Sun Belt Regular Season Champions
Sun Belt Regular Season Champions
Full list of Sun Belt 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 1976 and South Alabama is the program with the most titles (13), followed by Western Kentucky (nine) and Little Rock (eight). Steve Shields is the head coach with the most titles (five), followed by J. D. Barnett (four). See also: Sun Belt Tournament Champions
1976-77 — Charlotte, Lee Rose
1977-78 — Charlotte (2), Lee Rose (2)
1978-79 — South Alabama, Cliff Ellis
1979-80 — South Alabama (2), Cliff Ellis (2)
1980-81 (tie) — South Alabama (3), Cliff Ellis (3) // UAB, Gene Bartow // VCU, J. D. Barnett
1981-82 — UAB (2), Gene Bartow (2)
1982-83 (tie) — Old Dominion, Paul Webb // VCU (2), J. D. Barnett (2)
1983-84 — VCU (3), J. D. Barnett (3)
1984-85 — VCU (4), J. D. Barnett (4)
1985-86 — Old Dominion (2), Tom Young
1986-87 — Western Kentucky, Murray Arnold
1987-88 — Charlotte (3), Jeff Mullins
1988-89 — South Alabama (4), Ronnie Arrow
1989-90 — UAB (3), Gene Bartow (3)
1990-91 — South Alabama (5), Ronnie Arrow (2)
1991-92 (tie) — Louisiana Tech, Jerry Loyd // Southwestern Louisiana, Marty Fletcher
1992-93 — New Orleans, Tim Floyd
1993-94 — Western Kentucky (2), Ralph Willard
1994-95 — Western Kentucky (3), Matt Kilcullen
1995-96 (tie) — Arkansas-Little Rock, Wimp Sanderson // New Orleans (2), Tic Price
1996-97 (tie) — New Orleans (3), Tic Price (2) // South Alabama (6), Bill Musselman
1997-98 (tie) — Arkansas State, Dickey Nutt // South Alabama (7), Bob Weltlich
1998-99 — Louisiana Tech (2), Keith Richard
1999-00 (tie) — Louisiana-Lafayette (2), Jessie Evans // South Alabama (8), Bob Weltlich (2)
2000-01 (tie) — South Alabama (9), Bob Weltlich (3) // Western Kentucky (4), Dennis Felton
2001-02 (tie) — Louisiana-Lafayette (3), Jessie Evans (2) // New Mexico State, Lou Henson // Western Kentucky (5), Dennis Felton (2)
2002-03 (tie) — Louisiana-Lafayette (4), Jessie Evans (3) // Western Kentucky (6), Dennis Felton (3)
2003-04 — Arkansas-Little Rock (2), Steve Shields
2004-05 (tie) — Arkansas-Little Rock (3), Steve Shields (2) // Denver, Terry Carroll
2005-06 (tie) — South Alabama (10), John Pelphrey // Western Kentucky (7), Darrin Horn
2006-07 (tie) — Arkansas State (2), Dickey Nutt (2) // Louisiana-Monroe, Orlando Early // South Alabama (11), John Pelphrey (2)
2007-08 (tie) — Arkansas-Little Rock (4), Steve Shields (3) // Louisiana-Lafayette (5), Robert Lee // South Alabama (12), Ronnie Arrow (3) // Western Kentucky (8), Darrin Horn (2)
2008-09 (tie) — Arkansas-Little Rock (5), Steve Shields (4) // Western Kentucky (9), Ken McDonald
2009-10 (tie) — Middle Tennessee, Kermit Davis // North Texas, Johnny Jones // Troy, Don Maestri
2010-11 (tie) — Arkansas State (3), John Brady // Florida Atlantic, Mike Jarvis // Louisiana-Lafayette (6), Bob Marlin
2011-12 (tie) — Arkansas-Little Rock (6), Steve Shields (5) // Middle Tennessee (2), Kermit Davis (2)
2012-13 (tie) — Arkansas State (4), John Brady (2) // Middle Tennessee (3), Kermit Davis (3)
2013-14 — Georgia State, Ron Hunter
2014-15 — Georgia State (2), Ron Hunter (2)
2015-16 — Little Rock (7), Chris Beard
2016-17 — UT Arlington, Scott Cross
2017-18 — Louisiana (7), Bob Marlin (2)
2018-19 — Georgia State (3), Ron Hunter (3)
2019-20 — Little Rock (8), Darrell Walker
2020-21 (tie) — Georgia State (4), Rob Lanier // Texas State, Terrence Johnson
2021-22 — Texas State (2), Terrence Johnson (2)
2022-23 — Southern Miss, Jay Ladner
2023-24 — Appalachian State, Dustin Kerns
2024-25 (tie) — Arkansas State (5), Bryan Hodgson // James Madison, Preston Spradlin // South Alabama (13), Richie Riley // Troy (2), Scott Cross
2025-26 — Troy (3), Scott Cross (2)
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