List of UPI Coach of the Year winners

Every year from 1955 to 1996, the UPI Men’s College Basketball Coach of the Year award was given to the most outstanding men’s Division I college basketball coach of the season. The award was presented by United Press International (UPI), a news agency that in 1999 sold all of its broadcast clients to rival Associated Press (AP). John Wooden won the most UPI Coach of the Year honors with six, followed by six other coaches who won the award twice each. Parenthesis indicate number of awards for that coach or school.

1955 — Phil Woolpert, San Francisco

1956 — Phil Woolpert (2), San Francisco (2)

1957 — Frank McGuire, North Carolina

1958 — Tex Winter, Kansas State

1959 — Adolph Rupp, Kentucky

1960 — Pete Newell, California

1961 — Fred Taylor, Ohio State

1962 — Fred Taylor (2), Ohio State (2)

1963 — Ed Jucker, Cincinnati

1964 — John Wooden, UCLA

1965 — Dave Strack, Michigan

1966 — Adolph Rupp (2), Kentucky (2)

1967 — John Wooden (2), UCLA (2)

1968 — Guy Lewis, Houston

1969 — John Wooden (3), UCLA (3)

1970 — John Wooden (4), UCLA (4)

1971 — Al McGuire, Marquette

1972 — John Wooden (5), UCLA (5)

1973 — John Wooden (6), UCLA (6)

1974 — Digger Phelps, Notre Dame

1975 — Bob Knight, Indiana

1976 — Tom Young, Rutgers

1977 — Bob Gaillard, San Francisco (3)

1978 — Eddie Sutton, Arkansas

1979 — Bill Hodges, Indiana State

1980 — Ray Meyer, DePaul

1981 — Ralph Miller, Oregon State

1982 — Norm Stewart, Missouri

1983 — Jerry Tarkanian, UNLV

1984 — Ray Meyer (2), DePaul (2)

1985 — Lou Carnesecca, St. John’s

1986 — Mike Krzyzewski, Duke

1987 — John Thompson, Georgetown

1988 — John Chaney, Temple

1989 — Bob Knight (2), Indiana (2)

1990 — Jim Calhoun, Connecticut

1991 — Rick Majerus, Utah

1992 — Perry Clark, Tulane

1993 — Eddie Fogler, Vanderbilt

1994 — Norm Stewart (2), Missouri (2)

1995 — Leonard Hamilton, Miami (FL)

1996 — Gene Keady, Purdue

 

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