Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year

Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year
Awarded for	the most outstanding basketball coach in the Missouri Valley Conference
Country	United States
First awarded	1949
Currently held by	Barry Hinson, Southern Illinois

The Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year is an annual basketball award given to the Missouri Valley Conference's most outstanding coach. The award was first given following the 1948–49 season.

As of 2014, among current members, Bradley has the most all–time winners with eight. The most recent winner is Ben Jacobson of Northern Iowa. There have been three ties for the coach of the year (1969, 1973 and 1987); there have been fourteen repeat winners in the award's history. Two coaches have won the award three consecutive times—Maury John of Drake in 1968–1970 and Gregg Marshall of Wichita State in 2012–2014.^[1] Every current MVC member has had at least one winner except for the league's newest member, Loyola of Chicago, which played its first conference season in 2013–14.

Key

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

Winners

Season	Coach	School
1948–49	Iba, HenryHenry Iba	Oklahoma A&M
1949–50	Anderson, ForrestForrest Anderson	Bradley
1950–51	Iba, HenryHenry Iba (2)	Oklahoma A&M
1951–52	Hickey, EddieEddie Hickey	Saint Louis
1952–53	Iba, HenryHenry Iba (3)	Oklahoma A&M
1953–54	Miller, RalphRalph Miller	Wichita State
1954–55	Iba, ClarenceClarence Iba	Tulsa
1955–56	Pasche, AldenAlden Pasche	Houston
1956–57	Hickey, EddieEddie Hickey (2)	Saint Louis
1957–58	Smith, GeorgeGeorge Smith	Cincinnati
1958–59	Smith, GeorgeGeorge Smith (2)	Cincinnati
1959–60	Osborn, CharlesCharles Osborn	Bradley
1960–61	Jucker, EdEd Jucker	Cincinnati
1961–62	Osborn, CharlesCharles Osborn (2)	Bradley
1962–63	Jucker, EdEd Jucker (2)	Cincinnati
1963–64	John, MauryMaury John	Drake
1964–65	Thompson, GaryGary Thompson	Wichita State
1965–66	Baker, TayTay Baker	Cincinnati
1966–67	Swank, JoeJoe Swank	Tulsa
1967–68	John, MauryMaury John (2)	Drake
1968–69	Hayes, KenKen Hayes	Tulsa
1968–69	John, MauryMaury John (3)	Drake
1969–70	John, MauryMaury John (4)	Drake
1970–71	Polk, BobBob Polk	Saint Louis
1971–72	Bartow, GeneGene Bartow	Memphis State
1972–73	Hayes, KenKen Hayes (2)	Tulsa
1972–73	Crum, DennyDenny Crum	Louisville
1973–74	Stowell, JoeJoe Stowell	Bradley
1974–75	Henson, LouLou Henson	New Mexico State
1975–76	Ekker, RonRon Ekker	West Texas State
1976–77	Hayes, KenKen Hayes (3)	New Mexico State
1977–78	Apke, TomTom Apke	Creighton
1978–79	Hodges, BillBill Hodges	Indiana State
1979–80	Versace, DickDick Versace	Bradley
1980–81	Richardson, NolanNolan Richardson	Tulsa
1981–82	Garner, GaryGary Garner	Drake
1982–83	Drew, WeldonWeldon Drew	New Mexico State
1983–84	Donewald, BobBob Donewald	Illinois State
1984–85	Richardson, NolanNolan Richardson (2)	Tulsa
1985–86	Versace, DickDick Versace (2)	Bradley
1986–87	Barnett, J. D.J. D. Barnett	Tulsa
1986–87	Fogler, EddieEddie Fogler	Wichita State
1987–88	Albeck, StanStan Albeck	Bradley
1988–89	Barone, TonyTony Barone	Creighton
1989–90	Herrin, RichRich Herrin	Southern Illinois
1990–91	Locke, TatesTates Locke	Indiana State
1991–92	Bender, BobBob Bender	Illinois State
1992–93	Washington, RudyRudy Washington	Drake
1993–94	Smith, TubbyTubby Smith	Tulsa
1994–95	Smith, TubbyTubby Smith (2)	Tulsa
1995–96	Molinari, JimJim Molinari	Bradley
1996–97	Miller, EldonEldon Miller	Northern Iowa
1997–98	Stallings, KevinKevin Stallings	Illinois State
1998–99	Crews, JimJim Crews	Evansville
1999–00	Waltman, RoyceRoyce Waltman	Indiana State
2000–01	Altman, DanaDana Altman	Creighton
2001–02	Altman, DanaDana Altman (2)	Creighton
2002–03	Weber, BruceBruce Weber	Southern Illinois
2003–04	Painter, MattMatt Painter	Southern Illinois
2004–05	Lowery, ChrisChris Lowery	Southern Illinois
2005–06	Turgeon, MarkMark Turgeon	Wichita State
2006–07	Lowery, ChrisChris Lowery (2)	Southern Illinois
2007–08	Davis, KenoKeno Davis	Drake
2008–09	Jacobson, BenBen Jacobson	Northern Iowa
2009–10	Jacobson, BenBen Jacobson (2)	Northern Iowa
2010–11	Martin, CuonzoCuonzo Martin	Missouri State
2011–12	Marshall, GreggGregg Marshall	Wichita State
2012–13	Marshall, GreggGregg Marshall (2)	Wichita State
2013–14	Marshall, GreggGregg Marshall (3)	Wichita State
2014–15	Jacobson, BenBen Jacobson (3)	Northern Iowa
2015–16	Hinson, BarryBarry Hinson[2]	Southern Illinois

Winners by current member schools

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
Bradley (1948/1955)	8	1950, 1960, 1962, 1974, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1996
Drake (1907/1956)	7	1964, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1982, 1993, 2008
Wichita State (1945)	7	1954, 1965, 1987, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2014
Southern Illinois (1975)	6	1990, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2016
Northern Iowa (1991)	4	1997, 2009, 2010, 2015
Indiana State (1977)	3	1979, 1991, 2000
Illinois State (1981)	3	1984, 1992, 1998
Evansville (1994)	1	1999
Missouri State (1990)	1	2011
Loyola (2013)	0	—

Footnotes

• ^a Oklahoma A&M University, now Oklahoma State University–Stillwater, left in 1956.
• ^b Bradley University and Drake University left the MVC during the 1951–52 school year in protest over the Johnny Bright Incident, a racially motivated attack by a white Oklahoma A&M football player against Drake's black star Johnny Bright. Bradley returned to the conference in 1955, with Drake doing the same a year later.
• ^c Saint Louis University left in 1974.
• ^d The University of Tulsa left in 1996.
• ^e The University of Houston left in 1959.
• ^f The University of Cincinnati left in 1970.
• ^g Memphis State University, now the University of Memphis, left in 1973.
• ^h The University of Louisville left in 1975.
• ⁱ New Mexico State University left in 1983.
• ^j West Texas State University, now West Texas A&M University, left in 1985.
• ^k Creighton University left in 2013.

References

• "MVC Men's Basketball Media Guide". Awards (p. 191). Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved 19 May 2010.

1. "Marshall Named Top MVC Coach, Again" (Press release). Missouri Valley Conference. March 6, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
2. "Hinson Named MVC Coach of the Year" (Press release). Missouri Valley Conference. March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2016.