Hugh Durham Award

List of Hugh Durham Award winners

Every year since 2005, CollegeInsider.com has awarded the Hugh Durham National Coach of the Year Award to recognize the top men’s Division I mid-major* college basketball coach of the season. The award is named after Hugh Durham, a College Hall of Famer who spent 39 years as head coach at Jacksonville, Georgia and Florida State and compiled 633 career wins.

2005 — Bob Thomason, Pacific

2006 — Pat Flannery, Bucknell

2007 — Gregg Marshall, Winthrop

2008 — Keno Davis, Drake

2009 — Todd Bozeman, Morgan State

2010– Mike Young, Wofford

2011 — Rick Byrd, Belmont

2012 — Eddie Payne, USC Upstate

2013 — Danny Kaspar, Stephen F. Austin

2014 — Tony Jasick, Fort Wayne

2015 — Brian Katz, Sacramento State

2016 — James Jones, Yale

2017 — Rod Barnes, Cal State Bakersfield

2018 — Ryan Odom, UMBC

2019 — Darian DeVries, Drake

2020 — Steve Forbes, East Tennessee State

2021 — Byron Smith, Prairie View A&M

2022 — Robert Jones, Norfolk State

2023 — Amir Abdur-Rahim, Kennesaw State

2024 — Josh Schertz, Indiana State

2025 — John Groce, Akron

2026 — Jon Perry, Navy

 

* Collegeinsider defines “mid-major” as a school from one of the following leagues: America East, ASUN, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, CAA, Horizon, Independent, Ivy, MAAC, MAC, MEAC, MVC, NEC, OVC, Patriot, SoCon, Southland, SWAC, Summit, Sun Belt, WCC & WAC.

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