Naismith College Coach of the Year

Naismith College Coach of the Year

Awarded for	the most outstanding men's and women's basketball head coaches in NCAA Division I
Country	United States
Presented by	Atlanta Tipoff Club
History
First award	1987
Most recent	Rick Pitino, St. John's (men) Cori Close, UCLA (women)
Website	Official website

The Naismith College Coach of the Year Award (officially known for sponsorship reasons as the Werner Ladder Naismith College Coach of the Year) is an award given by the Atlanta Tipoff Club to one men's and one women's NCAA Division I head college basketball coaches each season. ^[1] The award, created in 1987, was originally given to the two winning coaches of the NCAA Division I basketball tournament for the first two years of its existence. ^[2] In 1989, the Naismith Award's governing board switched to a voting process to determine the winners. ^[3]

The men's side has had five multiple-time winners: John Calipari and Mike Krzyzewski with three each, and Tony Bennett, Mark Few, and Jay Wright with two each. On the women's side, there have also been five multiple-time winners: Geno Auriemma with eight, Pat Summitt with five, Dawn Staley with four, and Muffet McGraw and Tara VanDerveer with three each.

Key

Coach (X)	Denotes the number of times the coach has been awarded the Naismith Coach of the Year Award at that point
W, L, W %	Total wins, total losses, win percentage
Finish	Postseason tournament result
*	Denotes national championship season

Winners

Pat Summitt, Tennessee, 5× winner

Phil Martelli, Saint Joseph's, 2004

Connie Yori, Nebraska, 2010

Ed Cooley, Providence, 2022

Men Season Coach School W L W % Finish Reference 1986–87 Bob Knight Indiana 30 4 .882 NCAA champion * [2] 1987–88 Larry Brown Kansas 27 11 .711 NCAA champion * [4] 1988–89 Mike Krzyzewski Duke 28 8 .778 NCAA Final Four [5] 1989–90 Bobby Cremins Georgia Tech 28 7 .800 NCAA Final Four [6] 1990–91 Randy Ayers Ohio State 27 4 .871 NCAA Sweet Sixteen [7] 1991–92 Mike Krzyzewski (2) Duke 34 2 .944 NCAA champion * [8] 1992–93 Dean Smith North Carolina 34 4 .895 NCAA champion * [9] 1993–94 Nolan Richardson Arkansas 31 3 .912 NCAA champion * [10] 1994–95 Jim Harrick UCLA 31 2 .939 NCAA champion * [11] 1995–96 John Calipari UMass 35 [a] 2 [a] .946 [a] NCAA Final Four [a] [12] 1996–97 Roy Williams Kansas 34 2 .944 NCAA Sweet Sixteen [13] 1997–98 Bill Guthridge North Carolina 34 4 .895 NCAA Final Four [14] 1998–99 Mike Krzyzewski (3) Duke 37 2 .949 NCAA runner-up [15] 1999–00 Mike Montgomery Stanford 27 4 .871 NCAA Second Round [16] 2000–01 Rod Barnes Ole Miss 27 8 .771 NCAA Sweet Sixteen [17] 2001–02 Ben Howland Pittsburgh 29 6 .829 NCAA Sweet Sixteen [18] 2002–03 Tubby Smith Kentucky 32 4 .889 NCAA Elite Eight [19] 2003–04 Phil Martelli Saint Joseph's 30 2 .938 NCAA Elite Eight [20] 2004–05 Bruce Weber Illinois 37 2 .949 NCAA runner-up [21] 2005–06 Jay Wright Villanova 28 5 .848 NCAA Elite Eight [22] 2006–07 Tony Bennett Washington State 26 8 .765 NCAA Second Round [23] 2007–08 John Calipari (2) Memphis 38 [b] 2 [b] .950 [b] NCAA runner-up [b] [24] 2008–09 Jamie Dixon Pittsburgh 31 5 .861 NCAA Elite Eight [25] 2009–10 Jim Boeheim Syracuse 30 5 .857 NCAA Sweet Sixteen [26] 2010–11 Steve Fisher San Diego State 34 3 .919 NCAA Sweet Sixteen [27] 2011–12 Bill Self Kansas 32 7 .821 NCAA runner-up [28] 2012–13 Jim Larrañaga Miami (Florida) 29 7 .806 NCAA Sweet Sixteen [29] 2013–14 Gregg Marshall Wichita State 35 1 .972 NCAA Round of 32 [c] [30] 2014–15 John Calipari (3) Kentucky 38 1 .974 NCAA Final Four [31] 2015–16 Jay Wright (2) Villanova 35 5 .875 NCAA champion * [32] 2016–17 Mark Few Gonzaga 37 2 .949 NCAA runner-up [33] 2017–18 Tony Bennett (2) Virginia 31 3 .912 NCAA Round of 64 [34] 2018–19 Rick Barnes Tennessee 31 6 .838 NCAA Sweet Sixteen [35] 2019–20 Anthony Grant Dayton 29 2 .935 N/A [d] [23] 2020–21 Mark Few (2) Gonzaga 31 1 .969 NCAA runner-up [36] 2021–22 Ed Cooley Providence 27 6 .818 NCAA Sweet Sixteen [37] 2022–23 Jerome Tang Kansas State 26 10 .722 NCAA Elite Eight [38] 2023–24 Dan Hurley UConn 37 3 .925 NCAA champion * [39] 2024–25 Rick Pitino St. John's 31 5 .861 NCAA Round of 32 [40]

Women Season Coach School W L W % Finish Reference 1986–87 Pat Summitt Tennessee 28 6 .824 NCAA champion * [2] 1987–88 Leon Barmore Louisiana Tech 32 2 .941 NCAA champion * [41] 1988–89 Pat Summitt (2) Tennessee 35 2 .946 NCAA champion * [42] 1989–90 Tara VanDerveer Stanford 32 1 .970 NCAA champion * [43] 1990–91 Debbie Ryan Virginia 31 3 .912 NCAA runner-up [44] 1991–92 Chris Weller Maryland 25 6 .806 NCAA Elite Eight [45] 1992–93 C. Vivian Stringer Iowa 27 4 .871 NCAA Final Four [46] 1993–94 Pat Summitt (3) Tennessee 31 2 .939 NCAA Sweet Sixteen [47] 1994–95 Geno Auriemma UConn 35 0 1.000 NCAA champion * [48] 1995–96 Andy Landers Georgia 28 5 .848 NCAA runner-up [49] 1996–97 Geno Auriemma (2) UConn 33 1 .971 NCAA Elite Eight [50] 1997–98 Pat Summitt (4) Tennessee 39 0 1.000 NCAA champion * [51] 1998–99 Carolyn Peck Purdue 34 1 .971 NCAA champion * [52] 1999–00 Geno Auriemma (3) UConn 36 1 .973 NCAA champion * [53] 2000–01 Muffet McGraw Notre Dame 34 2 .944 NCAA champion * [54] 2001–02 Geno Auriemma (4) UConn 39 0 1.000 NCAA champion * [55] 2002–03 Gail Goestenkors Duke 35 2 .946 NCAA Final Four [56] 2003–04 Pat Summitt (5) Tennessee 31 4 .886 NCAA runner-up [57] 2004–05 Pokey Chatman LSU 33 3 .917 NCAA Final Four [58] 2005–06 Sylvia Hatchell North Carolina 34 4 .895 NCAA Final Four [59] 2006–07 Gail Goestenkors (2) Duke 32 2 .941 NCAA Sweet Sixteen [60] 2007–08 Geno Auriemma (5) UConn 36 2 .947 NCAA Final Four [61] 2008–09 Geno Auriemma (6) UConn 39 0 1.000 NCAA champion * [62] 2009–10 Connie Yori Nebraska 32 2 .941 NCAA Sweet Sixteen [63] 2010–11 Tara VanDerveer (2) Stanford 33 3 .917 NCAA Final Four [64] 2011–12 Kim Mulkey Baylor 40 0 1.000 NCAA champion * [65] 2012–13 Muffet McGraw (2) Notre Dame 35 2 .946 NCAA Final Four [66] 2013–14 Muffet McGraw (3) Notre Dame 37 1 .974 NCAA Final Four [66] 2014–15 Courtney Banghart Princeton 31 1 .969 NCAA Second Round [c] [67] 2015–16 Geno Auriemma (7) UConn 38 0 1.000 NCAA champion * [68] 2016–17 Geno Auriemma (8) UConn 36 1 .973 NCAA Final Four [68] 2017–18 Vic Schaefer Mississippi State 37 2 .949 NCAA runner-up [69] 2018–19 Lisa Bluder Iowa 29 7 .806 NCAA Elite Eight [70] 2019–20 Dawn Staley South Carolina 32 1 .970 N/A [d] [71] 2020–21 Tara VanDerveer (3) Stanford 31 2 .939 NCAA champion * [72] 2021–22 Dawn Staley (2) South Carolina 35 2 .946 NCAA champion * [73] 2022–23 Dawn Staley (3) South Carolina 36 1 .973 NCAA Final Four [74] 2023–24 Dawn Staley (4) South Carolina 38 0 1.000 NCAA champion * [75] 2024–25 Cori Close UCLA 34 3 .919 NCAA Final Four [76]

• ^a On May 8, 1997, the NCAA Executive Committee voted to negate the Minutemen's 1996 NCAA tournament record, for Marcus Camby's acceptance of agents' improper gifts. ^[77] The 35–2 record was reduced to 31–1, and the UMass slot in the Final Four is officially denoted as vacated. ^[77]
• ^b An NCAA investigation determined that Derrick Rose had forfeited his eligibility because the Educational Testing Service voided his SAT Reasoning Test score which made him eligible to play. ^[78] The NCAA also determined that even without the questions about Rose's SAT score, Rose would have lost his eligibility in December 2007 due to his brother being allowed to travel with the team for free. ^[78] All 38 wins and one 2008 NCAA tournament loss were subsequently vacated by the NCAA for rules violations, leaving the team with an official record of 0–1. ^[78]
• ^c The NCAA men's tournament expanded to 68 teams starting in 2011, with the last four teams earning bids into the tournament set in competition with one another via "First Four" play-in games. ^[79] The 'Second Round' then became more commonly referred to as 'Round of 32' for specificity. On the women's side, 2022 was the first NCAA tournament in which 68 teams earned bids. ^[80]
• ^d The COVID-19 pandemic caused the 2019–20 men's and women's seasons to be canceled prior to any national postseason tournaments occurring. ^{[81] [82]}

See also

• Naismith College Player of the Year

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