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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