Sun Belt Coach of the Year

List of Sun Belt Coach of the Year winners

The Sun Belt Conference has awarded Sun Belt Coach of the Year honors every season since 1976-77. The three coaches who have won the award the most times (three each) are Gene Bartow, Ronnie Arrow and Kermit DavisSouth Alabama is the programs with the most awards (six), followed by Western Kentucky, New Orleans and Little Rock (four each). See also: Sun Belt Player of the Year

Year Coach School
1977 Lee Rose Charlotte
1978 Butch van Breda Kolff New Orleans
1979 Cliff Ellis South Alabama
1980 Tates Locke Jacksonville
1981 Gene Bartow UAB
1982 Gene Bartow (2) UAB (2)
1983 J. D. Barnett VCU
1984 J. D. Barnett (2) VCU (2)
1985 Gene Bartow (3) UAB (3)
1986 Clem Haskins Western Kentucky
Tom Young Old Dominion
1987 Murray Arnold Western Kentucky (2)
1988 Jeff Mullins Charlotte (2)
1989 Ronnie Arrow South Alabama (2)
1990 Bobby Paschal South Florida
1991 Ronnie Arrow (2) South Alabama (3)
1992 Marty Fletcher Southwestern Louisiana
1993 Tim Floyd New Orleans (2)
1994 Matt Kilcullen Jacksonville (2)
1995 Matt Kilcullen (2) Western Kentucky (3)
1996 Wimp Sanderson Arkansas-Little Rock
1997 Tic Price New Orleans (3)
1998 Dickey Nutt Arkansas State
1999 Keith Richard Louisiana Tech
2000 Bob Weltlich South Alabama (4)
2001 Joey Stiebing New Orleans (4)
2002 Dennis Felton Western Kentucky (4)
2003 Kermit Davis Middle Tennessee
2004 Steve Shields Arkansas-Little Rock (2)
2005 Terry Carroll Denver
2006 John Pelphrey South Alabama (5)
2007 Orlando Early Louisiana-Monroe
2008 Ronnie Arrow (3) South Alabama (6)
2009 Don Maestri Troy
2010 John Brady Arkansas State (2)
2011 Mike Jarvis Florida Atlantic
2012 Kermit Davis (2) Middle Tennessee (2)
2013 Kermit Davis (3) Middle Tennessee (3)
2014 Ron Hunter Georgia State
2015 Keith Richard (2) Louisiana-Monroe (2)
2016 Chris Beard Little Rock (3)
2017 Scott Cross Texas-Arlington
2018 Bob Marlin Louisiana (2)
2019 Chris Ogden Texas-Arlington (2)
2020 Darrell Walker Little Rock (4)
2021 Terrence Johnson Texas State
2022 Terrence Johnson (2) Texas State (2)
2023 Jay Ladner Southern Miss
2024 Dustin Kerns Appalachian State
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