Diamond Head Classic Champions

Full list of Diamond Head Classic champions, including head coach, by year. The Diamond Head Classic is an early season Division I men’s college basketball tournament that has taken place annually since 2009. One of two early season tournaments held in Hawaii (the other being the Maui Invitational), the Big West Conference plays host to eight teams from different conferences in the lead up to Christmas. The format is a bracketed tournament, in which each team plays three games, all of which take place at Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu (home of the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors).

Year	Champion	Head Coach
2009	USC	Kevin O’Neill
2010	Butler	Brad Stevens
2011	Kansas State	Frank Martin
2012	Arizona	Sean Miller
2013	Iowa State	Fred Hoiberg
2014	George Washington	Mike Lonergan
2015	Oklahoma	Lon Kruger
2016	San Diego State	Steve Fisher
2017	USC (2)	Andy Enfield
2018	TCU	Jamie Dixon
2019	Houston	Kelvin Sampson
2020	canceled due to COVID
2021	title game between Stanford and Vanderbilt canceled due to COVID, declared no contest
2022	Hawaii	Eran Ganot
2023	Nevada	Steve Alford
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