Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year

The John R. Wooden Coach of the Year, commonly known as the Pac-12 Coach of the Year, is an annual college basketball award presented to the top men's basketball coach in the Pac-12 Conference. The winner is selected by conference coaches, who are 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]

Pac-12 Coach of the Year

Awarded for	the top men's basketball coach in the Pac-12 Conference
Country	United States
History
First award	1976
Most recent	Kyle Smith, Washington State

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]

Winners

 

Lute Olson was named Coach of the Year a record seven times with Arizona

 

Mike Montgomery was a four-time winner at Stanford

 

Oregon coach Dana Altman is a three-time honoree.

 

Sean Miller of Arizona has also won three times.

Season	Coach	School	Ref
1975–76	Dick DiBiaso	Stanford	^[9]
	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	^[10]
2016–17	Sean Miller (3)	Arizona	^[11]
2017–18	Mike Hopkins	Washington	^[12]
2018–19	Mike Hopkins (2)	Washington	^[13]
2019–20	Mick Cronin	UCLA	^[14]
2020–21	Andy Enfield	USC	^[15]
2021–22	Tommy Lloyd	Arizona	^[16]
2022–23	Mick Cronin (2)	UCLA	^[17]
2023–24	Kyle Smith	Washington State	^[18]

Winners by school

School (year joined)^a	Winners	Years
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	—

See aslo

• Pac-12 Conference Women's Basketball Coach of the Year

References

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