List of NCAA Division II National Champions
List of NCAA Division II National Champions
The first NCAA Division II Basketball Tournament, then known as the College Division, took place in 1957 and featured 32 teams broken out into 8 regional groups. The College Division was created in 1956 when the NCAA split its member schools into two groups (College and University). In 1973, the NCAA College Division broke into two separate groups (Division II and Division III) while the University Division was renamed Division I.
Over the years, the format of the Division II Tournament has changed several times. The current tournament format features 64 teams – seeded 1 through 8 – in 8 regional groups that play single-elimination tournaments to determine the 8 regional champions. The champion of each of the 24 Division II conferences earn automatic bids while the remaining 40 bids are awarded at-large. The 8 regionals each feature 3 automatic bids and 5 at-large teams, with teams getting distributed evenly throughout each regional. The Elite Eight meet in a pre-determined location and play another single-elimination tournament to determine the champions.
Below is a list of NCAA Division II National Champions, Runners-Up, Final Four participants and coaches for each team:
| Year | National Champion / Coach | Runner-Up / Coach | Final Four / Coaches | |
| 1957 | Wheaton | Kentucky Wesleyan | Mount St. Mary’s | Cal State Los Angeles |
| Lee Pfund | Robert Wilson | Jim Phelan | Sax Elliot | |
| 1958 | South Dakota | Saint Michael’s | Evansville | Wheaton |
| Dwane Clodfelter | George “Doc” Jacobs | Arad McCutchan | Lee Pfund | |
| 1959 | Evansville | Southwest Missouri State | North Carolina A&T | Cal State Los Angeles |
| Arad McCutchan | Edwin Matthews | Cal Irvin | Sax Elliot | |
| 1960 | Evansville (2) | Chapman | Kentucky Wesleyan | Cornell College |
| Arad McCutchan (2) | Don Perkins | T.L. Plain | Paul Maaske | |
| 1961 | Wittenberg | Southeast Missouri State | South Dakota State | Mount St. Mary’s |
| Ray Mears | Charles Parsley | Jim Iverson | Jim Phelan | |
| 1962 | Mount St. Mary’s | Sacramento State | Southern Illinois | Nebraska Wesleyan |
| Jim Phelan | Everett Shelton | Harry Gallatin | Irvin Peterson | |
| 1963 | South Dakota State | Wittenberg | Oglethorpe | Southern Illinois |
| Jim Iverson | Eldon Miller | Garland F. Pinholster | Jack Hartman | |
| 1964 | Evansville (3) | Akron | North Carolina A&T | Northern Iowa |
| Arad McCutchan (3) | Tony Laterza | Cal Irvin | Norm Stewart | |
| 1965 | Evansville (4) | Southern Illinois | North Dakota | Saint Michael’s |
| Arad McCutchan (4) | Jack Hartman | Bill Fitch | Edward Markey | |
| 1966 | Kentucky Wesleyan | Southern Illinois | Akron | North Dakota |
| Guy Strong | Jack Hartman | Tony Laterza | Bill Fitch | |
| 1967 | Winston-Salem State | Southwest Missouri State | Kentucky Wesleyan | Illinois State |
| Clarence Gaines | Bill Thomas | Guy Strong | James Collie | |
| 1968 | Kentucky Wesleyan (2) | Indiana State | Trinity (TX) | Ashland |
| Bob Daniels | Gordon C. Stauffer | Bob Polk | Bill Musselman | |
| 1969 | Kentucky Wesleyan (3) | Southwest Missouri State | American International ** | Ashland |
| Bob Daniels (2) | Bill Thomas | William Callahan ** | Bill Musselman | |
| 1970 | Philadelphia | Tennessee State | UC Riverside | Buffalo State |
| Herb Magee | Ed Martin | Freddie Goss | Howard MacAdam | |
| 1971 | Evansville (5) | Old Dominion | Southwestern Louisiana ** | Kentucky Wesleyan |
| Arad McCutchan (5) | Sonny Allen | Beryl Shipley ** | Bob Daniels | |
| 1972 | Roanoke | Akron | Tennessee State | Eastern Michigan |
| Charles Moir | Wyatt Webb | Ed Martin | Jim Dutcher | |
| 1973 | Kentucky Wesleyan (4) | Tennessee State | Assumption | Brockport |
| Bob Jones | Ed Martin | Joe O’Brien | Mauro Panaggio | |
| 1974 | Morgan State | Southwest Missouri State | Assumption | New Orleans |
| Nat Frazier | Bill Thomas | Joe O’Brien | Ron Greene | |
| 1975 | Old Dominion | New Orleans | Assumption | Tennessee State |
| Sonny Allen | Ron Greene | Joe O’Brien | Ed Martin | |
| 1976 | Puget Sound | Chattanooga | Eastern Illinois | Old Dominion |
| Don Zech | Ron Shumate | Don Eddy | Paul Webb | |
| 1977 | Chattanooga | Randolph-Macon | North Alabama | Sacred Heart |
| Ron Shumate | Hal Nunnally | Bill L. Jones | Don Feeley | |
| 1978 | Cheyney State | Wisconsin-Green Bay | Eastern Illinois | Florida Tech |
| John Chaney | Dave Buss | Don Eddy | Torchy Clark | |
| 1979 | North Alabama | Wisconsin-Green Bay | Cheyney State | Bridgeport |
| Bill L. Jones | Dave Buss | John Chaney | Bruce Webster | |
| 1980 | Virginia Union | New York Tech | Florida Southern | North Alabama |
| Dave Robbins | Sam Stern | Hal Wissel | Bill L. Jones | |
| 1981 | Florida Southern | Mount St. Mary’s | Cal Poly | Wisconsin-Green Bay |
| Hal Wissel | Jim Phelan | Ernie Wheeler | Dave Buss | |
| 1982 | District of Columbia | Florida Southern | Kentucky Wesleyan | Cal State Bakersfield |
| Wil Jones | Hal Wissel | Mike Pollio | Bobby Dye | |
| 1983 | Wright State | District of Columbia | Morningside | Cal State Bakersfield |
| Ralph Underhill | Wil Jones | Dan Callahan | Bobby Dye | |
| 1984 | Central Missouri State | St. Augustine’s | Kentucky Wesleyan | North Alabama |
| Lynn Nance | Harvey Heartley | Mike Pollio | Bill L. Jones | |
| 1985 | Jacksonville State | South Dakota State | Kentucky Wesleyan | Mount St. Mary’s |
| Bill E. Jones | Gene Zulk | Mike Pollio | Jim Phelan | |
| 1986 | Sacred Heart | Southeast Missouri State | Cheyney State | Florida Southern |
| Dave Bike | Ron Shumate | Charles Songster | George Scholz | |
| 1987 | Kentucky Wesleyan (5) | Gannon | Delta State | Eastern Montana |
| Wayne Chapman | Tom Chapman | Steve Rives | Pat Douglass | |
| 1988 | Lowell State | Alaska Anchorage | Florida Southern | Troy State |
| Don Doucette | Ron Abegglen | George Scholz | Don Maestri | |
| 1989 | North Carolina Central | Southeast Missouri State | UC Riverside | Jacksonville State |
| Michael Bernard | Ron Shumate | John Masi | Bill E. Jones | |
| 1990 | Kentucky Wesleyan (6) | Cal State Bakersfield | North Dakota | Morehouse |
| Wayne Chapman (2) | Pat Douglass | Rich Glas | Arthur McAfee Jr. | |
| 1991 | North Alabama (2) | Bridgeport | Cal State Bakersfield | Virginia Union |
| Gary Elliott | Bruce Webster | Pat Douglass | Dave Robbins | |
| 1992 | Virginia Union (2) | Bridgeport | Cal State Bakersfield | California (PA) |
| Dave Robbins (2) | Bruce Webster | Pat Douglass | Jim Boone | |
| 1993 | Cal State Bakersfield | Troy State | Wayne State | Southern New Hampshire |
| Pat Douglass | Don Maestri | Ron Hammye | Stan Spirou | |
| 1994 | Cal State Bakersfield (2) | Southern Indiana | Washburn | Southern New Hampshire |
| Pat Douglass (2) | Bruce Pearl | Bob Chipman | Stan Spirou | |
| 1995 | Southern Indiana | UC Riverside | Norfolk State | Indiana (PA) |
| Bruce Pearl | John Masi | Michael Bernard | Kurt Kanaskie | |
| 1996 | Fort Hays State | Northern Kentucky | Virginia Union | California (PA) |
| Gary Garner | Ken Shields | Dave Robbins | Jim Boone | |
| 1997 | Cal State Bakersfield (3) | Northern Kentucky | Salem (WV) | Lynn |
| Pat Douglass (3) | Ken Shields | Mike Carey | Jeff Price | |
| 1998 | UC Davis | Kentucky Wesleyan | Virginia Union | Saint Rose |
| Bob Williams | Ray Harper | Dave Robbins | Brian Beaury | |
| 1999 | Kentucky Wesleyan (7) | Metro State | Truman State | Florida Southern |
| Ray Harper | Mike Dunlap | Jack Schrader | Gordon Gibbons | |
| 2000 | Metro State | Kentucky Wesleyan | Missouri Southern State | Seattle Pacific |
| Mike Dunlap | Ray Harper | Robert Corn | Ken Bone | |
| 2001 | Kentucky Wesleyan (8) | Washburn | Western Washington | Tampa |
| Ray Harper (2) | Bob Chipman | Brad Jackson | Richard Schmidt | |
| 2002 | Metro State (2) | Kentucky Wesleyan ** | Shaw | Indiana (PA) |
| Mike Dunlap (2) | Ray Harper ** | Joel Hopkins | Gary Edwards | |
| 2003 | Northeastern State | Kentucky Wesleyan ** | Queens (NC) | Bowie State |
| Larry Gipson | Ray Harper ** | Bart Lundy | Luke D’Alessio | |
| 2004 | Kennesaw State | Southern Indiana | Metro State | Humboldt State |
| Tony Ingle | Rick Herdes | Mike Dunlap | Tom Wood | |
| 2005 | Virginia Union (3) | Bryant | Lynn | Tarleton State |
| Dave Robbins (3) | Max Good | Scott McMillin | Lonn Reisman | |
| 2006 | Winona State | Virginia Union | Seattle Pacific | Stonehill |
| Mike Leaf | Dave Robbins | Jeff Hironaka | David McLaughlin | |
| 2007 | Barton | Winona State | Cal State San Bernardino | Central Missouri |
| Ron Lievense | Mike Leaf | Jeff Oliver | Kim Anderson | |
| 2008 | Winona State (2) | Augusta State | Alaska Anchorage | Bentley |
| Mike Leaf (2) | Dip Metress | Rusty Osborne | Jay Lawson | |
| 2009 | Findlay | Cal Poly Pomona | Augusta State | Central Missouri |
| Ron Niekamp | Greg Kamansky | Dip Metress | Kim Anderson | |
| 2010 | Cal Poly Pomona | Indiana (PA) | Bentley | St. Cloud State |
| Greg Kamansky | Joe Lombardi | Jay Lawson | Kevin Schlagel | |
| 2011 | Bellarmine | BYU-Hawaii | Minnesota State | West Liberty |
| Scott Davenport | Ken Wagner | Matt Margenthaler | Jim Crutchfield | |
| 2012 | Western Washington | Montevallo | Bellarmine | Stonehill |
| Brad Jackson | Danny Young | Scott Davenport | David McLaughlin | |
| 2013 | Drury | Metro State | Western Washington | West Liberty |
| Steve Hesser | Derrick Clark | Tony Dominguez | Jim Crutchfield | |
| 2014 | Central Missouri (2) | West Liberty | Metro State | USC Aiken |
| Kim Anderson | Jim Crutchfield | Derrick Clark | Vince Alexander | |
| 2015 | Florida Southern (2) | Indiana (PA) | Bellarmine | Tarleton State |
| Linc Darner | Joe Lombardi | Scott Davenport | Lonn Reisman | |
| 2016 | Augustana (SD) | Lincoln Memorial | Western Oregon | West Liberty |
| Tom Billeter | Josh Schertz | Jim Shaw | Jim Crutchfield | |
| 2017 | NW Missouri State | Fairmont State | Bellarmine | Lincoln Memorial |
| Ben McCollum | Jerrod Calhoun | Scott Davenport | Josh Schertz | |
| 2018 | Ferris State | Northern State | West Texas A&M | Queens (NC) |
| Andy Bronkema | Paul Sather | Tom Brown | Bart Lundy | |
| 2019 | NW Missouri State (2) | Point Loma | Saint Anselm | Southern Indiana |
| Ben McCollum (2) | Ryan Looney | Keith Dickson | Rodney Watson | |
| 2020 | tournament cancelled | |||
| due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
| 2021 |
NW Missouri State (3) | West Texas A&M | Flagler | Lincoln Memorial |
| Ben McCollum (3) | Tom Brown | Chad Warner | Josh Schertz | |
| 2022 |
NW Missouri State (4) | Augusta | Indiana (PA) | Black Hills State |
| Ben McCollum (4) | Dip Metress | Joe Lombardi | Ryan Thompson | |
| 2023 |
Nova Southeastern | West Liberty | Cal State San Bernardino | Black Hills State |
| Jim Crutchfield | Ben Howlett | Andy Newman | Ryan Thompson | |
| 2024 |
Minnesota State | Nova Southeastern | West Texas A&M | Cal State San Bernardino |
| Matt Margenthaler | Jim Crutchfield | Tom Brown | Gus Argenal | |
| 2025 |
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** these appearances were later vacated by the NCAA, and therefore are not counted towards either the team’s or coach’s totals
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