Southland Tournament Champions
Southland Tournament Champions
Full list of Southland Conference 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 1981 and Stephen F. Austin, Louisiana-Monroe and McNeese are the programs with the most titles (five each). Mike Vining is the head coach with the most titles (five), followed by Brad Underwood and Mike McConathy (three each). See also: Southland Regular Season Champions
1981 — Lamar, Pat Foster
1982 — Southwestern Louisiana, Bobby Paschal
1983 — Lamar (2), Pat Foster (2)
1984 — Louisiana Tech, Andy Russo
1985 — Louisiana Tech (2), Andy Russo (2)
1986 — Northeast Louisiana, Mike Vining
1987 — Louisiana Tech (3), Tommy Joe Eagles
1988 — North Texas State, Jimmy Gales
1989 — McNeese State, Steve Welch
1990 — Northeast Louisiana (2), Mike Vining (2)
1991 — Northeast Louisiana (3), Mike Vining (3)
1992 — Northeast Louisiana (4), Mike Vining (4)
1993 — Northeast Louisiana (5), Mike Vining (5)
1994 — Texas State, Jim Wooldridge
1995 — Nicholls State, Rickey Broussard
1996 — Northeast Louisiana (6), Mike Vining (6)
1997 — Texas State (2), Mike Miller
1998 — Nicholls State (2), Rickey Broussard (2)
1999 — UTSA, Tim Carter
2000 — Lamar (3), Mike Deane
2001 — Northwestern State, Mike McConathy
2002 — McNeese State (2), Tic Price
2003 — Sam Houston State, Bob Marlin
2004 — UTSA (2), Tim Carter (2)
2005 — Southeastern Louisiana, Billy Kennedy
2006 — Northwestern State (2), Mike McConathy (2)
2007 — Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Ronnie Arrow
2008 — Texas-Arlington, Scott Cross
2009 — Stephen F. Austin, Danny Kaspar
2010 — Sam Houston State (2), Bob Marlin (2)
2011 — UTSA (3), Brooks Thompson
2012 — Lamar (4), Pat Knight
2013 — Northwestern State (3), Mike McConathy (3)
2014 — Stephen F. Austin (2), Brad Underwood
2015 — Stephen F. Austin (3), Brad Underwood (2)
2016 — Stephen F. Austin (4), Brad Underwood (3)
2017 — New Orleans, Mark Slessinger
2018 — Stephen F. Austin (5), Kyle Keller
2019 — Abilene Christian, Joe Golding
2020 — tournament cancelled
2021 — Abilene Christian (2), Joe Golding (2)
2022 — Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (2), Steve Lutz
2023 — Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (3), Steve Lutz (2)
2024 — McNeese (3), Will Wade
2025 — McNeese (4), Will Wade (2)
2026 — McNeese (5), Bill Armstrong
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