List of Horizon League Coach of the Year winners

The Horizon League has awarded Horizon League Coach of the Year honors every season since 1979-80. Prior to 2001, the league was known as the MCC, short for Midwestern City Conference (1979-85) or Midwestern Collegiate Conference (1985-2001). The coach to win the award the most times is former Xavier head coach Pete Gillen with five total awards, followed by Scott Nagy with three. Butler is the program with the most awards (ten), followed by Xavier (seven), though neither program is a current member of the conference. See also: Horizon League Player of the Year

Year	Coach(es)	School(s)
1980	Ken Hayes	Oral Roberts
1981	Bob Staak	Xavier
1982	Dick Walters	Evansville
1983	Gene Sullivan	Loyola (IL)
1984	Dick Acres	Oral Roberts (2)
	Joe Sexson	Butler
1985	Gene Sullivan (2)	Loyola (IL) (2)
1986	Pete Gillen	Xavier (2)
	Don Sicko	Detroit
1987	Jim Crews	Evansville (2)
1988	Pete Gillen (2)	Xavier (3)
1989	Jim Crews (2)	Evansville (3)
1990	Pete Gillen (3)	Xavier (4)
1991	Barry Collier	Butler (2)
1992	Jim Crews (3)	Evansville (4)
1993	Pete Gillen (4)	Xavier (5)
1994	Pete Gillen (5)	Xavier (6)
1995	Skip Prosser	Xavier (7)
1996	Mike Heideman	Green Bay
1997	Barry Collier (2)	Butler (3)
	Jimmy Collins	UIC
1998	Perry Watson	Detroit (2)
1999	Barry Collier (3)	Butler (4)
2000	Barry Collier (4)	Butler (5)
2001	Thad Matta	Butler (6)
2002	Bruce Pearl	Milwaukee
2003	Bruce Pearl (2)	Milwaukee (2)
2004	Paul Biancardi	Wright State
2005	Bruce Pearl (3)	Milwaukee (3)
2006	Todd Lickliter	Butler (7)
2007	Todd Lickliter (2)	Butler (8)
2008	Brad Brownell	Wright State (2)
	Gary Waters	Cleveland State
2009	Brad Stevens	Butler (9)
2010	Brad Stevens (2)	Butler (10)
2011	Rob Jeter	Milwaukee (4)
2012	Bryce Drew	Valparaiso
2013	Billy Donlon	Wright State (3)
2014	Brian Wardle	Green Bay (2)
2015	Bryce Drew (2)	Valparaiso (2)
2016	Bryce Drew (3)	Valparaiso (3)
2017	John Brannen	Northern Kentucky
2018	Scott Nagy	Wright State (4)
2019	Scott Nagy (2)	Wright State (5)
2020	Dennis Gates	Cleveland State (2)
	Scott Nagy (3)	Wright State (6)
2021	Dennis Gates (2)	Cleveland State (3)
2022	Jon Coffman	Purdue Fort Wayne
2023	Jerrod Calhoun	Youngstown State
2024	Sundance Wicks	Green Bay (3)
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