SoCon Tournament Champions
SoCon Tournament Champions
Full list of Southern Conference (SoCon) 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 1922 and Chattanooga and Davidson are the programs with the most titles (twelve each). Bob McKillop is the head coach with the most titles (seven), followed by Fred Schaus and Everett Case (six each). See also: SoCon Regular Season Champions
1922 — North Carolina, Fred Boye
1923 — Mississippi State, E.C. Hayes
1924 — North Carolina (2), Bo Shepard
1925 — North Carolina (3), Monk McDonald
1926 — North Carolina (4), Harlan Sanborn
1927 — Vanderbilt, Josh Cody
1928 — Mississippi State (2), Ray Dauber
1929 — NC State, Gus Tebell
1930 — Alabama, Hank Crisp
1931 — Maryland, Burton Shipley
1932 — Georgia, Red Smith
1933 — South Carolina, Billy Laval
1934 — Washington & Lee, Harry Young
1935 — North Carolina (5), George Shepard
1936 — North Carolina (6), Walter Skidmore
1937 — Washington & Lee (2), Harry Young (2)
1938 — Duke, Eddie Cameron
1939 — Clemson, Joe Davis
1940 — North Carolina (7), Bill Lange
1941 — Duke (2), Eddie Cameron (2)
1942 — Duke (3), Eddie Cameron (3)
1943 — George Washington, Otis Zahn
1944 — Duke (4), Gerry Gerard
1945 — North Carolina (8), Ben Carnevale
1946 — Duke (5), Gerry Gerard (2)
1947 — NC State (2), Everett Case
1948 — NC State (3), Everett Case (2)
1949 — NC State (4), Everett Case (3)
1950 — NC State (5), Everett Case (4)
1951 — NC State (6), Everett Case (5)
1952 — NC State (7), Everett Case (6)
1953 — Wake Forest, Murray Greason
1954 — George Washington (2), William Reinhart
1955 — West Virginia, Fred Schaus
1956 — West Virginia (2), Fred Schaus (2)
1957 — West Virginia (3), Fred Schaus (3)
1958 — West Virginia (4), Fred Schaus (4)
1959 — West Virginia (5), Fred Schaus (5)
1960 — West Virginia (6), Fred Schaus (6)
1961 — George Washington (3), William Reinhart (2)
1962 — West Virginia (7), George King
1963 — West Virginia (8), George King (2)
1964 — VMI, Weenie Miller
1965 — West Virginia (9), George King (3)
1966 — Davidson, Lefty Driesell
1967 — West Virginia (10), Bucky Waters
1968 — Davidson (2), Lefty Driesell (2)
1969 — Davidson (3), Lefty Driesell (3)
1970 — Davidson (4), Terry Holland
1971 — Furman, Joe Williams
1972 — East Carolina, Tom Quinn
1973 — Furman (2), Joe Williams (2)
1974 — Furman (3), Joe Williams (3)
1975 — Furman (4), Joe Williams (4)
1976 — VMI (2), Bill Blair
1977 — VMI (3), Charlie Schmaus
1978 — Furman (5), Joe Williams (5)
1979 — Appalachian State, Bobby Cremins
1980 — Furman (6), Eddie Holbrook
1981 — Chattanooga, Murray Arnold
1982 — Chattanooga (2), Murray Arnold (2)
1983 — Chattanooga (3), Murray Arnold (3)
1984 — Marshall, Rick Huckabay
1985 — Marshall (2), Rick Huckabay (2)
1986 — Davidson (5), Bobby Hussey
1987 — Marshall (3), Rick Huckabay (3)
1988 — Chattanooga (4), Mack McCarthy
1989 — East Tennessee State, Les Robinson
1990 — East Tennessee State (2), Les Robinson (2)
1991 — East Tennessee State (3), Alan LeForce
1992 — East Tennessee State (4), Alan LeForce (2)
1993 — Chattanooga (5), Mack McCarthy (2)
1994 — Chattanooga (6), Mack McCarthy (3)
1995 — Chattanooga (7), Mack McCarthy (4)
1996 — Western Carolina, Phil Hopkins
1997 — Chattanooga (8), Mack McCarthy (5)
1998 — Davidson (6), Bob McKillop
1999 — College of Charleston, John Kresse
2000 — Appalachian State (2), Buzz Peterson
2001 — UNC Greensboro, Fran McCaffery
2002 — Davidson (7), Bob McKillop (2)
2003 — East Tennessee State (5), Ed DeChellis
2004 — East Tennessee State (6), Murry Bartow
2005 — Chattanooga (9), John Shulman
2006 — Davidson (8), Bob McKillop (3)
2007 — Davidson (9), Bob McKillop (4)
2008 — Davidson (10), Bob McKillop (5)
2009 — Chattanooga (10), John Shulman (2)
2010 — Wofford, Mike Young
2011 — Wofford (2), Mike Young (2)
2012 — Davidson (11), Bob McKillop (6)
2013 — Davidson (12), Bob McKillop (7)
2014 — Wofford (3), Mike Young (3)
2015 — Wofford (4), Mike Young (4)
2016 — Chattanooga (11), Matt McCall
2017 — East Tennessee State (7), Steve Forbes
2018 — UNC Greensboro (2), Wes Miller
2019 — Wofford (5), Mike Young (5)
2020 — East Tennessee State (8), Steve Forbes (2)
2021 — UNC Greensboro (3), Wes Miller (2)
2022 — Chattanooga (12), Lamont Paris
2023 — Furman (7), Bob Richey
2024 — Samford, Bucky McMillan
2025 — Wofford (6), Dwight Perry
2026 — Furman (8), Bob Richey (2)
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