NABC Coach of the Year
List of NABC Coach of the Year winners
Every year since 1959, the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) has awarded the NABC Men’s Basketball Coach of the Year Award to recognize the best men’s college basketball coach of the season. John Wooden has won the award the most times (five), followed by John Calipari (three) and several other coaches with two wins each. Parenthesis indicate number of awards for that coach or school.
See also: NABC Division II Coach of the Year | NABC Division III Coach of the Year | NABC NAIA Coach of the Year
1959 — Eddie Hickey, Marquette
1960 — Pete Newell, California
1961 — Fred Taylor, Ohio State
1962 — Fred Taylor (2), Ohio State (2)
1963 — Ed Jucker, Cincinnati
1964 — John Wooden, UCLA
1965 — Butch van Breda Kolff, Princeton
1966 — Adolph Rupp, Kentucky
1967 — John Wooden (2), UCLA (2)
1968 — Guy Lewis, Houston
1969 — John Wooden (3), UCLA (3)
1970 — John Wooden (4), UCLA (4)
1971 — Jack Kraft, Villanova
1972 — John Wooden (5), UCLA (5)
1973 — Gene Bartow, Memphis State
1974 — Al McGuire, Marquette (2)
1975 — Bob Knight, Indiana
1976 — Johnny Orr, Michigan
1977 — Dean Smith, North Carolina
1978 (tie) — Bill E. Foster, Duke // Abe Lemons, Texas
1979 — Ray Meyer, DePaul
1980 — Lute Olson, Iowa
1981 (tie) — Jack Hartman, Kansas State // Ralph Miller, Oregon State
1982 — Don Monson, Idaho
1983 — Lou Carnesecca, St. John’s
1984 — Marv Harshman, Washington
1985 — John Thompson, Georgetown
1986 — Eddie Sutton, Kentucky (2)
1987 — Rick Pitino, Providence
1988 — John Chaney, Temple
1989 — P. J. Carlesimo, Seton Hall
1990 — Jud Heathcote, Michigan State
1991 — Mike Krzyzewski, Duke (2)
1992 — George Raveling, USC
1993 — Eddie Fogler, Vanderbilt
1994 (tie) — Gene Keady, Purdue // Nolan Richardson, Arkansas
1995 — Jim Harrick, UCLA (6)
1996 — John Calipari, UMass
1997 — vacated
1998 — Bill Guthridge, North Carolina (2)
1999 (tie) — Mike Krzyzewski (2), Duke (3) // Jim O’Brien, Ohio State (3)
2000 — Gene Keady (2), Purdue (2)
2001 — Tom Izzo, Michigan State (2)
2002 — Kelvin Sampson, Oklahoma
2003 — Tubby Smith, Kentucky (3)
2004 (tie) — Mike Montgomery, Stanford // Phil Martelli, Saint Joseph’s
2005 — Bruce Weber, Illinois
2006 — Jay Wright, Villanova (2)
2007 — Todd Lickliter, Butler
2008 — Bob McKillop, Davidson
2009 (tie) — Mike Anderson, Missouri // John Calipari (2), Memphis (2)
2010 — Jim Boeheim, Syracuse
2011 — Steve Fisher, San Diego State
2012 — Tom Izzo (2), Michigan State (3)
2013 — Jim Crews, Saint Louis
2014 — Gregg Marshall, Wichita State
2015 — John Calipari (3), Kentucky (4)
2016 — Bill Self, Kansas
2017 — Mark Few, Gonzaga
2018 — Tony Bennett, Virginia
2019 — Matt Painter, Purdue (3)
2020 — Anthony Grant, Dayton
2021 — Mark Few (2), Gonzaga (2)
2022 — Tommy Lloyd, Arizona
2023 — Shaka Smart, Marquette (3)
2024 — Kelvin Sampson (2), Houston (2)
2025 — Bruce Pearl, Auburn
2025 — Jon Scheyer, Duke (4)
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