UPI College Basketball Coach of the Year

The UPI College Basketball Coach of the Year was an annual basketball award given to the best men's basketball head coach in NCAA Division I competition. The award was first given following the 1954–55 season and was discontinued following the 1995–96 season. It was given by United Press International (UPI), a news agency in the United States that rivaled the Associated Press but began to decline with the advent of television news. The last winner was Gene Keady of Purdue, who led the Boilermakers to a 26–6 record and a berth into the 1996 NCAA tournament's second round.

UPI College Basketball Coach of the Year

Awarded for	the best men's basketball head coach in NCAA Division I
Country	United States
Presented by	United Press International
History
First award	1955
Final award	1996
Most recent	Gene Keady, Purdue

UCLA claimed the most all-time winners with six (all of whom were John Wooden), followed by San Francisco with three. Five additional schools claimed two winners apiece, while the rest only had one winner each.

Wooden garnered the most UPI Coach of the Year awards, receiving six throughout his tenure at UCLA. Six other coaches received the award twice: Bob Knight, Ray Meyer, Adolph Rupp, Norm Stewart, Fred Taylor and Phil Woolpert. The only coach whose team did not qualify for the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was Miami (FL)'s Leonard Hamilton, who won the award in 1994–95 after leading the Hurricanes to the first round of the National Invitation Tournament (NIT). Hamilton is also the only recipient with a double-digit loss season; his 1994–95 squad finished 15–13.

Key

Coach (X)	Denotes the number of times the coach has been given the UPI Coach of the Year award at that point
Team (X)	Denotes the number of times the team has been represented for the UPI Coach of the Year award at that point

Winners

 

John Wooden has the most awards (6).

 

Jim Calhoun won in 1990 while coaching Connecticut.

Season	Coach	School	Record	Postseason result
1954–55	Phil Woolpert	San Francisco	28–1	NCAA Champions
1955–56	Phil Woolpert (2)	San Francisco (2)	29–0	NCAA Champions
1956–57	Frank McGuire	North Carolina	32–0	NCAA Champions
1957–58	Tex Winter	Kansas State	22–5	NCAA Final Four
1958–59	Adolph Rupp	Kentucky	24–3	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	Dave Strack	Michigan	24–4	NCAA Runners-Up
1965–66	Adolph Rupp (2)	Kentucky (2)	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	Al McGuire	Marquette	28–1	NCAA Sweet 16
1971–72	John Wooden (5)	UCLA (5)	30–0	NCAA Champions
1972–73	John Wooden (6)	UCLA (6)	30–0	NCAA Champions
1973–74	Digger Phelps	Notre Dame	26–3	NCAA Sweet 16
1974–75	Bob Knight	Indiana	31–1	NCAA Elite Eight
1975–76	Tom Young	Rutgers	31–2	NCAA Final Four
1976–77	Bob Gaillard	San Francisco (3)	29–2	NCAA 2nd round
1977–78	Eddie Sutton	Arkansas	32–4	NCAA Final Four
1978–79	Bill Hodges	Indiana State	33–1	NCAA Runners-Up
1979–80	Ray Meyer	DePaul	26–2	NCAA 1st round
1980–81	Ralph Miller	Oregon State	26–2	NCAA 2nd round
1981–82	Norm Stewart	Missouri	27–4	NCAA Sweet 16
1982–83	Jerry Tarkanian	UNLV	28–3	NCAA 1st round
1983–84	Ray Meyer (2)	DePaul (2)	27–3	NCAA 2nd round
1984–85	Lou Carnesecca	St. John's	31–4	NCAA Final Four
1985–86	Mike Krzyzewski	Duke	37–3	NCAA Runners-Up
1986–87	John Thompson	Georgetown	29–5	NCAA Elite Eight
1987–88	John Chaney	Temple	32–2	NCAA Elite Eight
1988–89	Bob Knight (2)	Indiana (2)	27–8	NCAA Sweet 16
1989–90	Jim Calhoun	Connecticut	31–6	NCAA Elite Eight
1990–91	Rick Majerus	Utah	30–4	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	Norm Stewart (2)	Missouri (2)	28–4	NCAA Elite Eight
1994–95	Leonard Hamilton	Miami (FL)	15–13	NIT 1st round
1995–96	Gene Keady	Purdue	26–6	NCAA 2nd round

References

• "United Press International Coach of the Year winners". NCAA Individual Awards. Association for Professional Basketball Research. Retrieved 19 May 2010.