List of Missouri Valley Coach of the Year winners

The Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) has awarded Missouri Valley Coach of the Year honors every season since 1948-49. The coach who has won the award the most times is Northern Iowa‘s Ben Jacobson (five). Former member Tulsa and current members Drake and Bradley are the programs with the most awards (nine each), followed by Wichita State (seven), Southern Illinois and Northern Iowa (six each). See also: Missouri Valley Player of the Year

Year	Coach	School
1949	Henry Iba	Oklahoma A&M
1950	Forddy Anderson	Bradley
1951	Henry Iba (2)	Oklahoma A&M (2)
1952	Eddie Hickey	Saint Louis
1953	Henry Iba (3)	Oklahoma A&M (3)
1954	Ralph Miller	Wichita State
1955	Clarence Iba	Tulsa
1956	Alden Pasche	Houston
1957	Eddie Hickey (2)	Saint Louis (2)
1958	George Smith	Cincinnati
1959	George Smith (2)	Cincinnati (2)
1960	Chuck Orsborn	Bradley (2)
1961	Ed Jucker	Cincinnati (3)
1962	Chuck Orsborn (2)	Bradley (3)
1963	Ed Jucker (2)	Cincinnati (4)
1964	Maury John	Drake
1965	Gary Thompson	Wichita State (2)
1966	Tay Baker	Cincinnati (5)
1967	Joe Swank	Tulsa (2)
1968	Maury John (2)	Drake (2)
1969	Ken Hayes	Tulsa (3)
	Maury John (3)	Drake (3)
1970	Maury John (4)	Drake (4)
1971	Bob Polk	Saint Louis (3)
1972	Gene Bartow	Memphis
1973	Denny Crum	Louisville
	Ken Hayes (2)	Tulsa (4)
1974	Joe Stowell	Bradley (4)
1975	Lou Henson	New Mexico State
1976	Ron Ekker	West Texas State
1977	Ken Hayes (3)	New Mexico State (2)
1978	Tom Apke	Creighton
1979	Bill Hodges	Indiana State
1980	Dick Versace	Bradley (5)
1981	Nolan Richardson	Tulsa (5)
1982	Gary Garner	Drake (5)
1983	Weldon Drew	New Mexico State (3)
1984	Bob Donewald	Illinois State
1985	Nolan Richardson (2)	Tulsa (6)
1986	Dick Versace (2)	Bradley (6)
1987	J. D. Barnett	Tulsa (7)
	Eddie Fogler	Wichita State (3)
1988	Stan Albeck	Bradley (7)
1989	Tony Barone	Creighton (2)
1990	Rich Herrin	Southern Illinois
1991	Tates Locke	Indiana State (2)
1992	Bob Bender	Illinois State (2)
1993	Rudy Washington	Drake (6)
1994	Tubby Smith	Tulsa (8)
1995	Tubby Smith (2)	Tulsa (9)
1996	Jim Molinari	Bradley (8)
1997	Eldon Miller	Northern Iowa
1998	Kevin Stallings	Illinois State (3)
1999	Jim Crews	Evansville
2000	Royce Waltman	Indiana State (3)
2001	Dana Altman	Creighton (3)
2002	Dana Altman (2)	Creighton (4)
2003	Bruce Weber	Southern Illinois (2)
2004	Matt Painter	Southern Illinois (3)
2005	Chris Lowery	Southern Illinois (4)
2006	Mark Turgeon	Wichita State (4)
2007	Chris Lowery (2)	Southern Illinois (5)
2008	Keno Davis	Drake (7)
2009	Ben Jacobson	Northern Iowa (2)
2010	Ben Jacobson (2)	Northern Iowa (3)
2011	Cuonzo Martin	Missouri State
2012	Gregg Marshall	Wichita State (5)
2013	Gregg Marshall (2)	Wichita State (6)
2014	Gregg Marshall (3)	Wichita State (7)
2015	Ben Jacobson (3)	Northern Iowa (4)
2016	Barry Hinson	Southern Illinois (6)
2017	Dan Muller	Illinois State (4)
2018	Porter Moser	Loyola (IL)
2019	Darian DeVries	Drake (8)
2020	Ben Jacobson (4)	Northern Iowa (5)
2021	Darian DeVries (2)	Drake (9)
2022	Ben Jacobson (5)	Northern Iowa (6)
2023	Brian Wardle	Bradley (9)
2024	Josh Schertz	Indiana State (4)
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