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Awarded for | the top men's basketball coach in the Pac-12 Conference |
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Country | United States |
History | |
First award | 1976 |
Final award | 2024 |
The John R. Wooden Coach of the Year, commonly known as the Pac-12 Coach of the Year, was an annual college basketball award presented to the top men's basketball coach in the Pac-12 Conference. The winner was selected by conference coaches, who were not allowed to vote for themselves. [1] Former Arizona coach Lute Olson won the award a record seven times. [1] It was first awarded in 1976, [1] when the conference consisted of eight teams and was known as the Pacific-8, before becoming the Pacific-10 after expanding in 1978. Two more teams were added in 2011, when the conference became the Pac-12. [2] The award was known as the Pac-10 Coach of the Year Award when it was renamed in John Wooden's honor following his death in June 2010. [3] [4] Wooden coached the UCLA Bruins for 27 years while winning a record 10 national championships, including seven straight. [5] He retired in 1975, the year before the award began. [1]
Dick DiBiaso of Stanford and George Raveling of Washington State were co-winners in the award's inaugural year. Both schools finished in the lower half of the conference that year. [6] DiBiaso is the only coach to have received the award with a losing record. [7] He was a first-year coach for the Cardinal (then nicknamed Cardinals) with only one returning starter, and the team lost a number of significant players to injury. Stanford's record was 9–18 with 11 losses by six points or less. [6] Since the conference expanded to 10 teams in 1978, the winner of the award has typically qualified for the NCAA Tournament. Marv Harshman was 19–10 with Washington in 1981–82 and fellow Huskies coach Bob Bender finished 16–12 in 1995–96 when the schools landed in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT). In 1990–91, Kelvin Sampson guided Washington State to a 16–12 record and did not compete in a postseason tournament. [8]
† | Co-Coaches of the Year |
Coach (X) | Denotes the number of times the coach has been awarded the Pac-12 Coach of the Year award at that point |
Season | Coach | School | Ref |
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1975–76† | Dick DiBiaso | Stanford | |
George Raveling | Washington State | ||
1976–77 | Dick Harter | Oregon | |
1977–78 | Gary Cunningham | UCLA | |
1978–79 | Bob Boyd | USC | |
1979–80 | Ned Wulk | Arizona State | |
1980–81 | Ralph Miller | Oregon State | |
1981–82 | Marv Harshman | Washington | |
1982–83 | George Raveling (2) | Washington State | |
1983–84 | Marv Harshman (2) | Washington | |
1984–85 | Stan Morrison | USC | |
1985–86 | Lute Olson | Arizona | |
1986–87 | Walt Hazzard | UCLA | |
1987–88 | Lute Olson (2) | Arizona | |
1988–89† | Lute Olson (3) | Arizona | |
Ralph Miller (2) | Oregon State | ||
1989–90 | Jim Anderson | Oregon State | |
1990–91 | Kelvin Sampson | Washington State | |
1991–92 | George Raveling (3) | USC | |
1992–93 | Lute Olson (4) | Arizona | |
1993–94 | Lute Olson (5) | Arizona | |
1994–95 | Jim Harrick | UCLA | |
1995–96 | Bob Bender | Washington | |
1996–97 | Ben Braun | California | |
1997–98 | Lute Olson (6) | Arizona | |
1998–99 | Mike Montgomery | Stanford | |
1999–2000 | Mike Montgomery (2) | Stanford | |
2000–01 | Steve Lavin | UCLA | |
2001–02 | Ernie Kent | Oregon | |
2002–03† | Mike Montgomery (3) | Stanford | |
Lute Olson (7) | Arizona | ||
2003–04 | Mike Montgomery (4) | Stanford | |
2004–05 | Lorenzo Romar | Washington | |
2005–06 | Ben Howland | UCLA | |
2006–07 | Tony Bennett | Washington State | |
2007–08 | Trent Johnson | Stanford | |
2008–09 | Lorenzo Romar (2) | Washington | |
2009–10 | Herb Sendek | Arizona State | |
2010–11 | Sean Miller | Arizona | |
2011–12 | Lorenzo Romar (3) | Washington | |
2012–13 | Dana Altman | Oregon | |
2013–14 | Sean Miller (2) | Arizona | |
2014–15 | Dana Altman (2) | Oregon | |
2015–16 | Dana Altman (3) | Oregon | |
2016–17 | Sean Miller (3) | Arizona | |
2017–18 | Mike Hopkins | Washington | |
2018–19 | Mike Hopkins (2) | Washington | |
2019–20 | Mick Cronin | UCLA | |
2020–21 | Andy Enfield | USC | |
2021–22 | Tommy Lloyd | Arizona | |
2022–23 | Mick Cronin (2) | UCLA | |
2023–24 | Kyle Smith | Washington State | |
School (year joined) a | Winners | Years |
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Arizona (1978) | 11 | 1986, 1988, 1989†, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2003†, 2011, 2014, 2017, 2022 |
Washington (1959) | 8 | 1982, 1984, 1996, 2005, 2009, 2012, 2018, 2019 |
UCLA (1959) | 7 | 1978, 1987, 1995, 2001, 2006, 2020, 2023 |
Stanford (1959) | 6 | 1976†, 1999, 2000, 2003†, 2004, 2008 |
Oregon (1964) | 5 | 1977, 2002, 2013, 2015, 2016 |
Washington State (1962) | 5 | 1976†, 1983, 1991, 2007, 2024 |
USC (1959) | 4 | 1979, 1985, 1992, 2021 |
Oregon State (1964) | 3 | 1981, 1989†, 1990 |
Arizona State (1978) | 2 | 1980, 2010 |
California (1959) | 1 | 1997 |
Colorado (2011) | 0 | — |
Utah (2011) | 0 | — |
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