Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year

Honor awarded to collegiate basketball coaches

The Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year award was established in 1967 to recognize the best men's college basketball coach of the year, as voted upon by the Associated Press (AP). A parallel award for women's coaches was added in 1995.[1] The 2011 women's award, shared by three coaches, was notable as the first shared AP award in any college sport.[2]

John Wooden of UCLA and Bob Knight of Indiana have won the most awards on the men's side with five and three, respectively. Among active men's coaches only Tony Bennett of Virginia (and Washington State) and Bill Self of Kansas have won the award more than once; both of them winning the award twice and at both programs they have coached. Geno Auriemma of UConn has by far the most awards, with nine on the women's side, followed by Muffet McGraw of Notre Dame with four. Tom and Keno Davis are the only father-and-son duo to win the award.

Key

† Co-Coach of the Year
Coach (X) Denotes the number of times the coach has been awarded at that point

Winners

Schools are referred to in these listings by their current athletic brand names, even though they may not be historically accurate for the season of a given award. The only school affected by this is UConn, which used "Connecticut" as its official athletic brand before 2013–14 (although it widely used "UConn" before then).

Men's

Season Coach School
1967 John Wooden UCLA
1968 Guy Lewis Houston
1969 John Wooden (2) UCLA
1970 John Wooden (3) UCLA
1971 Al McGuire Marquette
1972 John Wooden (4) UCLA
1973 John Wooden (5) UCLA
1974 Norm Sloan NC State
1975 Bob Knight Indiana
1976 Bob Knight (2) Indiana
1977 Bob Gaillard San Francisco
1978 Eddie Sutton Arkansas
1979 Bill Hodges Indiana State
1980 Ray Meyer DePaul
1981 Ralph Miller Oregon State
1982 Ralph Miller (2) Oregon State
1983 Guy Lewis (2) Houston
1984 Ray Meyer (2) DePaul
1985 Bill Frieder Michigan
1986 Eddie Sutton (2) Kentucky
1987 Tom Davis Iowa
1988 John Chaney Temple
1989 Bob Knight (3) Indiana
1990 Jim Calhoun UConn
1991 Randy Ayers Ohio State
1992 Roy Williams Kansas
1993 Eddie Fogler Vanderbilt
1994 Norm Stewart Missouri
1995 Kelvin Sampson Oklahoma
1996 Gene Keady Purdue
1997 Clem Haskins Minnesota
1998 Tom Izzo Michigan State
1999 Cliff Ellis Auburn
2000 Larry Eustachy Iowa State
2001 Matt Doherty North Carolina
2002 Ben Howland Pittsburgh
2003 Tubby Smith Kentucky
2004 Phil Martelli Saint Joseph’s
2005 Bruce Weber Illinois
2006 Roy Williams (2) North Carolina
2007 Tony Bennett Washington State
2008 Keno Davis Drake
2009 Bill Self Kansas
2010 Jim Boeheim Syracuse
2011 Mike Brey Notre Dame
2012 Frank Haith Missouri[3]
2013 Jim Larrañaga Miami (FL)
2014 Gregg Marshall Wichita State
2015 John Calipari Kentucky[4]
2016 Bill Self (2) Kansas[5]
2017 Mark Few Gonzaga[6]
2018 Tony Bennett (2) Virginia[7]
2019 Chris Beard Texas Tech[8]
2020 Anthony Grant Dayton[9]
2021 Juwan Howard Michigan[10]
2022 Tommy Lloyd Arizona[11]
2023 Shaka Smart Marquette[12]
2024 Kelvin Sampson (2) Houston[13]


Women's

Season Coach School
1995 Geno Auriemma UConn[14]
1996 Angie Lee Iowa[15]
1997 Geno Auriemma (2) UConn[14]
1998 Pat Summitt Tennessee[16]
1999 Carolyn Peck Purdue[17]
2000 Geno Auriemma (3) UConn[14]
2001 Muffet McGraw Notre Dame[18]
2002 Brenda Oldfield Minnesota[19]
2003 Geno Auriemma (4) UConn[14]
2004 Joe Curl Houston[20]
2005 Joanne P. McCallie Michigan State[21]
2006 Sylvia Hatchell North Carolina[22]
2007 Gail Goestenkors Duke[23]
2008 Geno Auriemma (5) UConn[14]
2009 Geno Auriemma (6) UConn[14]
2010 Connie Yori Nebraska[24]
2011 Geno Auriemma (7) UConn
Katie Meier Miami (FL)
Tara VanDerveer Stanford
2012 Kim Mulkey Baylor[25]
2013 Muffet McGraw (2) Notre Dame[18][26]
2014 Muffet McGraw (3) Notre Dame[26]
2015 Sue Semrau Florida State[27]
2016 Geno Auriemma (8) UConn[14][28]
2017 Geno Auriemma (9) UConn[29]
2018 Muffet McGraw (4) Notre Dame[30]
2019 Kim Mulkey (2) Baylor[31]
2020 Dawn Staley South Carolina[32]
2021 Brenda Frese (2) Maryland[33]
2022 Kim Mulkey (3) LSU[34]
2023 Teri Moren Indiana[35]
2024 Dawn Staley (2) South Carolina

See also

References

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  7. ^ "Virginia's Tony Bennett honored as AP coach of the year". ESPN.com. Associated Press. March 29, 2018. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
  8. ^ "Texas Tech's Beard named AP men's college coach of the year". The Washington Post. April 4, 2019. Archived from the original on April 4, 2019. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  9. ^ "Dayton double: Flyers' Toppin, Grant claim AP top honors". APNews.com. Associated Press. March 24, 2020. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
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  11. ^ "Arizona's Tommy Lloyd wins AP men's coach of the year". Washington Post. April 1, 2022.
  12. ^ Skretta, Dave (March 31, 2023). "Marquette's Shaka Smart voted men's AP coach of the year". Associated Press News. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
  13. ^ Skretta, Dave (April 5, 2024). "Houston coach Kelvin Sampson edges UConn's Dan Hurley for AP coach of the year". Associated Press. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
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  16. ^ Congress (2009-12-30). Congressional Record. Government Printing Office.
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  18. ^ a b "Notre Dame's Muffet McGraw is AP Coach of the Year".
  19. ^ "Brenda Frese Biography". umterps.com. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
  20. ^ "Former UH women's basketball coach Joe Curl dies at 59". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
  21. ^ "Joanne P. McCallie Bio - Michigan State Official Athletic Site". www.msuspartans.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-26. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
  22. ^ "Sylvia Hatchell Voted AP Coach of the Year - Tar Heel Times - 4/2/2006". www.tarheeltimes.com. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
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  25. ^ "Kim Mulkey Bio - Baylor Official Athletic Site". www.baylorbears.com. Archived from the original on April 5, 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
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  27. ^ "Semrau Named Associated Press Coach of the Year". Seminoles.com. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
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  29. ^ "Washington's Kelsey Plum, UConn's Geno Auriemma earn AP honors". ESPN.com. Associated Press. March 30, 2017. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
  30. ^ "Muffet McGraw wins fourth AP women's Coach of the Year award". ESPN.com. Associated Press. March 29, 2018. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
  31. ^ "Iowa's Gustafson, Baylor's Mulkey get AP honors". ESPN.com. Associated Press. April 4, 2019. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  32. ^ "Sabrina Ionescu is unanimous AP women's player of the year". ESPN.com. Associated Press. March 23, 2020. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  33. ^ "Maryland's Brenda Frese named The Associated Press women's basketball coach of the year for second time in her career". washingtonpost.com. The Washington Post. March 31, 2021. Retrieved March 31, 2021.[dead link]
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  35. ^ Feinberg, Doug (March 30, 2023). "Indiana's Teri Moren wins AP Coach of the Year". Associated Press News. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
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