MAC Regular Season Champions

Full list of Mid-American Conference (MAC) men’s basketball regular season champions, including head coach, by year. From 1997 through 2020, the conference has awarded regular season title honors to the winner(s) of each of the two divisions. Bold means team went on to win the NCAA National Championship the same year. See also: MAC Tournament Champions

Season	Champion(s)	Head Coach(es)
1946-47	Butler	Tony Hinkle
	Cincinnati	John Wiethe
1947-48	Cincinnati (2)	John Wiethe (2)
1948-49	Cincinnati (3)	John Wiethe (3)
1949-50	Cincinnati (4)	John Wiethe (4)
1950-51	Cincinnati (5)	John Wiethe (5)
1951-52	Miami (OH)	Bill Rohr
	Western Michigan	Bill Perigo
1952-53	Miami (OH) (2)	Bill Rohr (2)
1953-54	Toledo	Jerry Bush
1954-55	Miami (OH) (3)	Bill Rohr (3)
1955-56	Marshall	Jule Rivlin
1956-57	Miami (OH) (4)	Bill Rohr (4)
1957-58	Miami (OH) (5)	Dick Shrider
1958-59	Bowling Green ^	Harold Anderson
1959-60	Ohio	Jim Snyder
1960-61	Ohio (2)	Jim Snyder (2)
1961-62	Bowling Green (2)	Harold Anderson (2)
1962-63	Bowling Green (3)	Harold Anderson (3)
1963-64	Ohio (3)	Jim Snyder (3)
1964-65	Ohio (4) ^	Jim Snyder (4)
1965-66	Miami (OH) (6)	Dick Shrider (2)
1966-67	Toledo (2)	Bob Nichols
1967-68	Bowling Green (4)	Bill Fitch
1968-69	Miami (OH) (7)	Tates Locke
1969-70	Ohio (5)	Jim Snyder (5)
1970-71	Miami (OH) (8)	Darrell Hedric
1971-72	Ohio (6) ^	Jim Snyder (6)
1972-73	Miami (OH) (9)	Darrell Hedric (2)
1973-74	Ohio (7)	Jim Snyder (7)
1974-75	Central Michigan	Dick Parfitt
1975-76	Western Michigan (2)	Eldon Miller
1976-77	Central Michigan (2) ^	Dick Parfitt (2)
1977-78	Miami (OH) (10)	Darrell Hedric (3)
1978-79	Toledo (3) ^	Bob Nichols (2)
1979-80	Toledo (4)	Bob Nichols (3)
1980-81	Ball State	Steve Yoder
	Bowling Green (5)	John Weinert
	Northern Illinois	John McDougal
	Toledo (5)	Bob Nichols (4)
	Western Michigan (3)	Les Wothke
1981-82	Ball State (2)	Steve Yoder (2)
1982-83	Bowling Green (6)	John Weinert (2)
1983-84	Miami (OH) (11)	Darrell Hedric (4)
1984-85	Ohio (8)	Danny Nee
1985-86	Miami (OH) (12)	Jerry Peirson
1986-87	Central Michigan (3)	Charlie Coles
1987-88	Eastern Michigan	Ben Braun
1988-89	Ball State (3)	Rick Majerus
1989-90	Ball State (4)	Dick Hunsaker
1990-91	Eastern Michigan (2)	Ben Braun (2)
1991-92	Miami (OH) (13)	Joby Wright
1992-93	Ball State (5)	Dick Hunsaker (2)
	Miami (OH) (14)	Joby Wright (2)
1993-94	Ohio (9)	Larry Hunter
1994-95	Miami (OH) (15)	Herb Sendek
1995-96	Eastern Michigan (3)	Ben Braun (3)
1996-97	Bowling Green (7)	Jim Larrañaga
	Miami (OH) (16)	Charlie Coles (2)
1997-98	Akron	Dan Hipsher
	Ball State (6)	Ray McCallum
1998-99	Miami (OH) (17)	Charlie Coles (3)
	Toledo (6)	Stan Joplin
1999-00	Ball State (7)	Ray McCallum (2)
	Bowling Green (8)	Dan Dakich
	Toledo (7)	Stan Joplin (2)
2000-01	Central Michigan (4)	Jay Smith
	Kent State	Gary Waters
2001-02	Ball State (8)	Tim Buckley
	Kent State (2)	Stan Heath
2002-03	Central Michigan (5)	Jay Smith (2)
	Kent State (3)	Jim Christian
2003-04	Kent State (4)	Jim Christian (2)
	Western Michigan (4)	Steve Hawkins
2004-05	Miami (OH) (18)	Charlie Coles (4)
	Toledo (8)	Stan Joplin (3)
	Western Michigan (5)	Steve Hawkins (2)
2005-06	Kent State (5)	Jim Christian (3)
	Northern Illinois (2)	Rob Judson
2006-07	Akron (2)	Keith Dambrot
	Toledo (9)	Stan Joplin (4)
2007-08	Kent State (6)	Jim Christian (4)
	Western Michigan (6)	Steve Hawkins (3)
2008-09	Ball State (9)	Billy Taylor
	Bowling Green (9)	Louis Orr
	Buffalo	Reggie Witherspoon
	Central Michigan (6)	Ernie Zeigler
	Western Michigan (7)	Steve Hawkins (4)
2009-10	Akron (3)	Keith Dambrot (2)
	Central Michigan (7)	Ernie Zeigler (2)
	Kent State (7)	Geno Ford
2010-11	Kent State (8)	Geno Ford (2)
	Western Michigan (8)	Steve Hawkins (5)
2011-12	Akron (4)	Keith Dambrot (3)
	Eastern Michigan (5)	Rob Murphy
2012-13	Akron (5)	Keith Dambrot (4)
	Ohio (10)	Jim Christian (5)
	Western Michigan (9)	Steve Hawkins (6)
2013-14	Buffalo (2)	Bobby Hurley
	Toledo (10)	Tod Kowalczyk
	Western Michigan (10)	Steve Hawkins (7)
2014-15	Buffalo (3)	Bobby Hurley (2)
	Central Michigan (8)	Keno Davis
	Kent State (9)	Rob Senderoff
2015-16	Akron (6)	Keith Dambrot (5)
	Ball State (10)	James Whitford
	Central Michigan (9)	Keno Davis (2)
2016-17	Akron (7)	Keith Dambrot (6)
	Ball State (11)	James Whitford (2)
	Western Michigan (11)	Steve Hawkins (8)
2017-18	Buffalo (4)	Nate Oats
	Toledo (11)	Tod Kowalczyk (2)
2018-19	Buffalo (5)	Nate Oats (2)
	Toledo (12)	Tod Kowalczyk (3)
2019-20	Akron (8)	John Groce
	Ball State (12)	James Whitford (3)
	Northern Illinois (3)	Mark Montgomery
2020-21	Toledo (13)	Tod Kowalczyk (4)
2021-22	Toledo (14)	Tod Kowalczyk (5)
2022-23	Toledo (15)	Tod Kowalczyk (6)
2023-24	Toledo (16)	Tod Kowalczyk (7)
2024-25

^ prior to the first MAC Tournament in 1980, the conference would hold a one-game playoff to decide the conference champion in the event that two teams finished tied with the best record. The listed champion in 1959, 1965, 1972, 1977 and 1979 were the winners of this one-game playoff.

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