List of Sun Belt Coach of the Year winners

The Sun Belt Conference has awarded Sun Belt Men’s Basketball Coach of the Year honors every season since 1976-77. The three coaches who have won the award the most times (three each) are Gene Bartow, Ronnie Arrow and Kermit Davis, Jr. South Alabama is the program with the most awards (seven), followed by Western Kentucky, New Orleans and Little Rock (four each). Parenthesis indicate number of awards for that coach or school.

1977 — Lee Rose, Charlotte

1978 — Butch van Breda Kolff, New Orleans

1979 — Cliff Ellis, South Alabama

1980 — Tates Locke, Jacksonville

1981 — Gene Bartow, UAB

1982 — Gene Bartow (2), UAB (2)

1983 — J. D. Barnett, VCU

1984 — J. D. Barnett (2), VCU (2)

1985 — Gene Bartow (3), UAB (3)

1986 (tie) — Clem Haskins, Western Kentucky

1986 (tie) — Tom Young, Old Dominion

1987 — Murray Arnold, Western Kentucky (2)

1988 — Jeff Mullins, Charlotte (2)

1989 — Ronnie Arrow, South Alabama (2)

1990 — Bobby Paschal, South Florida

1991 — Ronnie Arrow (2), South Alabama (3)

1992 — Marty Fletcher, Southwestern Louisiana

1993 — Tim Floyd, New Orleans (2)

1994 — Matt Kilcullen, Jacksonville (2)

1995 — Matt Kilcullen (2), Western Kentucky (3)

1996 — Wimp Sanderson, Arkansas-Little Rock

1997 — Tic Price, New Orleans (3)

1998 — Dickey Nutt, Arkansas State

1999 — Keith Richard, Louisiana Tech

2000 — Bob Weltlich, South Alabama (4)

2001 — Joey Stiebing, New Orleans (4)

2002 — Dennis Felton, Western Kentucky (4)

2003 — Kermit Davis Jr., Middle Tennessee

2004 — Steve Shields, Arkansas-Little Rock (2)

2005 — Terry Carroll, Denver

2006 — John Pelphrey, South Alabama (5)

2007 — Orlando Early, Louisiana-Monroe

2008 — Ronnie Arrow (3), South Alabama (6)

2009 — Don Maestri, Troy

2010 — John Brady, Arkansas State (2)

2011 — Mike Jarvis, Florida Atlantic

2012 — Kermit Davis Jr. (2), Middle Tennessee (2)

2013 — Kermit Davis Jr. (3), Middle Tennessee (3)

2014 — Ron Hunter, Georgia State

2015 — Keith Richard (2), Louisiana-Monroe (2)

2016 — Chris Beard, Little Rock (3)

2017 — Scott Cross, Texas-Arlington

2018 — Bob Marlin, Louisiana (2)

2019 — Chris Ogden, Texas-Arlington (2)

2020 — Darrell Walker, Little Rock (4)

2021 — Terrence Johnson, Texas State

2022 — Terrence Johnson (2), Texas State (2)

2023 — Jay Ladner, Southern Miss

2024 — Dustin Kerns, Appalachian State

2025 — Richie Riley, South Alabama (7)

2026 — Scott Cross, Troy (2)

 

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