Clarence Gaines Award

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Clarence Gaines Award
Awarded forthe nation's top head coach in NCAA Division II men's basketball
CountryUnited States
Presented by Collegeinsider.com
History
First award2011
Most recent Mike MacDonald, Daemen
Website ClarenceGainesAward.com

The Clarence "Big House" Gaines Award is an award given annually by Collegeinsider.com to the most outstanding men's college basketball head coach in NCAA Division II. The award was established in 2011 and is named for the late Clarence Gaines, who coached for 47 years at Winston-Salem State University. [1]

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Winners

Player (X)Denotes the number of times the coach has been awarded the Clarence Gaines Award at that point
Josh Schertz, 2016 Josh Schertz.jpg
Josh Schertz, 2016
SeasonCoachSchoolReference
2010–11 Steve Kinder Cal Poly Humboldt [2]
2011–12 Ben McCollum Northwest Missouri State [3]
2012–13 Tom Billeter Augustana (South Dakota) [4]
2013–14 Jeff Wilson East Stroudsburg [5]
2014–15 Chad Walthall Minnesota State–Moorhead [6]
2015–16 Josh Schertz Lincoln Memorial [7]
2016–17 Darren Vorderbruegge Hawaii Pacific [8]
2017–18 Grady Brewer Morehouse [9]
2018–19 Andre Cook St. Edward's [10]
2019–20 Ben McCollum (2) Northwest Missouri State [3]
2020–21 Todd Duncan Lubbock Christian [11]
2021–22 Ben McCollum (3) Northwest Missouri State [3]
2022–23 Jim Crutchfield Nova Southeastern [12]
2023–24 Jordan Fee Gannon [13]
2024–25 Mike MacDonald Daemen [14]

References

  1. ↑ "The Clarence "Big House" Gaines National Coach of the Year Award". Collegeinsider.com. March 13, 2024. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
  2. ↑ "HSU's Kinder garners national recognition". HumboldtAthletics.com. California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt. July 16, 2011. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 "McCollum earns National Coach of the Year honor". St. Joseph News-Press . St. Joseph, Missouri. April 2, 2022. p. B4. Retrieved March 13, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Augie's Billeter wins top award". Rapid City Journal . Rapid City, South Dakota. April 10, 2013. p. 26. Retrieved March 13, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Knowlden, Greg (April 7, 2014). "ESU's Wilson earns second coach of the year award". Pocono Record . Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania . Retrieved March 13, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Ex-Iowa assistant lands top D-II award". The Gazette . Cedar Rapids, Iowa. April 5, 2015. p. P1. Retrieved March 13, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Dopirak, Dustin (April 5, 2016). "LMU's Schertz is D-II coach of year". Knoxville News Sentinel . Knoxville, Tennessee. p. 19. Retrieved March 13, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "HPU's Vorderbruegge wins Clarence Gaines Award". HPUsharks.com. Hawaii Pacific University. April 6, 2017. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
  9. ↑ Gaither, Steven J. (May 30, 2021). "Morehouse basketball's Grady Brewer passes away". HBCU Gameday. Atlanta, Georgia . Retrieved March 13, 2024. Grady Brewer was recognized as the 2018 Clarence Gaines Award winner for his team's performance that season.
  10. ↑ "Cook selected as Clarence Gaines Award recipient". GoHilltoppers.com. St. Edward's University. April 8, 2019. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
  11. ↑ "Todd Duncan named Clarence Gaines coach of the year". DoubleT973.com. Lubbock 97.3 FM. March 31, 2021. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
  12. ↑ "Nova's Crutchfield is top D-II coach". Miami Herald . Miami, Florida. March 31, 2023. p. A24. Retrieved March 13, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "Fee receives Clarence "Big House" Gaines Award as NCAA Division II's top men's basketball coach". GannonSports.com. Gannon University. April 4, 2024. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
  14. ↑ "Daemen's Mike MacDonald Honored with Clarence Gaines National Coach of the Year Award". ECCsports.org. East Coast Conference. April 1, 2025. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
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