Southwest Regular Season Champions
Southwest Regular Season Champions
Full list of Southwest Conference (SWC) men’s basketball regular season champions, including head coach, by year. Bold means team went on to win the NCAA National Championship the same year. The Southwest Conference was active from 1913-14 through the 1995-96 season. See also: Southwest Tournament Champions
| Season | Champion(s) | Head Coach(es) |
| 1914-15 | Texas | Theo Bellmont |
| 1915-16 | Texas (2) | Roy Henderson |
| 1916-17 | Texas (3) | Eugene Van Gent |
| 1917-18 | Rice | Wilbur Tisdale |
| 1918-19 | Texas (4) | Roy Henderson (2) |
| 1919-20 | Texas A&M | Bill Driver |
| 1920-21 | Texas A&M (2) | Dana Bible |
| 1921-22 | Texas A&M (3) | Dana Bible (2) |
| 1922-23 | Texas A&M (4) | Dana Bible (3) |
| 1923-24 | Texas (5) | Doc Stewart |
| 1924-25 | Oklahoma A&M | John Maulbetsch |
| 1925-26 | Arkansas | Francis Schmidt |
| 1926-27 | Arkansas (2) | Francis Schmidt (2) |
| 1927-28 | Arkansas (3) | Francis Schmidt (3) |
| 1928-29 | Arkansas (4) | Francis Schmidt (4) |
| 1929-30 | Arkansas (5) | Charles Bassett |
| 1930-31 | TCU | Francis Schmidt (5) |
| 1931-32 | Baylor | Ralph Wolf |
| 1932-33 | Texas (6) | Ed Olle |
| 1933-34 | TCU (2) | Francis Schmidt (6) |
| 1934-35 | Arkansas (6) | Glen Rose |
| Rice (2) | Jimmy Kitts | |
| SMU | James St. Clair | |
| 1935-36 | Arkansas (7) | Glen Rose (2) |
| 1936-37 | SMU (2) | James St. Clair (2) |
| 1937-38 | Arkansas (8) | Glen Rose (3) |
| 1938-39 | Texas (7) | Jack Gray |
| 1939-40 | Rice (3) | Buster Brannon |
| 1940-41 | Arkansas (9) | Glen Rose (4) |
| 1941-42 | Arkansas (10) | Glen Rose (5) |
| Rice (4) | Buster Brannon (2) | |
| 1942-43 | Rice (5) | Joe Davis |
| Texas (8) | Bully Gilstrap | |
| 1943-44 | Arkansas (11) | Eugene Lambert |
| Rice (6) | Joe Davis (2) | |
| 1944-45 | Rice (7) | Joe Davis (3) |
| 1945-46 | Baylor (2) | Bill Henderson |
| 1946-47 | Texas (9) | Jack Gray (2) |
| 1947-48 | Baylor (3) | Bill Henderson (2) |
| 1948-49 | Arkansas (12) | Eugene Lambert (2) |
| Baylor (4) | Bill Henderson (3) | |
| Rice (8) | Joe Davis (4) | |
| 1949-50 | Arkansas (13) | Presley Askew |
| Baylor (5) | Bill Henderson (4) | |
| 1950-51 | TCU (3) | Buster Brannon (3) |
| Texas (10) | Jack Gray (3) | |
| Texas A&M (5) | John Floyd | |
| 1951-52 | TCU (4) | Buster Brannon (4) |
| 1952-53 | TCU (5) | Buster Brannon (5) |
| 1953-54 | Rice (9) | Don Suman |
| Texas (11) | Thurman Hull | |
| 1954-55 | SMU (3) | Doc Hayes |
| 1955-56 | SMU (4) | Doc Hayes (2) |
| 1956-57 | SMU (5) | Doc Hayes (3) |
| 1957-58 | Arkansas (14) | Glen Rose (6) |
| SMU (6) | Doc Hayes (4) | |
| 1958-59 | TCU (6) | Buster Brannon (6) |
| 1959-60 | Texas (12) | Harold Bradley |
| 1960-61 | Texas Tech | Polk Robison |
| 1961-62 | SMU (7) | Doc Hayes (5) |
| Texas Tech (2) | Gene Gibson | |
| 1962-63 | Texas (13) | Harold Bradley (2) |
| 1963-64 | Texas A&M (6) | Shelby Metcalf |
| 1964-65 | SMU (8) | Doc Hayes (6) |
| Texas (14) | Harold Bradley (3) | |
| 1965-66 | SMU (9) | Doc Hayes (7) |
| 1966-67 | SMU (10) | Doc Hayes (8) |
| 1967-68 | TCU (7) | Johnny Swaim |
| 1968-69 | Texas A&M (7) | Shelby Metcalf (2) |
| 1969-70 | Rice (10) | Don Knodel |
| 1970-71 | TCU (8) | Johnny Swaim (2) |
| 1971-72 | SMU (11) | Bob Prewitt |
| Texas (15) | Leon Black | |
| 1972-73 | Texas Tech (3) | Gerald Myers |
| 1973-74 | Texas (16) | Leon Black (2) |
| 1974-75 | Texas A&M (8) | Shelby Metcalf (3) |
| 1975-76 | Texas A&M (9) | Shelby Metcalf (4) |
| 1976-77 | Arkansas (15) | Eddie Sutton |
| 1977-78 | Arkansas (16) | Eddie Sutton (2) |
| Texas (17) | Abe Lemons | |
| 1978-79 | Arkansas (17) | Eddie Sutton (3) |
| Texas (18) | Abe Lemons (2) | |
| 1979-80 | Texas A&M (10) | Shelby Metcalf (5) |
| 1980-81 | Arkansas (18) | Eddie Sutton (4) |
| 1981-82 | Arkansas (19) | Eddie Sutton (5) |
| 1982-83 | Houston | Guy Lewis |
| 1983-84 | Houston (2) | Guy Lewis (2) |
| 1984-85 | Texas Tech (4) | Gerald Myers (2) |
| 1985-86 | TCU (9) | Jim Killingsworth |
| Texas (19) | Bob Weltlich | |
| Texas A&M (11) | Shelby Metcalf (6) | |
| 1986-87 | TCU (10) | Jim Killingsworth (2) |
| 1987-88 | SMU (12) | Dave Bliss |
| 1988-89 | Arkansas (20) | Nolan Richardson |
| 1989-90 | Arkansas (21) | Nolan Richardson (2) |
| 1990-91 | Arkansas (22) | Nolan Richardson (3) |
| 1991-92 | Houston (3) | Pat Foster |
| Texas (20) | Tom Penders | |
| 1992-93 | SMU (13) | John Shumate |
| 1993-94 | Texas (21) | Tom Penders (2) |
| 1994-95 | Texas (22) | Tom Penders (3) |
| Texas Tech (5) | James Dickey | |
| 1995-96 | Texas Tech (6) | James Dickey (2) |
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