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 Fred Hoiberg, Nebraska
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 (non-mid-major conference) 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

Winners by school

SchoolWinnersYears
Nebraska 22014, 2024
Wisconsin 22008, 2016
Kentucky 12005
Liberty 12019
Memphis 12009
Mercer 12003
Northwestern 12023
Notre Dame 12012
Ohio State 12018
Oregon 12013
Pittsburgh 12010
Rutgers 12020
Saint Joseph's 12004
South Carolina 12017
Southern Utah 12021
Texas Tech 12022
UCLA 12006
Utah State 12011
Washington State 12007
West Virginia 12015

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  2. CollegeInsider.com has a second coach-of-the-year award, for the most outstanding coach in mid-major conferences – the Hugh Durham Award.
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