- 1967 – John Wooden, UCLA
- 1968 – Guy Lewis, Houston
- 1969 – John Wooden, UCLA
- 1970 – John Wooden, UCLA
- 1971 – Al McGuire, Marquette
- 1972 – John Wooden, UCLA
- 1973 – John Wooden, UCLA
- 1974 – Norm Sloan, North Carolina State
- 1975 – Bob Knight, Indiana
- 1976 – Bob Knight, 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, Oregon State
- 1983 – Guy Lewis, Houston
- 1984 – Ray Meyer, DePaul
- 1985 – Bill Frieder, Michigan
- 1986 – Eddie Sutton, Kentucky
- 1987 – Tom Davis, Iowa
- 1988 – John Chaney, Temple
- 1989 – Bob Knight, Indiana
- 1990 – Jim Calhoun, Connecticut
- 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
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- 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 – Tubby Smith, Kentucky
- 2006 – Roy Williams, 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
- 2013 – Jim Larrañaga, Miami (FL)
- 2014 – Gregg Marshall, Wichita State
- 2015 – John Calipari, Kentucky[3]
- 2016 – Bill Self, Kansas[4]
- 2017 – Mark Few, Gonzaga[5]
- 2018 – Tony Bennett, Virginia[6]
- 2019 – Chris Beard, Texas Tech[7]
- 2020 – Anthony Grant, Dayton[8]
- 2021 - Juwan Howard, Michigan[9]
- 2022 - Tommy Lloyd, Arizona[10]
- 2023 – Shaka Smart, Marquette[11]
- 2024 – Kelvin Sampson, Houston[12]
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