MAC Regular Season Champions
MAC Regular Season Champions
Full list of Mid-American Conference (MAC) regular season men’s basketball champions, including head coach, by year. Parenthesis indicate number of titles for that coach or school. The league has been active since 1946 and Miami (OH) is the program with the most titles (19), followed by Toledo (16) and Ball State (12). Steve Hawkins is the head coach with the most titles (eight), followed by Jim Snyder and Tod Kowalczyk (seven each). Note that from 1997-98 through 2019-20, the MAC consisted of two separate divisions (East and West), meaning that for each of those seasons there were at least two regular season champions. The below list includes any and all Division champions for that timeframe. See also: MAC Tournament Champions
1946-47 (tie) — Butler, Tony Hinkle // Cincinnati, John Wiethe
1947-48 — Cincinnati (2), John Wiethe (2)
1948-49 — Cincinnati (3), John Wiethe (3)
1949-50 — Cincinnati (4), John Wiethe (4)
1950-51 — Cincinnati (5), John Wiethe (5)
1951-52 (tie) — Miami (OH), Bill Rohr // Western Michigan, Bill Perigo
1952-53 — Miami (OH) (2), Bill Rohr (2)
1953-54 — Toledo, Jerry Bush
1954-55 — Miami (OH) (3), Bill Rohr (3)
1955-56 — Marshall, Jule Rivlin
1956-57 — Miami (OH) (4), Bill Rohr (4)
1957-58 — Miami (OH) (5), Dick Shrider
1958-59 — Bowling Green, Harold Anderson
1959-60 — Ohio, Jim Snyder
1960-61 — Ohio (2), Jim Snyder (2)
1961-62 — Bowling Green (2), Harold Anderson (2)
1962-63 — Bowling Green (3), Harold Anderson (3)
1963-64 — Ohio (3), Jim Snyder (3)
1964-65 — Ohio (4), Jim Snyder (4)
1965-66 — Miami (OH) (6), Dick Shrider (2)
1966-67 — Toledo (2), Bob Nichols
1967-68 — Bowling Green (4), Bill Fitch
1968-69 — Miami (OH) (7), Tates Locke
1969-70 — Ohio (5), Jim Snyder (5)
1970-71 — Miami (OH) (8), Darrell Hedric
1971-72 — Ohio (6), Jim Snyder (6)
1972-73 — Miami (OH) (9), Darrell Hedric (2)
1973-74 — Ohio (7), Jim Snyder (7)
1974-75 — Central Michigan, Dick Parfitt
1975-76 — Western Michigan (2), Eldon Miller
1976-77 — Central Michigan (2), Dick Parfitt (2)
1977-78 — Miami (OH) (10), Darrell Hedric (3)
1978-79 — Toledo (3), Bob Nichols (2)
1979-80 — Toledo (4), Bob Nichols (3)
1980-81 (tie) — Ball State, Steve Yoder // Bowling Green (5), John Weinert // Northern Illinois, John McDougal // Toledo (5), Bob Nichols (4) // Western Michigan (3), Les Wothke
1981-82 — Ball State (2), Steve Yoder (2)
1982-83 — Bowling Green (6), John Weinert (2)
1983-84 — Miami (OH) (11), Darrell Hedric (4)
1984-85 — Ohio (8), Danny Nee
1985-86 — Miami (OH) (12), Jerry Peirson
1986-87 — Central Michigan (3), Charlie Coles
1987-88 — Eastern Michigan, Ben Braun
1988-89 — Ball State (3), Rick Majerus
1989-90 — Ball State (4), Dick Hunsaker
1990-91 — Eastern Michigan (2), Ben Braun (2)
1991-92 — Miami (OH) (13), Joby Wright
1992-93 (tie) — Ball State (5), Dick Hunsaker (2) // Miami (OH) (14), Joby Wright (2)
1993-94 — Ohio (9), Larry Hunter
1994-95 — Miami (OH) (15), Herb Sendek
1995-96 — Eastern Michigan (3), Ben Braun (3)
1996-97 (tie) — Bowling Green (7), Jim Larrañaga // Miami (OH) (16), Charlie Coles (2)
1997-98 (tie) — Akron, Dan Hipsher // Ball State (6), Ray McCallum
1998-99 (tie) — Miami (OH) (17), Charlie Coles (3) // Toledo (6), Stan Joplin
1999-00 (tie) — Ball State (7), Ray McCallum (2) // Bowling Green (8), Dan Dakich // Toledo (7), Stan Joplin (2)
2000-01 (tie) — Central Michigan (4), Jay Smith // Kent State, Gary Waters
2001-02 (tie) — Ball State (8), Tim Buckley // Kent State (2), Stan Heath
2002-03 (tie) — Central Michigan (5), Jay Smith (2) // Kent State (3), Jim Christian
2003-04 (tie) — Kent State (4), Jim Christian (2) // Western Michigan (4), Steve Hawkins
2004-05 (tie) — Miami (OH) (18), Charlie Coles (4) // Toledo (8), Stan Joplin (3) // Western Michigan (5), Steve Hawkins (2)
2005-06 (tie) — Kent State (5), Jim Christian (3) // Northern Illinois (2), Rob Judson
2006-07 (tie) — Akron (2), Keith Dambrot // Toledo (9), Stan Joplin (4)
2007-08 (tie) — Kent State (6), Jim Christian (4) // Western Michigan (6), Steve Hawkins (3)
2008-09 (tie) — Ball State (9), Billy Taylor // Bowling Green (9), Louis Orr // Buffalo, Reggie Witherspoon // Central Michigan (6), Ernie Zeigler // Western Michigan (7), Steve Hawkins (4)
2009-10 (tie) — Akron (3), Keith Dambrot (2) // Central Michigan (7), Ernie Zeigler (2) // Kent State (7), Geno Ford
2010-11 (tie) — Kent State (8), Geno Ford (2) // Western Michigan (8), Steve Hawkins (5)
2011-12 (tie) — Akron (4), Keith Dambrot (3) // Eastern Michigan (5), Rob Murphy
2012-13 (tie) — Akron (5), Keith Dambrot (4) // Ohio (10), Jim Christian (5) // Western Michigan (9), Steve Hawkins (6)
2013-14 (tie) — Buffalo (2), Bobby Hurley // Toledo (10), Tod Kowalczyk // Western Michigan (10), Steve Hawkins (7)
2014-15 (tie) — Buffalo (3), Bobby Hurley (2) // Central Michigan (8), Keno Davis // Kent State (9), Rob Senderoff
2015-16 (tie) — Akron (6), Keith Dambrot (5) // Ball State (10), James Whitford // Central Michigan (9), Keno Davis (2)
2016-17 (tie) — Akron (7), Keith Dambrot (6) // Ball State (11), James Whitford (2) // Western Michigan (11), Steve Hawkins (8)
2017-18 (tie) — Buffalo (4), Nate Oats // Toledo (11), Tod Kowalczyk (2)
2018-19 (tie) — Buffalo (5), Nate Oats (2) // Toledo (12), Tod Kowalczyk (3)
2019-20 (tie) — Akron (8), John Groce // Ball State (12), James Whitford (3) // Northern Illinois (3), Mark Montgomery
2020-21 — Toledo (13), Tod Kowalczyk (4)
2021-22 — Toledo (14), Tod Kowalczyk (5)
2022-23 — Toledo (15), Tod Kowalczyk (6)
2023-24 — Toledo (16), Tod Kowalczyk (7)
2024-25 — Akron (9), John Groce (2)
2025-26 — Miami (OH) (19), Travis Steele
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