List of Henry Iba Award winners

Every year since 1959, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) has presented the Henry Iba Award to recognize the best men’s college basketball coach of the year. The award is named after Henry Iba, Hall of Fame head coach at Oklahoma State and two-time NCAA National Champion. The award is presented on the Friday before the Final Four, along with the Oscar Robertson Trophy, which is given to the player of the year as voted by the USBWA.

Year	Coach	School
1959	Eddie Hickey	Marquette
1960	Pete Newell	California
1961	Fred Taylor	Ohio State
1962	Fred Taylor (2)	Ohio State (2)
1963	Ed Jucker	Cincinnati
1964	John Wooden	UCLA
1965	Butch van Breda Kolff	Princeton
1966	Adolph Rupp	Kentucky
1967	John Wooden (2)	UCLA (2)
1968	Guy Lewis	Houston
1969	John Wooden (3)	UCLA (3)
1970	John Wooden (4)	UCLA (4)
1971	John Wooden (5)	UCLA (5)
1972	John Wooden (6)	UCLA (6)
1973	John Wooden (7)	UCLA (7)
1974	Norm Sloan	NC State
1975	Bob Knight	Indiana
1976	Johnny Orr	Michigan
1977	Eddie Sutton	Arkansas
1978	Ray Meyer	DePaul
1979	Dean Smith	North Carolina
1980	Ray Meyer (2)	DePaul (2)
1981	Ralph Miller	Oregon State
1982	John Thompson	Georgetown
1983	Lou Carnesecca	St. John’s
1984	Gene Keady	Purdue
1985	Lou Carnesecca (2)	St. John’s (2)
1986	Dick Versace	Bradley
1987	John Chaney	Temple
1988	John Chaney (2)	Temple (2)
1989	Bob Knight (2)	Indiana (2)
1990	Roy Williams	Kansas
1991	Randy Ayers	Ohio State (3)
1992	Perry Clark	Tulane
1993	Eddie Fogler	Vanderbilt
1994	Charlie Spoonhour	Saint Louis
1995	Kelvin Sampson	Oklahoma
1996	Gene Keady (2)	Purdue (2)
1997*	Clem Haskins *	Minnesota *
1998	Tom Izzo	Michigan State
1999	Cliff Ellis	Auburn
2000	Larry Eustachy	Iowa State
2001	Al Skinner	Boston College
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
2013	Jim Larrañaga	Miami (FL)
2014	Gregg Marshall	Wichita State
2015	Tony Bennett (2)	Virginia
2016	Chris Mack	Xavier
2017	Mark Few	Gonzaga
2018	Tony Bennett (3)	Virginia (2)
2019	Rick Barnes	Tennessee
2020	Anthony Grant	Dayton
2021	Juwan Howard	Michigan (2)
2022	Tommy Lloyd	Arizona
2023	Shaka Smart	Marquette
2024	Kelvin Sampson (2)	Houston (2)
2025

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

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