Joe B. Hall Award
List of Joe B. Hall Award winners
Every year since 2012, CollegeInsider.com has awarded the Joe B. Hall National Coach of the Year Award to recognize the top first-year head coach from the Division I college basketball coach season. The award is named after the late Joe B. Hall, a long-time assistant at Kentucky who took over the Wildcats program in 1972 and won the NCAA National Championship in 1978.
2012 — Steve Prohm, Murray State
2013 — Jack Perri, Long Island
2014 — Brad Underwood, Stephen F. Austin
2015 — Chris Jans, Bowling Green
2016 — Eran Ganot, Hawaii
2017 — Ryan Odom, UMBC
2018 — Ryan Ridder, Bethune-Cookman
2019 — Justin Hutson, Fresno State
2020 — Greg Paulus, Niagara
2021 — Mike Magpayo, UC Riverside
2022 — Jordan Mincy, Jacksonville
2023 — Keith Urgo, Fordham
2024 — Sundance Wicks, Green Bay
2025 — Ben McCollum, Drake
2026 — Jai Lucas, Miami (FL)
< Joe B. Hall Award >