Summit League Regular Season Champions
Summit League Regular Season Champions
Full list of Summit League 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 1982 and South Dakota State and Valparaiso are the programs with the most titles (nine each), followed by Oral Roberts (seven). Homer Drew is the head coach with the most titles (eight), followed by Scott Sutton (five). See also: Summit League Tournament Champions
1982-83 — Western Illinois, Jack Margenthaler
1983-84 — UIC, Willie Little
1984-85 — Cleveland State, Kevin Mackey
1985-86 — Cleveland State (2), Kevin Mackey (2)
1986-87 — Southwest Missouri State, Charlie Spoonhour
1987-88 — Southwest Missouri State (2), Charlie Spoonhour (2)
1988-89 — Southwest Missouri State (3), Charlie Spoonhour (3)
1989-90 — Southwest Missouri State (4), Charlie Spoonhour (4)
1990-91 — Northern Illinois, Jim Molinari
1991-92 — Green Bay, Dick Bennett
1992-93 — Cleveland State (3), Mike Boyd
1993-94 — Green Bay (2), Dick Bennett (2)
1994-95 — Valparaiso, Homer Drew
1995-96 — Valparaiso (2), Homer Drew (2)
1996-97 — Valparaiso (3), Homer Drew (3)
1997-98 — Valparaiso (4), Homer Drew (4)
1998-99 (tie) — Oral Roberts, Barry Hinson // Valparaiso (5), Homer Drew (5)
1999-00 — Oakland, Greg Kampe
2000-01 (tie) — Southern Utah, Bill Evans // Valparaiso (6), Homer Drew (6)
2001-02 — Valparaiso (7), Homer Drew (7)
2002-03 — Valparaiso (8), Scott Drew
2003-04 — Valparaiso (9), Homer Drew (8)
2004-05 — Oral Roberts (2), Scott Sutton
2005-06 (tie) — IUPUI, Ron Hunter // Oral Roberts (3), Scott Sutton (2)
2006-07 — Oral Roberts (4), Scott Sutton (3)
2007-08 — Oral Roberts (5), Scott Sutton (4)
2008-09 — North Dakota State, Saul Phillips
2009-10 — Oakland (2), Greg Kampe (2)
2010-11 — Oakland (3), Greg Kampe (3)
2011-12 — Oral Roberts (6), Scott Sutton (5)
2012-13 (tie) — South Dakota State, Scott Nagy // Western Illinois (2), Jim Molinari (2)
2013-14 — North Dakota State (2), Saul Phillips (2)
2014-15 (tie) — North Dakota State (3), David Richman // South Dakota State (2), Scott Nagy (2)
2015-16 (tie) — Fort Wayne, Jon Coffman // South Dakota State (3), Scott Nagy (3)
2016-17 — South Dakota, Craig Smith
2017-18 — South Dakota State (4), T. J. Otzelberger
2018-19 — South Dakota State (5), T. J. Otzelberger (2)
2019-20 (tie) — North Dakota State (4), David Richman (2) // South Dakota State (6), Eric Henderson
2020-21 — South Dakota State (7), Eric Henderson (2)
2021-22 — South Dakota State (8), Eric Henderson (3)
2022-23 — Oral Roberts (7), Paul Mills
2023-24 — South Dakota State (9), Eric Henderson (4)
2024-25 — Omaha, Chris Crutchfield
2025-26 — North Dakota State (5), David Richman (3)
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