List of Conference USA Coach of the Year winners

Conference USA (CUSA) has awarded Conference USA Men’s Basketball Coach of the Year honors every season since 1995-96. The coach to win the award the most times is former Memphis head coach John Calipari, with three total. Memphis is also the program with the most awards (four), followed by Cincinnati and UAB (three each). Parenthesis indicate number of awards for that coach or school.

1996 — Denny Crum, Louisville

1997 — Melvin Watkins, Charlotte

1998 — Bob Huggins, Cincinnati

1999 — Bob Huggins (2), Cincinnati (2)

2000 — Bob Huggins (3), Cincinnati (3)

2001 — James Green, Southern Miss

2002 — Tom Crean, Marquette

2003 — Tom Crean (2), Marquette (2)

2004 — Mike Anderson, UAB

2005 — Rick Pitino, Louisville (2)

2006 — John Calipari, Memphis

2007 — Kirk Speraw, UCF

2008 — John Calipari (2), Memphis (2)

2009 — John Calipari (3), Memphis (3)

2010 — Tony Barbee, UTEP

2011 — Mike Davis, UAB (2)

2012 — Larry Eustachy, Southern Miss (2)

2013 — Josh Pastner, Memphis (4)

2014 — Danny Manning, Tulsa

2015 — Mike White, Louisiana Tech

2016 — Jerod Haase, UAB (3)

2017 — Kermit Davis, Middle Tennessee

2018 — Steve Henson, UTSA

2019 — Jeff Jones, Old Dominion

2020 — Grant McCasland, North Texas

2021 — Eric Konkol, Louisiana Tech (2)

2022 — Nick McDevitt, Middle Tennessee (2)

2023 — Dusty May, Florida Atlantic

2024 — Chris Mudge, Sam Houston State

2025 — Ray Harper, Jacksonville State

2026 (tie) — Ritchie McKay, Liberty

2026 (tie) — Chris Mudge (2), Sam Houston State (2)

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