Sun Belt Tournament Champions
Sun Belt Tournament Champions
Full list of Sun Belt 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 1977 and Western Kentucky is the program with the most titles (nine), followed by Louisiana and South Alabama (five each). Gene Bartow is the head coach with the most titles (four), followed by several others with three each. See also: Sun Belt Regular Season Champions
1977 — Charlotte, Lee Rose
1978 — New Orleans, Butch van Breda Kolff
1979 — Jacksonville, Tates Locke
1980 — VCU, J. D. Barnett
1981 — VCU (2), J. D. Barnett (2)
1982 — UAB, Gene Bartow
1983 — UAB (2), Gene Bartow (2)
1984 — UAB (3), Gene Bartow (3)
1985 — VCU (3), J. D. Barnett (3)
1986 — Jacksonville (2), Bob Wenzel
1987 — UAB (4), Gene Bartow (4)
1988 — Charlotte (2), Jeff Mullins
1989 — South Alabama, Ronnie Arrow
1990 — South Florida, Bobby Paschal
1991 — South Alabama (2), Ronnie Arrow (2)
1992 — Southwestern Louisiana, Marty Fletcher
1993 — Western Kentucky, Ralph Willard
1994 — Southwestern Louisiana (2), Marty Fletcher (2)
1995 — Western Kentucky (2), Matt Kilcullen
1996 — New Orleans (2), Tic Price
1997 — South Alabama (3), Bill Musselman
1998 — South Alabama (4), Bob Weltlich
1999 — Arkansas State, Dickey Nutt
2000 — Louisiana-Lafayette (3), Jessie Evans
2001 — Western Kentucky (3), Dennis Felton
2002 — Western Kentucky (4), Dennis Felton (2)
2003 — Western Kentucky (5), Dennis Felton (3)
2004 — vacated
2005 — vacated
2006 — South Alabama (5), John Pelphrey
2007 — North Texas, Johnny Jones
2008 — Western Kentucky (6), Darrin Horn
2009 — Western Kentucky (7), Ken McDonald
2010 — North Texas (2), Johnny Jones (2)
2011 — Arkansas-Little Rock, Steve Shields
2012 — Western Kentucky (8), Ray Harper
2013 — Western Kentucky (9), Ray Harper (2)
2014 — Louisiana-Lafayette (4), Bob Marlin
2015 — Georgia State, Ron Hunter
2016 — Little Rock (2), Chris Beard
2017 — Troy, Phil Cunningham
2018 — Georgia State (2), Ron Hunter (2)
2019 — Georgia State (3), Ron Hunter (3)
2020 — tournament cancelled
2021 — Appalachian State, Dustin Kerns
2022 — Georgia State (4), Rob Lanier
2023 — Louisiana (5), Bob Marlin (2)
2024 — James Madison, Mark Byington
2025 — Troy (2), Scott Cross
2026 — Troy (3), Scott Cross (2)
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