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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