List of Ohio Valley Coach of the Year winners

The Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) has awarded Ohio Valley Coach of the Year honors every season since 1961-62. The coaches who has won the award the most times (five) is Dave Loos, followed by John Oldham and Rick Byrd (four each). Murray State is the program with the most awards (seventeen), followed by Austin Peay (eight), Tennessee Tech and Morehead State (seven each). See also: Ohio Valley Player of the Year

Year	Coach(es)	School(s)
1962	E.A. Diddle	Western Kentucky State
1963	John Oldham	Tennessee Tech
1964	Cal Luther	Murray State
1965	Jim Baechtold	Eastern Kentucky
1966	John Oldham (2)	Western Kentucky State (2)
1967	George Fisher	Austin Peay
1968	Madison Brock	East Tennessee State
1969	Cal Luther (2)	Murray State (2)
1970	John Oldham (3)	Western Kentucky (3)
1971	John Oldham (4)	Western Kentucky (4)
1972	Guy Strong	Eastern Kentucky (2)
1973	Lake Kelly	Austin Peay (2)
1974	Jimmy Earle	Middle Tennessee
1975	Jim Richards	Western Kentucky (5)
1976	Jack Schalow	Morehead State
1977	Jimmy Earle (2)	Middle Tennessee (2)
	Fred Overton	Murray State (3)
1978	Sonny Smith	East Tennessee State (2)
1979	Ed Byhre	Eastern Kentucky (3)
1980	Ron Greene	Murray State (4)
1981	Clem Haskins	Western Kentucky (6)
1982	Tom Deaton	Tennessee Tech (2)
	Wayne Martin	Morehead State (2)
1983	Ron Greene (2)	Murray State (5)
1984	Wayne Martin (2)	Morehead State (3)
1985	Tom Deaton (2)	Tennessee Tech (3)
1986	Bob Huggins	Akron
1987	Max Good	Eastern Kentucky (4)
1988	Steve Newton	Murray State (6)
1989	Bruce Stewart	Middle Tennessee (3)
1990	Steve Newton (2)	Murray State (7)
1991	Dave Loos	Austin Peay (3)
1992	Scott Edgar	Murray State (8)
1993	Frankie Allen	Tennessee State
1994	Scott Edgar (2)	Murray State (9)
1995	Frankie Allen (2)	Tennessee State (2)
	Dick Fick	Morehead State (4)
1996	Cal Luther (3)	Tennessee-Martin
1997	Dave Loos (2)	Austin Peay (4)
1998	Mark Gottfried	Murray State (10)
1999	Tevester Anderson	Murray State (11)
	Gary Garner	Southeast Missouri State
2000	Jeff Lebo	Tennessee Tech (4)
2001	Jeff Lebo (2)	Tennessee Tech (5)
2002	Jeff Lebo (3)	Tennessee Tech (6)
2003	Dave Loos (3)	Austin Peay (5)
2004	Dave Loos (4)	Austin Peay (6)
2005	Mike Sutton	Tennessee Tech (7)
2006	Mick Cronin	Murray State (12)
2007	Dave Loos (5)	Austin Peay (7)
2008	Donnie Tyndall	Morehead State (5)
2009	Bret Campbell	Tennessee-Martin (2)
2010	Billy Kennedy	Murray State (13)
2011	Billy Kennedy (2)	Murray State (14)
2012	Steve Prohm	Murray State (15)
2013	Rick Byrd	Belmont
2014	Rick Byrd (2)	Belmont (2)
2015	Steve Prohm (2)	Murray State (16)
2016	Dana Ford	Tennessee State (3)
2017	Rick Byrd (3)	Belmont (3)
2018	Matt Figger	Austin Peay (8)
2019	Rick Byrd (4)	Belmont (4)
2020	A.W. Hamilton	Eastern Kentucky (5)
2021	Preston Spradlin	Morehead State (6)
2022	Matt McMahon	Murray State (17)
2023	Preston Spradlin (2)	Morehead State (7)
2024	Darrell Walker	Little Rock
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