MAC Tournament Champions

Full list of Mid-American Conference (MAC) Tournament men’s basketball champions, including head coach, by year. Since 1997, 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 Regular Season Champions

Season	Champion	Head Coach
1980	Toledo	Bob Nichols
1981	Ball State	Steve Yoder
1982	Northern Illinois	John McDougal
1983	Ohio	Danny Nee
1984	Miami (OH)	Darrell Hedric
1985	Ohio (2)	Danny Nee (2)
1986	Ball State (2)	Al Brown
1987	Central Michigan	Charlie Coles
1988	Eastern Michigan	Ben Braun
1989	Ball State (3)	Rick Majerus
1990	Ball State (4)	Dick Hunsaker
1991	Eastern Michigan (2)	Ben Braun (2)
1992	Miami (OH) (2)	Joby Wright
1993	Ball State (5)	Dick Hunsaker (2)
1994	Ohio (3)	Larry Hunter
1995	Ball State (6)	Ray McCallum
1996	Eastern Michigan (3)	Ben Braun (3)
1997	Miami (OH) (3)	Charlie Coles (2)
1998	Eastern Michigan (4)	Milton Barnes
1999	Kent State	Gary Waters
2000	Ball State (7)	Ray McCallum (2)
2001	Kent State (2)	Gary Waters (2)
2002	Kent State (3)	Stan Heath
2003	Central Michigan (2)	Jay Smith
2004	Western Michigan	Steve Hawkins
2005	Ohio (4)	Tim O’Shea
2006	Kent State (4)	Jim Christian
2007	Miami (OH) (4)	Charlie Coles (3)
2008	Kent State (5)	Jim Christian (2)
2009	Akron	Keith Dambrot
2010	Ohio (5)	John Groce
2011	Akron (2)	Keith Dambrot (2)
2012	Ohio (6)	John Groce (2)
2013	Akron (3)	Keith Dambrot (3)
2014	Western Michigan (2)	Steve Hawkins (2)
2015	Buffalo	Bobby Hurley
2016	Buffalo (2)	Nate Oats
2017	Kent State (6)	Rob Senderoff
2018	Buffalo (3)	Nate Oats (2)
2019	Buffalo (4)	Nate Oats (3)
2020	tournament cancelled
2021	Ohio (7)	Jeff Boals
2022	Akron (4)	John Groce (3)
2023	Kent State (7)	Rob Senderoff (2)
2024	Akron (5)	John Groce (4)
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