Ohio Valley Tournament Champions
Ohio Valley Tournament Champions
Full list of Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) 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 since 1949 and Murray State is the program with the most titles (eighteen), followed by Western Kentucky (ten). Dave Loos and E.A. Diddle are the head coaches with the most titles (four each). See also: Ohio Valley Regular Season Champions
1949 — Western Kentucky State, E.A. Diddle
1950 — Eastern Kentucky, Paul McBrayer
1951 — Murray State, Harlan Hodges
1952 — Western Kentucky State (2), E.A. Diddle (2)
1953 — Western Kentucky State (3), E.A. Diddle (3)
1954 — Western Kentucky State (4), E.A. Diddle (4)
1955 — Eastern Kentucky (2), Paul McBrayer (2)
1956-1963 — no tournaments held
1964 — Murray State (2), Cal Luther
1965 — Western Kentucky State (5), John Oldham
1966 — Western Kentucky State (6), John Oldham (2)
1967 — Tennessee Tech, Ken Sidwell
1968-1974 — no tournaments held
1975 — Middle Tennessee, Jimmy Earle
1976 — Western Kentucky (7), Jim Richards
1977 — Middle Tennessee (2), Jimmy Earle (2)
1978 — Western Kentucky (8), Jim Richards (2)
1979 — Eastern Kentucky (3), Ed Byhre
1980 — Western Kentucky (9), Gene Keady
1981 — Western Kentucky (10), Clem Haskins
1982 — Middle Tennessee (3), Stan Simpson
1983 — Morehead State, Wayne Martin
1984 — Morehead State (2), Wayne Martin (2)
1985 — Middle Tennessee (4), Bruce Stewart
1986 — Akron, Bob Huggins
1987 — Austin Peay, Lake Kelly
1988 — Murray State (3), Steve Newton
1989 — Middle Tennessee (5), Bruce Stewart (2)
1990 — Murray State (4), Steve Newton (2)
1991 — Murray State (5), Steve Newton (3)
1992 — Murray State (6), Scott Edgar
1993 — Tennessee State, Frankie Allen
1994 — Tennessee State (2), Frankie Allen (2)
1995 — Murray State (7), Scott Edgar (2)
1996 — Austin Peay (2), Dave Loos
1997 — Murray State (8), Mark Gottfried
1998 — Murray State (9), Mark Gottfried (2)
1999 — Murray State (10), Tevester Anderson
2000 — Southeast Missouri State, Gary Garner
2001 — Eastern Illinois, Rick Samuels
2002 — Murray State (11), Tevester Anderson (2)
2003 — Austin Peay (3), Dave Loos (2)
2004 — Murray State (12), Mick Cronin
2005 — Eastern Kentucky (4), Travis Ford
2006 — Murray State (13), Mick Cronin (2)
2007 — Eastern Kentucky (5), Jeff Neubauer
2008 — Austin Peay (4), Dave Loos (3)
2009 — Morehead State (3), Donnie Tyndall
2010 — Murray State (14), Billy Kennedy
2011 — Morehead State (4), Donnie Tyndall (2)
2012 — Murray State (15), Steve Prohm
2013 — Belmont, Rick Byrd
2014 — Eastern Kentucky (6), Jeff Neubauer (2)
2015 — Belmont (2), Rick Byrd (2)
2016 — Austin Peay (5), Dave Loos (4)
2017 — Jacksonville State, Ray Harper
2018 — Murray State (16), Matt McMahon
2019 — Murray State (17), Matt McMahon (2)
2020 — Belmont (3), Casey Alexander
2021 — Morehead State (5), Preston Spradlin
2022 — Murray State (18), Matt McMahon (3)
2023 — Southeast Missouri State (2), Brad Korn
2024 — Morehead State (6), Preston Spradlin (2)
2025 — SIU Edwardsville, Brian Barone
2026 — Tennessee State (3), Nolan Smith
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