List of Clair Bee Coach of the Year winners

Every year from 1997 to 2011, the Clair Bee Coach of the Year Award was given to the men’s Division I college basketball coach who made the most significant positive contributions during that season. The award is named for the late Clair Bee, a Hall-of-Famer who spent 24 years as a head coach at the high school, college and NBA levels and won two national championships (1939 Helms and 1936 Premo-Porretta) at Long Island.

1997 — vacated

1998 — Jim Phelan, Mount St. Mary’s

1999 — Jim O’Brien, Ohio State

2000 — Jim Boeheim, Syracuse

2001 — Lute Olson, Arizona

2002 — Bob Knight, Texas Tech

2003 — Tom Crean, Marquette

2004 — Mike Krzyzewski, Duke

2005 — Tom Izzo, Michigan State

2006 — Jim Larrañaga, George Mason

2007 — Bo Ryan, Wisconsin

2008 — Bob McKillop, Davidson

2009 — Mike Anderson, Missouri

2010 — Steve Donahue, Cornell

2011 — Brad Stevens, Butler

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