Jim Phelan Award

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Jim Phelan Award
Awarded forthe nation's top men's head coach in NCAA Division I basketball
CountryUnited States
Presented by Collegeinsider.com
History
First award2003
Most recent Chris Beard, Ole Miss
Website www.jimphelanaward.com

The Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Award (formerly called the CollegeInsider.com National Coach of the Year Award from 2003 to 2009 [1] ) is an award given annually to the most outstanding men's college basketball head coach in NCAA Division I competition. [2] The award was established in 2003 and was renamed for head coach Jim Phelan, who coached at Mount St. Mary's. [1] Phelan spent his entire 49-year coaching career at MSMU, compiling 830 wins in 1,354 games. He was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008. [1] [3]

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Winners

Tubby Smith won the award in 2005. Tubby Smith Kuwait 2.jpg
Tubby Smith won the award in 2005.
Tony Bennett won the award while at Washington State. Tony G. Bennett at WSU at Cal 2-7-09.JPG
Tony Bennett won the award while at Washington State.
*Awarded the Naismith College Coach of the Year the same season
Coach (X)Denotes the number of times the coach has been awarded the Jim Phelan Award at that point
YearCoachSchoolRecordReference
2002–03 Mark Slonaker Mercer 23–6 [4]
2003–04 Phil Martelli * Saint Joseph's 30–2 [5]
2004–05 Tubby Smith Kentucky 28–6 [6]
2005–06 Ben Howland UCLA 32–7 [6]
2006–07 Tony Bennett * Washington State 26–8 [6]
2007–08 Bo Ryan Wisconsin 31–5 [6]
2008–09 John Calipari Memphis 33–4 [6]
2009–10 Jamie Dixon Pittsburgh 25–9 [7]
2010–11 Stew Morrill Utah State 30–4 [8]
2011–12 Mike Brey Notre Dame 22–12 [9]
2012–13 Dana Altman Oregon 28–9 [10]
2013–14 Tim Miles Nebraska 19–13 [11]
2014–15 Bob Huggins West Virginia 25–10 [12]
2015–16 Greg Gard Wisconsin 22–13 [13]
2016–17 Frank Martin South Carolina 26–11 [14]
2017–18 Chris Holtmann Ohio State 25–9 [15]
2018–19 Ritchie McKay Liberty 29–7 [16]
2019–20 Steve Pikiell Rutgers 20–11 [17]
2020–21 Todd Simon Southern Utah 19–3 [18]
2021–22 Mark Adams Texas Tech 27–10 [19]
2022–23 Chris Collins Northwestern 22–12 [20]
2023–24 Fred Hoiberg Nebraska 23–11
2024–25 Chris Beard Ole Miss 24–12 [21]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 "Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Award". CollegeInsider.com. 2010. Archived from the original on September 30, 2013. Retrieved April 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ CollegeInsider.com has a second coach-of-the-year award, for the most outstanding coach in mid-major conferences – the Hugh Durham Award.
  3. ↑ "About Jim Phelan". JimPhelanAward.com. 2010. Retrieved April 9, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Mercer's Slonaker Named Phelan Award Winner". JimPhelanAward.com. 1 April 2003. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
  5. ↑ "National Coach of the Year Phil Martelli". HawkHoopClub.com. 2004. Archived from the original on 26 August 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "JU Basketball Coach Named Finalist for Two Awards". Atlantic Sun Conference. 21 February 2007. Archived from the original (Press release) on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2010. "Previous winners of the Phelan Award are Howland (2006), Tubby Smith (Kentucky, 2005), Phil Martelli (St. Joseph's, 2004) and Mark Slonaker (Mercer, 2003)."
  7. ↑ "Jamie Dixon Named Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year". University of Pittsburgh. 3 April 2010. Archived from the original (Press release) on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
  8. ↑ "Utah State's Stew Morrill Named Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year". Utah State University. 1 April 2011. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
  9. ↑ "Mike Brey Named Jim Phelan National Coach Of The Year". University of Notre Dame. 30 March 2012. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  10. ↑ "Dana Altman Wins National Coach of the Year Award". University of Oregon. 7 April 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  11. ↑ "Tim Miles named 2014 Jim Phelan Award winner". Omaha.com. 5 April 2014. Archived from the original on 22 April 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  12. ↑ "Huggins Named National Coach of the Year". wvusports.com. 3 April 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  13. ↑ "Greg Gard named Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year". madison.com. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  14. ↑ "South Carolina's Frank Martin wins 2017 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Award". SECcountry.com. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  15. ↑ "2018 Jim Phelan Award".
  16. ↑ "2019 Jim Phelan Award".
  17. ↑ "Rutgers Men's Basketball Coach Steve Pikiell Wins the Jim Phelan Coach of the Year Award". onthebanks.com. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  18. ↑ "Southern Utah's Todd Simon Named the Recipient of 2021 Jim Phelan Award". suutbirds.com. 1 April 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  19. ↑ "Past Recipients".
  20. ↑ "Northwestern's Chris Collins is the recipient of the 2023 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year award".
  21. ↑ Hutchins, Sam (April 2, 2025). "Ole Miss basketball's Chris Beard wins 2025 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year". clarionledger.com. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
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