List of Atlantic Sun Coach of the Year winners

The Atlantic Sun Conference (f/k/a the Trans Atlantic Athletic Conference, and the ASUN) has awarded Atlantic Sun Men’s Basketball Coach of the Year honors every season since 1978-79. The coach to win the award the most times is late Georgia Southern head coach Frank Kerns, with four total. Mercer is the program with the most awards (five), followed by Georgia Southern (four). Parenthesis indicate number of awards for that coach or school.

1979 — Lenny Fant, Northeast Louisiana

1980 — Bill Bibb, Mercer

1981 — Gene Iba, Houston Baptist

1982 — Ron Kestenbaum, Arkansas-Little Rock

1983 — Frank Kerns, Georgia Southern

1984 — Mike Hanks, Samford

1985 — Bill Bibb (2), Mercer (2)

1986 — Mike Newell, Arkansas-Little Rock (2)

1987 — Frank Kerns (2), Georgia Southern (2)

1988 — Frank Kerns (3), Georgia Southern (3)

1989 — Mike Newell (2), Arkansas-Little Rock (3)

1990 — Tommy Vardeman, Centenary

1991 — Tommy Vardeman (2), Centenary (2)

1992 — Frank Kerns (4), Georgia Southern (4)

1993 — Bob Weltlich, FIU

1994 — John Kresse, College of Charleston

1995 — Dan Hipsher, Stetson

1996 — Billy Lee, Campbell

1997 — John Kresse (2), College of Charleston (2)

1998 — John Kresse (3), College of Charleston (3)

1999 — Jimmy Tillette, Samford (2)

2000 — Don Maestri, Troy

2001 — Lefty Driesell, Georgia State

2002 — Sidney Green, Florida Atlantic

2003 — Mark Slonaker, Mercer (3)

2004 — Don Maestri (2), Troy (2)

2005 — Rick Scruggs, Gardner-Webb

2006 — Scott Sanderson, Lipscomb

2007 — Murry Bartow, East Tennessee State

2008 — Rick Byrd, Belmont

2009 — Cliff Warren, Jacksonville

2010 — Robbie Laing, Campbell (2)

2011 — Rick Byrd (2), Belmont (2)

2012 — Eddie Payne, USC Upstate

2013 — Bob Hoffman, Mercer (4)

2014 — Bob Hoffman (2), Mercer (5)

2015 — Matthew Driscoll, North Florida

2016 — Matthew Driscoll (2), North Florida (2)

2017 — Joe Dooley, Florida Gulf Coast

2018 — Joe Dooley (2), Florida Gulf Coast (2)

2019 — Casey Alexander, Lipscomb (2)

2020 (tie) — Matthew Driscoll (3), North Florida (3)

2020 (tie) — Ritchie McKay, Liberty

2021 — Ritchie McKay (2), Liberty (2)

2022 — Ray Harper, Jacksonville State

2023 — Amir Abdur-Rahim, Kennesaw State

2024 — A.W. Hamilton, Eastern Kentucky

2025 — Lennie Acuff, Lipscomb (3)

2026 — John Shulman, Central Arkansas

 

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