List of Ohio Valley Coach of the Year winners

The Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) has awarded Ohio Valley Men’s Basketball Coach of the Year honors every season since 1961-62. The coaches who has won the award the most times (five) is Dave Loos, followed by John Oldham and Rick Byrd (four each). Murray State is the program with the most awards (seventeen), followed by Austin Peay and Morehead State (eight each). Parenthesis indicate number of awards for that coach or school.

1962 — E.A. Diddle, Western Kentucky State

1963 — John Oldham, Tennessee Tech

1964 — Cal Luther, Murray State

1965 — Jim Baechtold, Eastern Kentucky

1966 — John Oldham (2), Western Kentucky State (2)

1967 — George Fisher, Austin Peay

1968 — Madison Brock, East Tennessee State

1969 — Cal Luther (2), Murray State (2)

1970 — John Oldham (3), Western Kentucky State (3)

1971 — John Oldham (4), Western Kentucky State (4)

1972 — Guy Strong, Eastern Kentucky (2)

1973 — Lake Kelly, Austin Peay (2)

1974 — Jimmy Earle, Middle Tennessee

1975 — Jim Richards, Western Kentucky (5)

1976 — Jack Schalow, Morehead State

1977 (tie) — Jimmy Earle (2), Middle Tennessee (2)

1977 (tie) — Fred Overton, Murray State (3)

1978 — Sonny Smith, East Tennessee State (2)

1979 — Ed Byhre, Eastern Kentucky (3)

1980 — Ron Greene, Murray State (4)

1981 — Clem Haskins, Western Kentucky (6)

1982 (tie) — Tom Deaton, Tennessee Tech (2)

1982 (tie) — Wayne Martin, Morehead State (2)

1983 — Ron Greene (2), Murray State (3)

1984 — Wayne Martin (2), Morehead State (3)

1985 — Tom Deaton (2), Tennessee Tech (3)

1986 — Bob Huggins, Akron

1987 — Max Good, Eastern Kentucky (4)

1988 — Steve Newton, Murray State (6)

1989 — Bruce Stewart, Middle Tennessee (3)

1990 — Steve Newton (2), Murray State (7)

1991 — Dave Loos, Austin Peay (3)

1992 — Scott Edgar, Murray State (8)

1993 — Frankie Allen, Tennessee State

1994 — Scott Edgar (2), Murray State (9)

1995 (tie) — Frankie Allen (2), Tennessee State (2)

1995 (tie) — Dick Fick, Morehead State (4)

1996 — Cal Luther (3), Tennessee-Martin

1997 — Dave Loos (2), Austin Peay (4)

1998 — Mark Gottfried, Murray State (10)

1999 (tie) — Tevester Anderson, Murray State (11)

1999 (tie) — Gary Garner, Southeast Missouri State

2000 — Jeff Lebo, Tennessee Tech (4)

2001 — Jeff Lebo (2), Tennessee Tech (5)

2002 — Jeff Lebo (3), Tennessee Tech (6)

2003 — Dave Loos (3), Austin Peay (5)

2004 — Dave Loos (4), Austin Peay (6)

2005 — Mike Sutton, Tennessee Tech (7)

2006 — Mick Cronin, Murray State (12)

2007 — Dave Loos (5), Austin Peay (7)

2008 — Donnie Tyndall, Morehead State (5)

2009 — Bret Campbell, Tennessee-Martin (2)

2010 — Billy Kennedy, Murray State (13)

2011 — Billy Kennedy (2), Murray State (14)

2012 — Steve Prohm, Murray State (15)

2013 — Rick Byrd, Belmont

2014 — Rick Byrd (2), Belmont (2)

2015 — Steve Prohm (2), Murray State (16)

2016 — Dana Ford, Tennessee State (3)

2017 — Rick Byrd (3), Belmont (3)

2018 — Matt Figger, Austin Peay (8)

2019 — Rick Byrd (4), Belmont (4)

2020 — A.W. Hamilton, Eastern Kentucky (5)

2021 — Preston Spradlin, Morehead State (6)

2022 — Matt McMahon, Murray State (17)

2023 — Preston Spradlin (2), Morehead State (7)

2024 — Darrell Walker, Little Rock

2025 — Brad Korn, Southeast Missouri State (2)

2026 (tie) — Jonathan Mattox, Morehead State (8)

2026 (tie) — Nolan Smith, Tennessee State (4) 

 

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