Henry Iba Award

The Henry Iba Award was established in 1959 to recognize the best college basketball coach of the year by the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA). Five nominees are presented and the individual with the most votes receives the award, which is presented in conjunction with the Final Four. The award is named for Henry Iba, who coached at Oklahoma State from 1934 to 1970. Iba won the NCAA College Championship in 1945 and 1946 and coached the U.S. Olympic Teams to two gold medals in 1964 and 1968. The award is presented at the Oscar Robertson Trophy Breakfast on the Friday before the Final Four.

Henry Iba Award

Awarded for	the best men's college basketball head coach in NCAA Division I competition
Country	United States
Presented by	United States Basketball Writers Association
History
First award	1959
Most recent	Rick Pitino, St. John's
Website	sportswriters.net

Legendary UCLA Bruins coach John Wooden has the most all–time selections with seven. Of the seven other coaches with multiple Henry Iba Awards, only Virginia Cavaliers coach Tony Bennett has received it more than twice. The school with the second–most winners is Ohio State, which has had two coaches win a total of three awards (Fred Taylor, Randy Ayers).

Bennett is also one of two coaches to receive the award at more than one program, having done so once at Washington State and twice at Virginia. The other is Kelvin Sampson, honored at Oklahoma and Houston.

Key

Coach (X)	Denotes the number of times the coach has been given the Henry Iba Award at that point
Team (X)	Denotes the number of times the team has been represented for the Henry Iba Award at that point

Winners

John Wooden has the most awards (7).

Tony Bennett has won the award three times at two schools (twice at Virginia and once at Washington State).

Roy Williams also won the award at two different schools (Kansas and North Carolina).

Bob Knight won twice while at Indiana.

Jim Boeheim was the 2010 Henry Iba Award winner.

Season	Coach	School	Record	Postseason result
1958–59	Eddie Hickey	Marquette	23–6	NCAA Sweet 16
1959–60	Pete Newell	California	28–2	NCAA Runners-Up
1960–61	Fred Taylor	Ohio State	27–1	NCAA Runners-Up
1961–62	Fred Taylor (2)	Ohio State (2)	26–2	NCAA Runners-Up
1962–63	Ed Jucker	Cincinnati	26–2	NCAA Runners-Up
1963–64	John Wooden	UCLA	30–0	NCAA Champions
1964–65	Butch van Breda Kolff	Princeton	23–6	NCAA Final Four
1965–66	Adolph Rupp	Kentucky	27–2	NCAA Runners-Up
1966–67	John Wooden (2)	UCLA (2)	30–0	NCAA Champions
1967–68	Guy Lewis	Houston	31–2	NCAA Final Four
1968–69	John Wooden (3)	UCLA (3)	29–1	NCAA Champions
1969–70	John Wooden (4)	UCLA (4)	28–2	NCAA Champions
1970–71	John Wooden (5)	UCLA (5)	29–1	NCAA Champions
1971–72	John Wooden (6)	UCLA (6)	30–0	NCAA Champions
1972–73	John Wooden (7)	UCLA (7)	30–0	NCAA Champions
1973–74	Norm Sloan	NC State	30–1	NCAA Champions
1974–75	Bob Knight	Indiana	31–1	NCAA Elite Eight
1975–76	Johnny Orr	Michigan	25–7	NCAA Runners-Up
1976–77	Eddie Sutton	Arkansas	26–2	NCAA 1st Round
1977–78	Ray Meyer	DePaul	27–3	NCAA Elite Eight
1978–79	Dean Smith	North Carolina	23–9	NCAA 2nd Round
1979–80	Ray Meyer (2)	DePaul (2)	26–2	NCAA 1st Round
1980–81	Ralph Miller	Oregon State	26–2	NCAA 2nd Round
1981–82	John Thompson	Georgetown	30–7	NCAA Runners-Up
1982–83	Lou Carnesecca	St. John's	28–5	NCAA Sweet 16
1983–84	Gene Keady	Purdue	22–7	NCAA 1st Round
1984–85	Lou Carnesecca (2)	St. John's (2)	31–4	NCAA Final Four
1985–86	Dick Versace	Bradley	32–3	NCAA 2nd Round
1986–87	John Chaney	Temple	32–4	NCAA 2nd Round
1987–88	John Chaney (2)	Temple (2)	32–2	NCAA Elite Eight
1988–89	Bob Knight (2)	Indiana (2)	27–8	NCAA Sweet 16
1989–90	Roy Williams	Kansas	30–5	NCAA 2nd Round
1990–91	Randy Ayers	Ohio State (3)	27–4	NCAA Sweet 16
1991–92	Perry Clark	Tulane	22–9	NCAA 2nd Round
1992–93	Eddie Fogler	Vanderbilt	28–6	NCAA Sweet 16
1993–94	Charlie Spoonhour	Saint Louis	23–6	NCAA 1st Round
1994–95	Kelvin Sampson	Oklahoma	23–9	NCAA 1st Round
1995–96	Gene Keady (2)[1]	Purdue (2)	26–6	NCAA 2nd Round
1996–97	Clem Haskins[a]	Minnesota[a]	31–4[a]	NCAA Final Four[a]
1997–98	Tom Izzo	Michigan State	22–8	NCAA Sweet 16
1998–99	Cliff Ellis	Auburn	29–4	NCAA Sweet 16
1999–00	Larry Eustachy	Iowa State	32–5	NCAA Elite Eight
2000–01	Al Skinner	Boston College	27–5	NCAA 2nd Round
2001–02	Ben Howland	Pittsburgh	29–6	NCAA Sweet 16
2002–03	Tubby Smith	Kentucky (2)	32–4	NCAA Elite Eight
2003–04	Phil Martelli	Saint Joseph's	30–2	NCAA Elite Eight
2004–05	Bruce Weber	Illinois	37–2	NCAA Runners-Up
2005–06	Roy Williams (2)	North Carolina (2)	23–8	NCAA 2nd Round
2006–07	Tony Bennett	Washington State	26–8	NCAA 2nd Round
2007–08	Keno Davis	Drake	28–5	NCAA 1st Round
2008–09	Bill Self	Kansas (2)	27–8	NCAA Sweet 16
2009–10	Jim Boeheim	Syracuse	30–5	NCAA Sweet 16
2010–11	Mike Brey	Notre Dame	27–7	NCAA 3rd Round
2011–12	Frank Haith	Missouri	30–5	NCAA 1st Round
2012–13	Jim Larrañaga	Miami (FL)	29–7	NCAA Sweet 16
2013–14	Gregg Marshall	Wichita State	35–1	NCAA 3rd Round
2014–15	Tony Bennett (2)	Virginia	30–4	NCAA 3rd Round
2015–16	Chris Mack	Xavier	28–6	NCAA 2nd Round
2016–17	Mark Few	Gonzaga	37–2	NCAA Runners-Up
2017–18	Tony Bennett (3)	Virginia (2)	31–3	NCAA 1st Round
2018–19	Rick Barnes[2]	Tennessee	31–5	NCAA Sweet 16
2019–20	Anthony Grant	Dayton	29–2	Tournament canceled
2020–21	Juwan Howard	Michigan	23–5	NCAA Elite Eight
2021–22	Tommy Lloyd	Arizona	33–4	NCAA Sweet 16
2022–23	Shaka Smart	Marquette (2)	29–7	NCAA 2nd Round
2023–24	Kelvin Sampson (2)	Houston (2)	32–5	NCAA Sweet 16
2024–25	Rick Pitino	St. John's (3)	31–5	NCAA 2nd Round

Footnotes

• ^a Due to the massive numbers—and extreme severity of—NCAA violations that had surfaced, Clem Haskins and the Minnesota men's basketball season records and awards were nullified, giving them a 0–0 record and no official recognition for having gotten to the 1997 Final Four.^[3][4]