Jim Phelan Award
List of Jim Phelan Award winners
Every year since 2003, CollegeInsider.com has awarded the Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Award to recognize the top men’s Division I college basketball coach of the season. The award is named after Jim Phelan, a College Hall of Famer who spent 49 years as head coach of Mount St. Mary’s (1954-2003) and compiled 830 career wins. Parenthesis indicate number of awards for that coach or school.
2003 — Mark Slonaker, Mercer
2004 — Phil Martelli, Saint Joseph’s
2005 — Tubby Smith, Kentucky
2006 — Ben Howland, UCLA
2007 — Tony Bennett, Washington State
2008 — Bo Ryan, Wisconsin
2009 — John Calipari, Memphis
2010 — Jamie Dixon, Pittsburgh
2011 — Stew Morrill, Utah State
2012 — Mike Brey, Notre Dame
2013 — Dana Altman, Oregon
2014 — Tim Miles, Nebraska
2015 — Bob Huggins, West Virginia
2016 — Greg Gard, Wisconsin (2)
2017 — Frank Martin, South Carolina
2018 — Chris Holtmann, Ohio State
2019 — Ritchie McKay, Liberty
2020 — Steve Pikiell, Rutgers
2021 — Todd Simon, Southern Utah
2022 — Mark Adams, Texas Tech
2023 — Chris Collins, Northwestern
2024 — Fred Hoiberg, Nebraska (2)
2025 — Chris Beard, Ole Miss
2026 — Johnny Dawkins, UCF
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