian (2)
1986 — UNLV (3), Jerry Tarkanian (3)
1987 — UNLV (4), Jerry Tarkanian (4)
1988 — Utah State, Rod Tueller
1989 — UNLV (5), Jerry Tarkanian (5)
1990 — UNLV (6), Jerry Tarkanian (6)
1991 — UNLV (7), Jerry Tarkanian (7)
1992 — New Mexico State, Neil McCarthy
1993 — Long Beach State (2), Seth Greenberg
1994 — New Mexico State (2), Neil McCarthy (2)
1995 — Long Beach State (3), Seth Greenberg (2)
1996 — San José State (2), Stan Morrison (2)
1997 — Pacific (2), Bob Thomason
1998 — Utah State (2), Larry Eustachy
1999 — New Mexico State (3), Lou Henson
2000 — Utah State (3), Stew Morrill
2001 — Utah State (4), Stew Morrill (2)
2002 — UC Santa Barbara, Bob Williams
2003 — Utah State (5), Stew Morrill (3)
2004 — Pacific (3), Bob Thomason (2)
2005 — Utah State (6), Stew Morrill (4)
2006 — Pacific (4), Bob Thomason (3)
2007 — Long Beach State (4), Larry Reynolds
2008 — Cal State Fullerton (2), Bob Burton
2009 — Cal State Northridge, Bobby Braswell
2010 — UC Santa Barbara (2), Bob Williams (2)
2011 — UC Santa Barbara (3), Bob Williams (3)
2012 — Long Beach State (5), Dan Monson
2013 — Pacific (5), Bob Thomason (4)
2014 — Cal Poly, Joe Callero
2015 — UC Irvine, Russell Turner
2016 — Hawaii, Eran Ganot
2017 — UC Davis, Jim Les
2018 — Cal State Fullerton (2), Dedrique Taylor
2019 — UC Irvine (2), Russell Turner (2)
2020 — tournament cancelled
2021 — UC Santa Barbara (4), Joe Pasternack
2022 — Cal State Fullerton (3), Dedrique Taylor (2)
2023 — UC Santa Barbara (5), Joe Pasternack (2)
2024 — Long Beach State (6), Dan Monson (2)
2025 — UC San Diego, Eric Olen
2026 — Hawaii (2), Eran Ganot (2)
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