List of SEC Coach of the Year winners

The coaches of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) have awarded SEC Coach of the Year honors every season since 1963-64. The coach to win the award the most times is Kentucky’s Adolph Rupp, with seven total awards. Kentucky is also the program with the most awards (22), followed by Tennessee (nine), Mississippi State, Vanderbilt (eight each) and Alabama (seven each).

The SEC Coach of the Year has been selected by the SEC head coaches each year since 1964. The Associated Press has also selected an SEC Coach of the Year winner each year since 1960. The list below shows the coach that was selected by the league coaches for the award each year. See also: SEC Player of the Year

In the event that the AP chose a different coach for that year’s award, that coach is listed with an ◊ following his name. The years 1960-62 & 1986 feature only the AP selection.

Year	Coach	School
1960	Joel Eaves ◊	Auburn
1961	Babe McCarthy ◊	Mississippi State
1962	Babe McCarthy (2) ◊	Mississippi State (2)
1964	Adolph Rupp	Kentucky
1965	Roy Skinner	Vanderbilt
1966	Adolph Rupp (2)	Kentucky (2)
1967	Ray Mears	Tennessee
1968	Adolph Rupp (3)	Kentucky (3)
1969	Adolph Rupp (4)	Kentucky (4)
1970	Adolph Rupp (5)	Kentucky (5)
1971	Adolph Rupp (6)	Kentucky (6)
	Kermit Davis, Sr. ◊	Mississippi State (3)
1972	Adolph Rupp (7)	Kentucky (7)
	C. M. Newton ◊	Alabama
1973	Joe B. Hall	Kentucky (8)
	Dale Brown ◊	LSU
1974	Roy Skinner (2)	Vanderbilt (2)
1975	Joe B. Hall (2)	Kentucky (9)
	C. M. Newton (2)	Alabama (2)
1976	C. M. Newton (3)	Alabama (3)
1977	Ray Mears (2)	Tennessee (2)
1978	Joe B. Hall (3)	Kentucky (10)
	Ron Greene ◊	Mississippi State (4)
1979	Dale Brown (2)	LSU (2)
	Don DeVoe ◊	Tennessee (3)
1980	Bob Weltlich	Ole Miss
1981	Don DeVoe (2)	Tennessee (4)
	Dale Brown (3) ◊	LSU (3)
1982	Don DeVoe (3)	Tennessee (5)
1983	Joe B. Hall (4)	Kentucky (11)
	Lee Hunt	Ole Miss (2)
1984	Sonny Smith	Auburn (2)
1985	Hugh Durham	Georgia
	Bob Boyd ◊	Mississippi State (5)
1986	Eddie Sutton ◊	Kentucky (12)
1987	Wimp Sanderson	Alabama (4)
	Hugh Durham (2)	Georgia (2)
1988	Sonny Smith (2)	Auburn (3)
	C. M. Newton (4) ◊	Vanderbilt (3)
1989	Wimp Sanderson (2)	Alabama (5)
	C. M. Newton (5) ◊	Vanderbilt (4)
1990	Hugh Durham (3)	Georgia (3)
	Tommy Joe Eagles	Auburn (4)
1991	Richard Williams	Mississippi State (6)
	Rick Pitino ◊	Kentucky (13)
1992	Lon Kruger	Florida
1993	Eddie Fogler	Vanderbilt (5)
1994	Lon Kruger (2)	Florida (2)
1995	Richard Williams (2)	Mississippi State (7)
1996	Rick Pitino (2)	Kentucky (14)
1997	Eddie Fogler (2)	South Carolina
	Rob Evans ◊	Ole Miss (3)
1998	Nolan Richardson	Arkansas
	Tubby Smith ◊	Kentucky (15)
	Jerry Green ◊	Tennessee (6)
1999	Cliff Ellis	Auburn (5)
2000	John Brady	LSU (4)
2001	Rod Barnes	Ole Miss (4)
2002	Mark Gottfried	Alabama (6)
2003	Tubby Smith (2)	Kentucky (16)
2004	Dave Odom	South Carolina (2)
	Rick Stansbury ◊	Mississippi State (8)
2005	Tubby Smith (3)	Kentucky (17)
2006	John Brady (2)	LSU (5)
	Bruce Pearl ◊	Tennessee (7)
2007	Kevin Stallings	Vanderbilt (6)
	Andy Kennedy ◊	Ole Miss (5)
2008	Billy Gillispie	Kentucky (18)
	Bruce Pearl (2)	Tennessee (8)
2009	Trent Johnson	LSU (6)
2010	Kevin Stallings (2)	Vanderbilt (7)
	John Calipari ◊	Kentucky (19)
2011	Billy Donovan	Florida (3)
2012	John Calipari (2)	Kentucky (20)
2013	Billy Donovan (2)	Florida (4)
2014	Billy Donovan (3)	Florida (5)
2015	John Calipari (3)	Kentucky (21)
2016	Billy Kennedy	Texas A&M
2017	Mike White	Florida (6)
2018	Rick Barnes	Tennessee (9)
2019	Kermit Davis	Ole Miss (6)
2020	John Calipari (4)	Kentucky (22)
	Buzz Williams ◊	Texas A&M (2)
2021	Nate Oats	Alabama (7)
2022	Bruce Pearl (3)	Auburn (6)
2023	Buzz Williams (2)	Texas A&M (3)
	Jerry Stackhouse	Vanderbilt (8)
2024	Lamont Paris	South Carolina (3)
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