AP College Basketball Coach of the Year

"Associated Press Coach of the Year" redirects here. For the college football counterpart, see Associated Press College Football Coach of the Year Award.

The AP College Basketball Coach of the Year award was established in 1967 to recognize the best men's college basketball coach of the year, as voted upon by the Associated Press (AP). A parallel award for women's coaches was added in 1995.^[1] The 2011 women's award, shared by three coaches, was notable as the first shared AP award in any college sport.^[2] The men's award saw its first tie in 2025.

John Wooden of UCLA and Bob Knight of Indiana have won the most awards on the men's side with five and three, respectively. As of 2025, two active men's coaches have won the award twice each: Bill Self at Kansas, and Kelvin Sampson, first at Oklahoma and then at Houston. Geno Auriemma of UConn has by far the most awards, with nine on the women's side, followed by Muffet McGraw of Notre Dame with four. Tom and Keno Davis are the only father-and-son duo to win the award.

Key

†	Co-Coach of the Year
Coach (X)	Denotes the number of times the coach has been awarded at that point

Winners

Schools are referred to in these listings by their current athletic brand names, even though they may not be historically accurate for the season of a given award. The only school affected by this is UConn, which used "Connecticut" as its official athletic brand before 2013–14 (although it widely used "UConn" before then).

Men's Season Coach School 1967 John Wooden UCLA 1968 Guy Lewis Houston 1969 John Wooden (2) UCLA 1970 John Wooden (3) UCLA 1971 Al McGuire Marquette 1972 John Wooden (4) UCLA 1973 John Wooden (5) UCLA 1974 Norm Sloan NC State 1975 Bob Knight Indiana 1976 Bob Knight (2) Indiana 1977 Bob Gaillard San Francisco 1978 Eddie Sutton Arkansas 1979 Bill Hodges Indiana State 1980 Ray Meyer DePaul 1981 Ralph Miller Oregon State 1982 Ralph Miller (2) Oregon State 1983 Guy Lewis (2) Houston 1984 Ray Meyer (2) DePaul 1985 Bill Frieder Michigan 1986 Eddie Sutton (2) Kentucky 1987 Tom Davis Iowa 1988 John Chaney Temple 1989 Bob Knight (3) Indiana 1990 Jim Calhoun UConn 1991 Randy Ayers Ohio State 1992 Roy Williams Kansas 1993 Eddie Fogler Vanderbilt 1994 Norm Stewart Missouri 1995 Kelvin Sampson Oklahoma 1996 Gene Keady Purdue 1997 Clem Haskins Minnesota 1998 Tom Izzo Michigan State 1999 Cliff Ellis Auburn 2000 Larry Eustachy Iowa State 2001 Matt Doherty North Carolina 2002 Ben Howland Pittsburgh 2003 Tubby Smith Kentucky 2004 Phil Martelli Saint Joseph’s 2005 Bruce Weber Illinois 2006 Roy Williams (2) North Carolina 2007 Tony Bennett Washington State 2008 Keno Davis Drake 2009 Bill Self Kansas 2010 Jim Boeheim Syracuse 2011 Mike Brey Notre Dame 2012 Frank Haith Missouri[3] 2013 Jim Larrañaga Miami (FL) 2014 Gregg Marshall Wichita State 2015 John Calipari Kentucky[4] 2016 Bill Self (2) Kansas[5] 2017 Mark Few Gonzaga[6] 2018 Tony Bennett (2) Virginia[7] 2019 Chris Beard Texas Tech[8] 2020 Anthony Grant Dayton[9] 2021 Juwan Howard Michigan[10] 2022 Tommy Lloyd Arizona[11] 2023 Shaka Smart Marquette[12] 2024 Kelvin Sampson (2) Houston[13] 2025 Bruce Pearl Auburn[14] Rick Pitino St. John's

Women's Season Coach School 1995 Geno Auriemma UConn[15] 1996 Angie Lee Iowa[16] 1997 Geno Auriemma (2) UConn[15] 1998 Pat Summitt Tennessee[17] 1999 Carolyn Peck Purdue[18] 2000 Geno Auriemma (3) UConn[15] 2001 Muffet McGraw Notre Dame[19] 2002 Brenda Oldfield Minnesota[20] 2003 Geno Auriemma (4) UConn[15] 2004 Joe Curl Houston[21] 2005 Joanne P. McCallie Michigan State[22] 2006 Sylvia Hatchell North Carolina[23] 2007 Gail Goestenkors Duke[24] 2008 Geno Auriemma (5) UConn[15] 2009 Geno Auriemma (6) UConn[15] 2010 Connie Yori Nebraska[25] 2011 Geno Auriemma (7) UConn Katie Meier Miami (FL) Tara VanDerveer Stanford 2012 Kim Mulkey Baylor[26] 2013 Muffet McGraw (2) Notre Dame[19][27] 2014 Muffet McGraw (3) Notre Dame[27] 2015 Sue Semrau Florida State[28] 2016 Geno Auriemma (8) UConn[15][29] 2017 Geno Auriemma (9) UConn[30] 2018 Muffet McGraw (4) Notre Dame[31] 2019 Kim Mulkey (2) Baylor[32] 2020 Dawn Staley South Carolina[33] 2021 Brenda Frese (2) Maryland[34] 2022 Kim Mulkey (3) LSU[35] 2023 Teri Moren Indiana[36] 2024 Dawn Staley (2) South Carolina 2025 Cori Close UCLA

See also

• AP College Basketball Player of the Year