Ohio Valley Tournament Champions

Full list of Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) Tournament men’s basketball champions, including head coach, by year. Note that the conference did not hold a year-end tournament between 1956 and 1963, and again between 1968 and 1974. Bold means team went on to win the NCAA National Championship the same year. See also: Ohio Valley Regular Season Champions

Season	Champion	Head Coach
1949	Western Kentucky State	E.A. Diddle
1950	Eastern Kentucky	Paul McBrayer
1951	Murray State	Harlan Hodges
1952	Western Kentucky State (2)	E.A. Diddle (2)
1953	Western Kentucky State (3)	E.A. Diddle (3)
1954	Western Kentucky State (4)	E.A. Diddle (4)
1955	Eastern Kentucky (2)	Paul McBrayer (2)
1956-63	none	none
1964	Murray State (2)	Cal Luther
1965	Western Kentucky State (5)	John Oldham
1966	Western Kentucky State (6)	John Oldham (2)
1967	Tennessee Tech	Ken Sidwell
1968-74	none	none
1975	Middle Tennessee	Jimmy Earle
1976	Western Kentucky (7)	Jim Richards
1977	Middle Tennessee (2)	Jimmy Earle (2)
1978	Western Kentucky (8)	Jim Richards (2)
1979	Eastern Kentucky (3)	Ed Byhre
1980	Western Kentucky (9)	Gene Keady
1981	Western Kentucky (10)	Clem Haskins
1982	Middle Tennessee (3)	Stan Simpson
1983	Morehead State	Wayne Martin
1984	Morehead State (2)	Wayne Martin (2)
1985	Middle Tennessee (4)	Bruce Stewart
1986	Akron	Bob Huggins
1987	Austin Peay	Lake Kelly
1988	Murray State (3)	Steve Newton
1989	Middle Tennessee (5)	Bruce Stewart (2)
1990	Murray State (4)	Steve Newton (2)
1991	Murray State (5)	Steve Newton (3)
1992	Murray State (6)	Scott Edgar
1993	Tennessee State	Frankie Allen
1994	Tennessee State (2)	Frankie Allen (2)
1995	Murray State (7)	Scott Edgar (2)
1996	Austin Peay (2)	Dave Loos
1997	Murray State (8)	Mark Gottfried
1998	Murray State (9)	Mark Gottfried (2)
1999	Murray State (10)	Tevester Anderson
2000	Southeast Missouri State	Gary Garner
2001	Eastern Illinois	Rick Samuels
2002	Murray State (11)	Tevester Anderson (2)
2003	Austin Peay (3)	Dave Loos (2)
2004	Murray State (12)	Mick Cronin
2005	Eastern Kentucky (4)	Travis Ford
2006	Murray State (13)	Mick Cronin (2)
2007	Eastern Kentucky (5)	Jeff Neubauer
2008	Austin Peay (4)	Dave Loos (3)
2009	Morehead State (3)	Donnie Tyndall
2010	Murray State (14)	Billy Kennedy
2011	Morehead State (4)	Donnie Tyndall (2)
2012	Murray State (15)	Steve Prohm
2013	Belmont	Rick Byrd
2014	Eastern Kentucky (6)	Jeff Neubauer (2)
2015	Belmont (2)	Rick Byrd (2)
2016	Austin Peay (5)	Dave Loos (4)
2017	Jacksonville State	Ray Harper
2018	Murray State (16)	Matt McMahon
2019	Murray State (17)	Matt McMahon (2)
2020	Belmont (3)	Casey Alexander
2021	Morehead State (5)	Preston Spradlin
2022	Murray State (18)	Matt McMahon (3)
2023	Southeast Missouri State (2)	Brad Korn
2024	Morehead State (6)	Preston Spradlin (2)
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