List of Jim Phelan Award winners

Every year since 2003, CollegeInsider.com has awarded the Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Award (or simply, Jim Phelan Award) to recognize the top men’s Division I college basketball coach of the season. The award is named after Jim Phelan, a College Hall of Famer who spent 49 years as head coach of Mount St. Mary’s (1954-2003) and compiled 830 career wins.

Year	Coach	School
2003	Mark Slonaker	Mercer
2004	Phil Martelli	Saint Joseph’s
2005	Tubby Smith	Kentucky
2006	Ben Howland	UCLA
2007	Tony Bennett	Washington State
2008	Bo Ryan	Wisconsin
2009	John Calipari	Memphis
2010	Jamie Dixon	Pittsburgh
2011	Stew Morrill	Utah State
2012	Mike Brey	Notre Dame
2013	Dana Altman	Oregon
2014	Tim Miles	Nebraska
2015	Bob Huggins	West Virginia
2016	Greg Gard	Wisconsin (2)
2017	Frank Martin	South Carolina
2018	Chris Holtmann	Ohio State
2019	Ritchie McKay	Liberty
2020	Steve Pikiell	Rutgers
2021	Todd Simon	Southern Utah
2022	Mark Adams	Texas Tech
2023	Chris Collins	Northwestern
2024	Fred Hoiberg	Nebraska (2)
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