List of NABC Coach of the Year winners

Every year since 1959, the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) has awarded the NABC Coach of the Year Award to recognize the best men’s college basketball coach of the season. John Wooden has won the award the most times (five), followed by John Calipari (three) and several other coaches with two wins each.

See also: NABC Player of the Year | NABC Division II Coach of the Year | NABC Division III Coach of the Year | NABC NAIA Coach of the Year

Year	Coach	School
1959	Eddie Hickey	Marquette
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	Butch van Breda Kolff	Princeton
1966	Adolph Rupp	Kentucky
1967	John Wooden (2)	UCLA (2)
1968	Guy Lewis	Houston
1969	John Wooden (3)	UCLA (3)
1970	John Wooden (4)	UCLA (4)
1971	Jack Kraft	Villanova
1972	John Wooden (5)	UCLA (5)
1973	Gene Bartow	Memphis
1974	Al McGuire	Marquette (2)
1975	Bob Knight	Indiana
1976	Johnny Orr	Michigan
1977	Dean Smith	North Carolina
1978	Bill E. Foster	Duke
	Abe Lemons	Texas
1979	Ray Meyer	DePaul
1980	Lute Olson	Iowa
1981	Jack Hartman	Kansas State
	Ralph Miller	Oregon State
1982	Don Monson	Idaho
1983	Lou Carnesecca	St. John’s
1984	Marv Harshman	Washington
1985	John Thompson	Georgetown
1986	Eddie Sutton	Kentucky (2)
1987	Rick Pitino	Providence
1988	John Chaney	Temple
1989	P. J. Carlesimo	Seton Hall
1990	Jud Heathcote	Michigan State
1991	Mike Krzyzewski	Duke (2)
1992	George Raveling	USC
1993	Eddie Fogler	Vanderbilt
1994	Gene Keady	Purdue
	Nolan Richardson	Arkansas
1995	Jim Harrick	UCLA (6)
1996	John Calipari	UMass
1997 *	Clem Haskins *	Minnesota *
1998	Bill Guthridge	North Carolina (2)
1999	Mike Krzyzewski (2)	Duke (3)
	Jim O’Brien	Ohio State (3)
2000	Gene Keady (2)	Purdue (2)
2001	Tom Izzo	Michigan State (2)
2002	Kelvin Sampson	Oklahoma
2003	Tubby Smith	Kentucky (3)
2004	Mike Montgomery	Stanford
	Phil Martelli	Saint Joseph’s
2005	Bruce Weber	Illinois
2006	Jay Wright	Villanova (2)
2007	Todd Lickliter	Butler
2008	Bob McKillop	Davidson
2009	Mike Anderson	Missouri
	John Calipari (2)	Memphis (2)
2010	Jim Boeheim	Syracuse
2011	Steve Fisher	San Diego State
2012	Tom Izzo (2)	Michigan State (3)
2013	Jim Crews	Saint Louis
2014	Gregg Marshall	Wichita State
2015	John Calipari (3)	Kentucky (4)
2016	Bill Self	Kansas
2017	Mark Few	Gonzaga
2018	Tony Bennett	Virginia
2019	Matt Painter	Purdue (3)
2020	Anthony Grant	Dayton
2021	Mark Few (2)	Gonzaga (2)
2022	Tommy Lloyd	Arizona
2023	Shaka Smart	Marquette (3)
2024	Kelvin Sampson (2)	Houston (2)
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* the 1997 award was vacated due to NCAA Infractions committed by Clem Haskins at Minnesota

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