List of Big Ten Coach of the Year winners

The Big Ten Conference has awarded Big Ten Coach of the Year honors every season since 1973-74. The coach to win the award the most times is Purdue’s Gene Keady, with seven total awards. Purdue is also the program with the most awards (twelve), followed by Ohio State (nine), Indiana and Wisconsin (six each). The award has been selected by the media and Big Ten coaches together from 1974-1991 and since 2007. From 1992-2006, the award was selected by the media only. See also: Big Ten Player of the Year

Year	Coach(es)	School(s)
1974	Johnny Orr	Michigan
1975	Bob Knight	Indiana
1976	Bob Knight (2)	Indiana (2)
1977	Johnny Orr (2)	Michigan (2)
1978	Jud Heathcote	Michigan State
1979	Lute Olson	Iowa
1980	Bob Knight (3)	Indiana (3)
1981	Bob Knight (4)	Indiana (4)
1982	Jim Dutcher	Minnesota
1983	Eldon Miller	Ohio State
1984	Gene Keady	Purdue
1985	Bill Frieder	Michigan (3)
1986	Jud Heathcote (2)	Michigan State (2)
1987	Tom Davis	Iowa (2)
1988	Gene Keady (2)	Purdue (2)
1989	Bob Knight (5)	Indiana (5)
1990	Gene Keady (3)	Purdue (3)
1991	Randy Ayers	Ohio State (2)
1992	Randy Ayers (2)	Ohio State (3)
1993	Lou Henson	Illinois
1994	Gene Keady (4)	Purdue (4)
1995	Gene Keady (5)	Purdue (5)
1996	Gene Keady (6)	Purdue (6)
1997 *	Clem Haskins *	Minnesota *
1998	Tom Izzo	Michigan State (3)
1999	Jim O’Brien	Ohio State (4)
2000	Gene Keady (7)	Purdue (7)
2001	Jim O’Brien (2)	Ohio State (5)
2002	Bo Ryan	Wisconsin
2003	Bo Ryan (2)	Wisconsin (2)
2004	Bill Carmody	Northwestern
2005	Bruce Weber	Illinois (2)
2006	Thad Matta	Ohio State (6)
2007	Thad Matta (2)	Ohio State (7)
2008	Matt Painter	Purdue (8)
2009	Ed DeChellis	Penn State
	Tom Izzo (2)	Michigan State (4)
2010	Thad Matta (3)	Ohio State (8)
	Matt Painter (2)	Purdue (9)
2011	Matt Painter (3)	Purdue (10)
2012	Tom Izzo (3)	Michigan State (5)
2013	Bo Ryan (3)	Wisconsin (3)
2014	John Beilein	Michigan (4)
	Tim Miles	Nebraska
2015	Mark Turgeon	Maryland
	Bo Ryan (4)	Wisconsin (4)
2016	Tom Crean	Indiana (6)
2017	Richard Pitino	Minnesota (2)
2018	Chris Holtmann	Ohio State (9)
2019	Matt Painter (4)	Purdue (11)
2020	Greg Gard	Wisconsin (5)
2021	Juwan Howard	Michigan (5)
2022	Greg Gard (2)	Wisconsin (6)
2023	Chris Collins	Northwestern (2)
2024	Fred Hoiberg	Nebraska (2)
	Matt Painter (5)	Purdue (12)
2025

* the 1997 award was vacated due to NCAA Infractions committed by Clem Haskins at Minnesota

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