Horizon League Regular Season Champions
Horizon League Regular Season Champions
Full list of Horizon League 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 1979 and Butler is the program with the most titles (ten), followed by Xavier (eight), Evansville, Valparaiso and Wright State (five each). Pete Gillen is the head coach with the most titles (six), followed by Jim Crews, Brad Stevens and Bryce Drew (four each). See also: Horizon League Tournament Champions
1979-80 — Loyola (IL), Jerry Lyne
1980-81 — Xavier, Bob Staak
1981-82 — Evansville, Dick Walters
1982-83 — Loyola (IL) (2), Gene Sullivan
1983-84 — Oral Roberts, Dick Acres
1984-85 — Loyola (IL) (3), Gene Sullivan (2)
1985-86 — Xavier (2), Pete Gillen
1986-87 (tie) — Evansville (2), Jim Crews // Loyola (IL) (4), Gene Sullivan (3)
1987-88 — Xavier (3), Pete Gillen (2)
1988-89 — Evansville (3), Jim Crews (2)
1989-90 — Xavier (4), Pete Gillen (3)
1990-91 — Xavier (5), Pete Gillen (4)
1991-92 — Evansville (4), Jim Crews (3)
1992-93 (tie) — Evansville (5), Jim Crews (4) // Xavier (6), Pete Gillen (5)
1993-94 — Xavier (7), Pete Gillen (6)
1994-95 — Xavier (8), Skip Prosser
1995-96 — Green Bay, Mike Heideman
1996-97 — Butler, Barry Collier
1997-98 (tie) — Detroit Mercy, Perry Watson // UIC, Jimmy Collins
1998-99 — Detroit Mercy (2), Perry Watson (2)
1999-00 — Butler (2), Barry Collier (2)
2000-01 — Butler (3), Thad Matta
2001-02 — Butler (4), Todd Lickliter
2002-03 — Butler (5), Todd Lickliter (2)
2003-04 — Milwaukee, Bruce Pearl
2004-05 — Milwaukee (2), Bruce Pearl (2)
2005-06 — Milwaukee (3), Rob Jeter
2006-07 (tie) — Butler (6), Todd Lickliter (3) // Wright State, Brad Brownell
2007-08 — Butler (7), Brad Stevens
2008-09 — Butler (8), Brad Stevens (2)
2009-10 — Butler (9), Brad Stevens (3)
2010-11 (tie) — Butler (10), Brad Stevens (4) // Cleveland State, Gary Waters // Milwaukee (4), Rob Jeter (2)
2011-12 — Valparaiso, Bryce Drew
2012-13 — Valparaiso (2), Bryce Drew (2)
2013-14 — Green Bay (2), Brian Wardle
2014-15 — Valparaiso (3), Bryce Drew (3)
2015-16 — Valparaiso (4), Bryce Drew (4)
2016-17 (tie) — Oakland, Greg Kampe // Valparaiso (5), Matt Lottich
2017-18 — Northern Kentucky, John Brannen
2018-19 (tie) — Northern Kentucky (2), John Brannen (2) // Wright State (2), Scott Nagy
2019-20 — Wright State (3), Scott Nagy (2)
2020-21 (tie) — Cleveland State (2), Dennis Gates // Wright State (4), Scott Nagy (3)
2021-22 (tie) — Cleveland State (3), Dennis Gates (2) // Purdue Fort Wayne, Jon Coffman
2022-23 — Youngstown State, Jerrod Calhoun
2023-24 — Oakland (2), Greg Kampe (2)
2024-25 — Robert Morris, Andrew Toole
2025-26 — Wright State (5), Clint Sargent
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