The Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Award (formerly called the CollegeInsider.com National Coach of the Year Award) is an award given annually to the most outstanding men's college basketball head coach in NCAA Division I competition. The award was established in 2003 and was renamed for head coach Jim Phelan, who coached at Mount St. Mary's (MSMU). Phelan spent his entire 49-year coaching career at MSMU, compiling 830 wins in 1,354 games. He was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008.
Key Coach (X) Denotes the number of times the coach has been awarded the Jim Phelan Award at that point * Awarded a major national coach of the year award that same season: The Sporting News; Associated Press; NABC; Naismith; Adolph Rupp Cup; Henry Iba Award W, L, W % Total wins, total losses, win percentage Finish National postseason tournament result
Winners
Season Coach School W L W % Finish Reference 2002–03 23 6 — 2003–04 * Saint Joseph's 30 2 2004–05 Kentucky 28 6 2005–06 UCLA 32 7 2006–07 * Washington State 26 8 2007–08 Wisconsin 31 5 2008–09 * Memphis 33 4 2009–10 Pittsburgh 25 9 2010–11 Utah State 30 4 2011–12 Notre Dame 22 12 2012–13 Oregon 28 9 2013–14 Nebraska 19 13 2014–15 West Virginia 25 10 2015–16 Wisconsin 22 13 2016–17 South Carolina 26 11 2017–18 Ohio State 25 9 2018–19 Liberty 29 7 2019–20 Rutgers 20 11 2020–21 Southern Utah 20 4 — 2021–22 Texas Tech 27 10 2022–23 Northwestern 22 12 2023–24 Nebraska 23 11 2024–25 Ole Miss 24 12 2025–26 UCF 21 12 The NCAA men's tournament expanded to 68 teams starting in 2011, with the last four teams earning bids into the tournament set in competition with one another via "First Four" play-in games. The 'first round' then became more commonly referred to as 'Round of 64' for specificity. The COVID-19 pandemic caused the 2019–20 season to be canceled prior to any national postseason tournaments occurring.
See also Hugh Durham Award – Collegeinsider.com's award for the top mid-major men's basketball coach in NCAA Division I
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