List of SoCon Coach of the Year winners

The Southern Conference (SoCon) have awarded SoCon Coach of the Year honors every season since 1946-47. Long-time Davidson head coach Bob McKillop has won the award the most times (nine). Davidson is the program with the most awards (sixteen), followed by Chattanooga (eight), West Virginia and Appalachian State (seven each). See also: SoCon Player of the Year

NOTE: The selections below are the coaches that were chosen by the media. Since 1990, the league’s coaches have also voted on Coach of the Year – so for seasons in which the coaches and media chose different winners, the coaches’ selection is marked with ^.

Year	Coach	School
1947	Everett Case	NC State
1948	Gerry Gerard	Duke
1949	Everett Case (2)	NC State (2)
1950	Gerry Gerard (2)	Duke (2)
1951	Everett Case (3)	NC State (3)
1952	Red Brown	West Virginia
1953	Murray Greason	Wake Forest
1954	William Reinhart	George Washington
1955	Fred Schaus	West Virginia (2)
1956	Chuck Noe	Virginia Tech
1957	Norm Sloan	The Citadel
1958	Fred Schaus (2)	West Virginia (3)
1959	Fred Schaus (3)	West Virginia (4)
1960	Fred Schaus (4)	West Virginia (5)
1961	George King	West Virginia (6)
1962	Chuck Noe (2)	Virginia Tech (2)
1963	Lefty Driesell	Davidson
1964	Lefty Driesell (2)	Davidson (2)
1965	Lefty Driesell (3)	Davidson (3)
1966	Lefty Driesell (4)	Davidson (4)
1967	Bucky Waters	West Virginia (7)
1968	Lewis Mills	Richmond
1969	Tom Quinn	East Carolina
1970	Terry Holland	Davidson (5)
1971	Terry Holland (2)	Davidson (6)
1972	Terry Holland (3)	Davidson (7)
1973	Joe Williams	Furman
1974	Lewis Mills (2)	Richmond (2)
1975	Dave Patton	East Carolina (2)
1976	Bobby Cremins	Appalachian State
1977	Charlie Schmaus	VMI
1978	Bobby Cremins (2)	Appalachian State (2)
1979	Les Robinson	The Citadel (2)
1980	Steve Cottrell	Western Carolina
1981	Bobby Cremins (3)	Appalachian State (3)
1982	Murray Arnold	Chattanooga
1983	Murray Arnold (2)	Chattanooga (2)
1984	Rick Huckabay	Marshall
1985	Marty Fletcher	VMI (2)
1986	Mack McCarthy	Chattanooga (3)
1987	Butch Estes	Furman (2)
1988	Tom Apke	Appalachian State (4)
1989	Randy Nesbit	The Citadel (3)
1990	Dana Altman^	Marshall (2)
	Les Robinson (2)	East Tennessee State
1991	Butch Estes (2)	Furman (3)
1992	Mack McCarthy (2)	Chattanooga (4)
1993	Mack McCarthy (3)	Chattanooga (5)
1994	Bob McKillop	Davidson (8)
1995	Bart Bellairs^	VMI (3)
	Billy Donovan	Marshall (3)
1996	Bob McKillop (2)	Davidson (9)
1997	Bob McKillop (3)^	Davidson (10)
	Greg White	Marshall (4)
1998	Buzz Peterson	Appalachian State (5)
1999	John Kresse	College of Charleston
2000	Buzz Peterson (2)^	Appalachian State (6)
	Jeff Price	Georgia Southern
2001	Ed DeChellis	East Tennessee State (2)
2002	Ed DeChellis (2)^	East Tennessee State (3)
	Bob McKillop (4)	Davidson (11)
2003	Houston Fancher	Appalachian State (7)
2004	Murry Bartow	East Tennessee State (4)
2005	Bob McKillop (5)	Davidson (12)
2006	Ernie Nestor	Elon
2007	Bob McKillop (6)	Davidson (13)
2008	Bob McKillop (7)	Davidson (14)
2009	Ed Conroy	The Citadel (4)
2010	Mike Young	Wofford
2011	Bobby Cremins (4)	College of Charleston (2)
2012	Bob McKillop (8)^	Davidson (15)
	Wes Miller	UNC Greensboro
2013	Matt Matheny	Elon (2)
	Bob McKillop (9)^	Davidson (16)
2014	Will Wade	Chattanooga (6)
	Mike Young (2)^	Wofford (2)
2015	Mike Young (3)	Wofford (3)
2016	Matt McCall	Chattanooga (7)
2017	Niko Medved	Furman (4)
2018	Wes Miller (2)	UNC Greensboro (2)
2019	Mike Young (4)	Wofford (4)
2020	Steve Forbes	East Tennessee State (5)
2021	Dan Earl	VMI (4)
2022	Bucky McMillan^	Samford
	Lamont Paris	Chattanooga (8)
2023	Bucky McMillan (2)	Samford (2)
	Mike Jones^	UNC Greensboro (3)
2024	Bucky McMillan (3)	Samford (3)
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