Southwest Tournament Champions

Full list of Southwest Conference (SWC) Tournament men’s basketball 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 and the SWC Tournament started with the 1975-76 season. See also: Southwest Regular Season Champions

Season	Champion	Head Coach
1976	Texas Tech	Gerald Myers
1977	Arkansas	Eddie Sutton
1978	Houston	Guy Lewis
1979	Arkansas (2)	Eddie Sutton (2)
1980	Texas A&M	Shelby Metcalf
1981	Houston (2)	Guy Lewis (2)
1982	Arkansas (3)	Eddie Sutton (3)
1983	Houston (3)	Guy Lewis (3)
1984	Houston (4)	Guy Lewis (4)
1985	Texas Tech (2)	Gerald Myers (2)
1986	Texas Tech (3)	Gerald Myers (3)
1987	Texas A&M (2)	Shelby Metcalf (2)
1988	SMU	Dave Bliss
1989	Arkansas (4)	Nolan Richardson
1990	Arkansas (5)	Nolan Richardson (2)
1991	Arkansas (6)	Nolan Richardson (3)
1992	Houston (5)	Pat Foster
1993	Texas Tech (4)	James Dickey
1994	Texas	Tom Penders
1995	Texas (2)	Tom Penders (2)
1996	Texas Tech (5)	James Dickey (2)

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