List of AP Coach of the Year winners

Every year since 1967, the Associated Press (AP) has awarded the Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year Award (or simply AP Coach of the Year Award) to recognize the best men’s college basketball coach of the season. See also: AP Player of the Year

Year	Coach	School
1967	John Wooden	UCLA
1968	Guy Lewis	Houston
1969	John Wooden (2)	UCLA (2)
1970	John Wooden (3)	UCLA (3)
1971	Al McGuire	Marquette
1972	John Wooden (4)	UCLA (4)
1973	John Wooden (5)	UCLA (5)
1974	Norm Sloan	NC State
1975	Bob Knight	Indiana
1976	Bob Knight (2)	Indiana (2)
1977	Bob Gaillard	San Francisco
1978	Eddie Sutton	Arkansas
1979	Bill Hodges	Indiana State
1980	Ray Meyer	DePaul
1981	Ralph Miller	Oregon State
1982	Ralph Miller (2)	Oregon State (2)
1983	Guy Lewis (2)	Houston (2)
1984	Ray Meyer (2)	DePaul (2)
1985	Bill Frieder	Michigan
1986	Eddie Sutton (2)	Kentucky
1987	Tom Davis	Iowa
1988	John Chaney	Temple
1989	Bob Knight (3)	Indiana (3)
1990	Jim Calhoun	Connecticut
1991	Randy Ayers	Ohio State
1992	Roy Williams	Kansas
1993	Eddie Fogler	Vanderbilt
1994	Norm Stewart	Missouri
1995	Kelvin Sampson	Oklahoma
1996	Gene Keady	Purdue
1997*	Clem Haskins *	Minnesota *
1998	Tom Izzo	Michigan State
1999	Cliff Ellis	Auburn
2000	Larry Eustachy	Iowa State
2001	Matt Doherty	North Carolina
2002	Ben Howland	Pittsburgh
2003	Tubby Smith	Kentucky (2)
2004	Phil Martelli	Saint Joseph’s
2005	Bruce Weber	Illinois
2006	Roy Williams (2)	North Carolina (2)
2007	Tony Bennett	Washington State
2008	Keno Davis	Drake
2009	Bill Self	Kansas (2)
2010	Jim Boeheim	Syracuse
2011	Mike Brey	Notre Dame
2012	Frank Haith	Missouri (2)
2013	Jim Larrañaga	Miami (FL)
2014	Gregg Marshall	Wichita State
2015	John Calipari	Kentucky (3)
2016	Bill Self (2)	Kansas (3)
2017	Mark Few	Gonzaga
2018	Tony Bennett (2)	Virginia
2019	Chris Beard	Texas Tech
2020	Anthony Grant	Dayton
2021	Juwan Howard	Michigan (2)
2022	Tommy Lloyd	Arizona
2023	Shaka Smart	Marquette (2)
2024	Kelvin Sampson (2)	Houston (3)
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* the 1997 award was vacated due to NCAA Infractions committed by Clem Haskins at Minnesota

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List of AP Coach of the Year winners

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