SWAC Regular Season Champions
SWAC Regular Season Champions
Full list of Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) 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 1956 and Alcorn State is the program with the most titles (18), followed by Texas Southern (14) and Grambling State (13). Davey Whitney is the coach with the most titles (12), followed by Fred Hobby (eight) and Robert Moreland (seven). Note that prior to the 1977-78 season, the SWAC was not a Division I conference. See also: SWAC Tournament Champions
1956-57 — Texas Southern, Ed Adams
1957-58 — Texas Southern (2), Ed Adams (2)
1958-59 — Grambling State, Fred Hobby
1959-60 — Grambling State (2), Fred Hobby (2)
1960-61 — Prairie View A&M, Leroy Moore, Jr.
1961-62 — Prairie View A&M (2), Leroy Moore, Jr. (2)
1962-63 — Grambling State (3), Fred Hobby (3)
1963-64 (tie) — Grambling State (4), Fred Hobby (4) // Jackson State, Harrison Wilson
1964-65 — Southern, Richard Mack
1965-66 (tie) — Alcorn A&M, E.E. Simmons // Grambling State (5), Fred Hobby (5)
1966-67 (tie) — Alcorn A&M (2), Robert Hopkins // Arkansas AM&N, Hubert Clemmons // Grambling State (6), Fred Hobby (6)
1967-68 (tie) — Alcorn A&M (3), Robert Hopkins (2) // Jackson State (2), Paul Covington
1968-69 — Alcorn A&M (4), Robert Hopkins (3)
1969-70 — Jackson State (3), Paul Covington (2)
1970-71 — Grambling State (7), Fred Hobby (7)
1971-72 — Grambling State (8), Fred Hobby (8)
1972-73 — Alcorn A&M (5), Davey Whitney
1973-74 — Jackson State (4), Paul Covington (3)
1974-75 — Jackson State (5), Paul Covington (4)
1975-76 — Alcorn State (6), Davey Whitney (2)
1976-77 — Texas Southern (3), Robert Moreland
1977-78 — Southern (2), Carl Stewart
1978-79 — Alcorn State (7), Davey Whitney (3)
1979-80 — Alcorn State (8), Davey Whitney (4)
1980-81 (tie) — Alcorn State (9), Davey Whitney (5) // Southern (3), Carl Stewart (2)
1981-82 (tie) — Alcorn State (10), Davey Whitney (6) // Jackson State (6), Paul Covington (5)
1982-83 — Texas Southern (4), Robert Moreland (2)
1983-84 — Alcorn State (11), Davey Whitney (7)
1984-85 — Alcorn State (12), Davey Whitney (8)
1985-86 (tie) — Alcorn State (13), Davey Whitney (9) // Southern (4), Robert Hopkins (4)
1986-87 — Grambling State (9), Robert Hopkins (5)
1987-88 — Southern (5), Ben Jobe
1988-89 (tie) — Grambling State (10), Robert Hopkins (6) // Southern (6), Ben Jobe (2) // Texas Southern (5), Robert Moreland (3)
1989-90 — Southern (7), Ben Jobe (3)
1990-91 — Jackson State (7), Andy Stoglin
1991-92 (tie) — Mississippi Valley State, Lafayette Stribling // Texas Southern (6), Robert Moreland (4)
1992-93 — Jackson State (8), Andy Stoglin (2)
1993-94 — Texas Southern (7), Robert Moreland (5)
1994-95 — Texas Southern (8), Robert Moreland (6)
1995-96 (tie) — Jackson State (9), Andy Stoglin (3) // Mississippi Valley State (2), Lafayette Stribling (2)
1996-97 — Mississippi Valley State (3), Lafayette Stribling (3)
1997-98 — Texas Southern (9), Robert Moreland (7)
1998-99 — Alcorn State (14), Davey Whitney (10)
1999-00 — Alcorn State (15), Davey Whitney (11)
2000-01 — Alabama State, Rob Spivery
2001-02 — Alcorn State (16), Davey Whitney (12)
2002-03 — Prairie View A&M (3), Jerry Francis
2003-04 (tie) — Alabama State (2), Rob Spivery (2) // Mississippi Valley State (4), Lafayette Stribling (4)
2004-05 — Alabama A&M, L. Vann Pettaway
2005-06 — Southern (8), Rob Spivery (3)
2006-07 (tie) — Jackson State (10), Tevester Anderson // Mississippi Valley State (5), James Green
2007-08 (tie) — Alabama State (3), Lewis Jackson // Mississippi Valley State (6), James Green (2)
2008-09 — Alabama State (4), Lewis Jackson (2)
2009-10 — Jackson State (11), Tevester Anderson (2)
2010-11 — Texas Southern (10), Tony Harvey
2011-12 — Mississippi Valley State (7), Sean Woods
2012-13 — Texas Southern (11), Mike Davis
2013-14 — Southern (9), Roman Banks
2014-15 — Texas Southern (12), Mike Davis (2)
2015-16 — Texas Southern (13), Mike Davis (3)
2016-17 — Texas Southern (14), Mike Davis (4)
2017-18 — Grambling State (11), Donte’ Jackson
2018-19 — Prairie View A&M (4), Byron Smith
2019-20 — Prairie View A&M (5), Byron Smith (2)
2020-21 (tie) — Jackson State (12), Wayne Brent // Prairie View A&M (6), Byron Smith (3)
2021-22 — Alcorn State (17), Landon Bussie
2022-23 (tie) — Alcorn State (18), Landon Bussie (2) // Grambling State (12), Donte’ Jackson (2)
2023-24 — Grambling State (13), Donte’ Jackson (3)
2024-25 — Southern (10), Kevin Johnson
2025-26 — Bethune-Cookman, Reggie Theus
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