List of Chip Hilton Player of the Year winners

Every year from 1997 to 2011, the Chip Hilton Player of the Year Award was given to a D-I men’s college basketball senior who had demonstrated strong personal character, both on and off the court. The award is named after the fictional Chip Hilton character that was created by Hall of Fame coach Clair Bee, who won two national championships (1939 Helms and 1936 Premo-Porretta) while at Long Island.

See also: Clair Bee Coach of the Year Award

Year	Player	School
1997 *	Clem Haskins *	Minnesota *
1998	Jim Phelan	Mount St. Mary’s
1999	Jim O’Brien	Ohio State
2000	Jim Boeheim	Syracuse
2001	Lute Olson	Arizona
2002	Bob Knight	Texas Tech
2003	Tom Crean	Marquette
2004	Mike Krzyzewski	Duke
2005	Tom Izzo	Michigan State
2006	Jim Larrañaga	George Mason
2007	Bo Ryan	Wisconsin
2008	Bob McKillop	Davidson
2009	Mike Anderson	Missouri
2010	Steve Donahue	Cornell
2011	Brad Stevens	Butler

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

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