Horizon League Tournament Champions

Horizon League Tournament Champions

Full list of Horizon League 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 1980 and Butler is the program with the most titles (seven), followed by Xavier (six). Pete Gillen is the head coach with the most titles (five), followed by Barry Collier and Brad Stevens (three each). See also: Horizon League Regular Season Champions

1980 — Oral Roberts, Ken Hayes

1981 — Oklahoma City, Ken Trickey

1982 — Evansville, Dick Walters

1983 — Xavier, Bob Staak

1984 — Oral Roberts (2), Dick Acres

1985 — Loyola (IL), Gene Sullivan

1986 — Xavier (2), Pete Gillen

1987 — Xavier (3), Pete Gillen (2)

1988 — Xavier (4), Pete Gillen (3)

1989 — Xavier (5), Pete Gillen (4)

1990 — Dayton, Jim O’Brien

1991 — Xavier (6), Pete Gillen (5)

1992 — Evansville (2), Jim Crews

1993 — Evansville (3), Jim Crews (2)

1994 — Detroit Mercy, Perry Watson

1995 — Green Bay, Dick Bennett

1996 — Northern Illinois, Brian Hammel

1997 — Butler, Barry Collier

1998 — Butler (2), Barry Collier (2)

1999 — Detroit Mercy (2), Perry Watson (2)

2000 — Butler (3), Barry Collier (3)

2001 — Butler (4), Thad Matta

2002 — UIC, Jimmy Collins

2003 — Milwaukee, Bruce Pearl

2004 — UIC (2), Jimmy Collins (2)

2005 — Milwaukee (2), Bruce Pearl (2)

2006 — Milwaukee (3), Rob Jeter

2007 — Wright State, Brad Brownell

2008 — Butler (5), Brad Stevens

2009 — Cleveland State, Gary Waters

2010 — Butler (6), Brad Stevens (2)

2011 — Butler (7), Brad Stevens (3)

2012 — Detroit Mercy (3), Ray McCallum

2013 — Valparaiso, Bryce Drew

2014 — Milwaukee (4), Rob Jeter (2)

2015 — Valparaiso (2), Bryce Drew (2)

2016 — Green Bay (2), Linc Darner

2017 — Northern Kentucky, John Brannen

2018 — Wright State (2), Scott Nagy

2019 — Northern Kentucky (2), John Brannen (2)

2020 — Northern Kentucky (3), Darrin Horn

2021 — Cleveland State (2), Dennis Gates

2022 — Wright State (3), Scott Nagy (2)

2023 — Northern Kentucky (4), Darrin Horn (2)

2024 — Oakland, Greg Kampe

2025 — Robert Morris, Andy Toole

2026 — Wright State (4), Clint Sargent

 

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