Big Eight Coach of the Year

List of Big Eight Coach of the Year winners

The Big Eight Conference awarded Big Eight Coach of the Year honors nearly every season from 1957-58 through 1995-96 (with a few exceptions). The coach to win the award the most times (six) was Missouri‘s Norm Stewart, followed by Sox Walseth, Ted Owens, Billy Tubbs and Roy Williams (four each). Kansas is the program with the most winners (ten), followed by Kansas State and Oklahoma (seven each). See also: Big Eight Player of the Year

Year Coach(es) School(s)
1958 Tex Winter Kansas State
1959 Tex Winter (2) Kansas State (2)
1960 Dick Harp Kansas
Tex Winter (3) Kansas State (3)
1961 none none
1962 Sox Walseth Colorado
1963 Sox Walseth (2) Colorado (2)
1964 none none
1965 Henry Iba Oklahoma State
1966 Joe Cipriano Nebraska
1967 Ted Owens Kansas (2)
1968 none none
1969 Sox Walseth (3) Colorado (3)
1970 Cotton Fitzsimmons Kansas State (4)
1971 Ted Owens (2) Kansas (3)
1972 Norm Stewart Missouri
1973 Sox Walseth (4) Colorado (4)
1974 Ted Owens (3) Kansas (4)
1975 Jack Hartman Kansas State (5)
1976 Norm Stewart (2) Missouri (2)
1977 Dave Bliss Oklahoma
Jack Hartman (2) Kansas State (6)
1978 Joe Cipriano (2) Nebraska (2)
Ted Owens (4) Kansas (5)
1979 Dave Bliss (2) Oklahoma (2)
1980 Joe Cipriano (3) Nebraska (3)
Moe Iba Nebraska (4)
1981 Paul Hansen Oklahoma State (2)
Moe Iba (2) Nebraska (5)
1982 Norm Stewart (3) Missouri (3)
1983 Norm Stewart (4) Missouri (4)
1984 Billy Tubbs Oklahoma (3)
1985 Billy Tubbs (2) Oklahoma (4)
1986 Larry Brown Kansas (6)
1987 Norm Stewart (5) Missouri (5)
1988 Billy Tubbs (3) Oklahoma (5)
1989 Billy Tubbs (4) Oklahoma (6)
1990 Roy Williams Kansas (7)
1991 Danny Nee Nebraska (6)
1992 Roy Williams (2) Kansas (8)
1993 Dana Altman Kansas State (7)
Eddie Sutton Oklahoma State (3)
1994 Norm Stewart (6) Missouri (6)
1995 Kelvin Sampson Oklahoma (7)
Roy Williams (3) Kansas (9)
1996 Tim Floyd Iowa State
Roy Williams (4) Kansas (10)

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