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 head coach. The award was first given following the 1948–49 season.

As of 2022, among current members, Drake has the most all–time awards with nine, and Bradley has the most individual recipients with six. 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. The only current MVC members without a winner are Valparaiso, which played its first conference season in 2017–18, and the three programs that start MVC play in 2022–23—Belmont, Murray State, and UIC.

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

Winners SeasonCoachSchool 1948–49 Oklahoma A&M 1949–50 Bradley 1950–51 (2) Oklahoma A&M 1951–52 Saint Louis 1952–53 (3) Oklahoma A&M 1953–54 Wichita State 1954–55 Tulsa 1955–56 Houston 1956–57 (2) Saint Louis 1957–58 Cincinnati 1958–59 (2) Cincinnati 1959–60 Bradley 1960–61 Cincinnati 1961–62 (2) Bradley 1962–63 (2) Cincinnati 1963–64 Drake 1964–65 Wichita State 1965–66 Cincinnati 1966–67 Tulsa 1967–68 (2) Drake 1968–69† Tulsa (3) Drake 1969–70 (4) Drake 1970–71 Saint Louis 1971–72 Memphis State 1972–73† (2) Tulsa Louisville 1973–74 Bradley 1974–75 New Mexico State 1975–76 West Texas State 1976–77 (3) New Mexico State 1977–78 Creighton 1978–79 Indiana State 1979–80 Bradley 1980–81 Tulsa 1981–82 Drake 1982–83 New Mexico State 1983–84 Illinois State 1984–85 (2) Tulsa 1985–86 (2) Bradley 1986–87† Tulsa Wichita State 1987–88 Bradley 1988–89 Creighton 1989–90 Southern Illinois 1990–91 Indiana State 1991–92 Illinois State 1992–93 Drake 1993–94 Tulsa 1994–95 (2) Tulsa 1995–96 Bradley 1996–97 Northern Iowa 1997–98 Illinois State 1998–99 Evansville 1999–00 Indiana State 2000–01 Creighton 2001–02 (2) Creighton 2002–03 Southern Illinois 2003–04 Southern Illinois 2004–05 Southern Illinois 2005–06 Wichita State 2006–07 (2) Southern Illinois 2007–08 Drake 2008–09 Northern Iowa 2009–10 (2) Northern Iowa 2010–11 Missouri State 2011–12 Wichita State 2012–13 (2) Wichita State 2013–14 (3) Wichita State 2014–15 (3) Northern Iowa 2015–16 Southern Illinois 2016–17 Illinois State 2017–18 Loyola 2018–19 Drake 2019–20 (4) Northern Iowa 2020–21 (2) Drake 2021–22 (5) Northern Iowa 2022–23 Bradley 2023-24 Indiana State 2024-25 Drake 2025-26 Belmont

Winners by current member schools Years of joining for each school are the actual calendar years of entry, which normally occurs on July 1 of the stated calendar year. Years of awards reflect the end of the basketball season. School (year joined) Winners Years Drake (1907/1956) 10 1964, 1968, 1969†, 1970, 1982, 1993, 2008, 2019, 2021, 2025 Bradley (1948/1955) 9 1950, 1960, 1962, 1974, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1996, 2023 Northern Iowa (1991) 6 1997, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2020, 2022 Southern Illinois (1975) 6 1990, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2016 Illinois State (1981) 4 1984, 1992, 1998, 2017 Indiana State (1977) 4 1979, 1991, 2000, 2024 Evansville (1994) 1 1999 Missouri State (1990) 1 2011 Belmont (2022) 1 2026 Murray State (2022) 0 — UIC (2022) 0 — Valparaiso (2017) 0 —

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Winners from former members School (years in MVC) Winners Years received Tulsa (1935–1996) 9 1955, 1967, 1969†, 1973†, 1981, 1985, 1987†, 1994, 1995 Wichita State (1949–2017) 7 1954, 1965, 1987†, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2014 Cincinnati (1957–1970) 5 1958, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1966 Creighton (1928–1946, 1976–2013) 4 1978, 1989, 2001, 2002 New Mexico State (1970–1983) 3 1975, 1977, 1983 Oklahoma A&M (1925–1956) 3 1949, 1951, 1953 Saint Louis (1937–1974) 3 1952, 1957, 1971 Houston (1951–1959) 1 1956 Louisville (1964–1975) 1 1973† Loyola (2013–2022) 1 2018 Memphis State (1968–1973) 1 1972 West Texas State (1972–1986) 1 1976

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