Southland Regular Season Champions
Southland Regular Season Champions
Full list of Southland Conference regular season men’s basketball champions, including head coach, by year. Parenthesis indicate number of titles for that coach or school. The league has been active since 1963 and Lamar is the program with the most titles (ten), followed by Stephen F. Austin (nine) and McNeese (eight). Mike Vining is the head coach with the most titles (seven), followed by Danny Kaspar and Bob Marlin (four each). See also: Southland Tournament Champions
1963-64 — Lamar, Jack Martin
1964-65 (tie) — Abilene Christian, Dee Nutt // Arkansas State, Marvin Speight
1965-66 — Abilene Christian (2), Dee Nutt (2)
1966-67 — Arkansas State (2), Marvin Speight (2)
1967-68 — Abilene Christian (3), Dee Nutt (3)
1968-69 — Trinity (TX), Bob Polk
1969-70 — Lamar (2), Jack Martin (2)
1970-71 — Arkansas State (3), John Rose
1971-72 — Louisiana Tech, Scotty Robertson
1972-73 — Louisiana Tech (2), Scotty Robertson (2)
1973-74 — Arkansas State (4), John Rose (2)
1974-75 — McNeese State, E. W. Foy
1975-76 — Louisiana Tech (3), Emmet Hendricks
1976-77 — Southwestern Louisiana, Jim Hatfield
1977-78 (tie) — Lamar (3), Billy Tubbs // McNeese State (2), Glenn Duhon
1978-79 — Lamar (4), Billy Tubbs (2)
1979-80 — Lamar (5), Billy Tubbs (3)
1980-81 — Lamar (6), Pat Foster
1981-82 — Southwestern Louisiana (2), Bobby Paschal
1982-83 — Lamar (7), Pat Foster (2)
1983-84 — Lamar (8), Pat Foster (3)
1984-85 — Louisiana Tech (4), Andy Russo
1985-86 — Northeast Louisiana, Mike Vining
1986-87 — Louisiana Tech (5), Tommy Joe Eagles
1987-88 — North Texas State, Jimmy Gales
1988-89 — North Texas (2), Jimmy Gales (2)
1989-90 — Northeast Louisiana (2), Mike Vining (2)
1990-91 — Northeast Louisiana (3), Mike Vining (3)
1991-92 — UTSA, Stu Starner
1992-93 — Northeast Louisiana (4), Mike Vining (4)
1993-94 — Northeast Louisiana (5), Mike Vining (5)
1994-95 — Nicholls State, Rickey Broussard
1995-96 — Northeast Louisiana (6), Mike Vining (6)
1996-97 (tie) — McNeese State (3), Ron Everhart // Northeast Louisiana (7), Mike Vining (7) // Texas State, Mike Miller
1997-98 — Nicholls State (2), Rickey Broussard (2)
1998-99 — Texas State (2), Mike Miller (2)
1999-00 — Sam Houston State, Bob Marlin
2000-01 — McNeese State (4), Ron Everhart (2)
2001-02 — McNeese State (5), Tic Price
2002-03 — Sam Houston State (2), Bob Marlin (2)
2003-04 (tie) — Southeastern Louisiana, Billy Kennedy // Texas-Arlington, Eddie McCarter // UTSA (2), Tim Carter
2004-05 (tie) — Northwestern State, Mike McConathy // Southeastern Louisiana (2), Billy Kennedy (2)
2005-06 — Northwestern State (2), Mike McConathy (2)
2006-07 (tie) — Northwestern State (3), Mike McConathy (3) // Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Ronnie Arrow
2007-08 (tie) — Lamar (9), Steve Roccaforte // Stephen F. Austin, Danny Kaspar
2008-09 (tie) — Sam Houston State (3), Bob Marlin (3) // Stephen F. Austin (2), Danny Kaspar (2)
2009-10 (tie) — Sam Houston State (4), Bob Marlin (4) // Stephen F. Austin (3), Danny Kaspar (3)
2010-11 (tie) — McNeese State (6), Dave Simmons // Sam Houston State (5), Jason Hooten // Texas State (3), Doug Davalos
2011-12 (tie) — Lamar (10), Pat Knight // Texas-Arlington (2), Scott Cross
2012-13 — Stephen F. Austin (4), Danny Kaspar (4)
2013-14 — Stephen F. Austin (5), Brad Underwood
2014-15 — Stephen F. Austin (6), Brad Underwood (2)
2015-16 — Stephen F. Austin (7), Brad Underwood (3)
2016-17 — New Orleans, Mark Slessinger
2017-18 (tie) — Nicholls State (3), Richie Riley // Southeastern Louisiana (3), Jay Ladner
2018-19 — Sam Houston State (6), Jason Hooten (2)
2019-20 — Stephen F. Austin (8), Kyle Keller
2020-21 — Nicholls (4), Austin Claunch
2021-22 — Nicholls (5), Austin Claunch (2)
2022-23 — Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (2), Steve Lutz
2023-24 — McNeese (7), Will Wade
2024-25 — McNeese (8), Will Wade (2)
2025-26 — Stephen F. Austin (9), Matt Braeuer
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