The Clarence "Big House" Gaines Award is an award given annually by Collegeinsider.com to the most outstanding men's college basketball head coach in NCAA Division II. The award was established in 2011 and is named for the late Clarence Gaines, who coached for 47 years at Winston-Salem State University.
Key Coach (X) Denotes the number of times the coach has been awarded the Clarence Gaines Award at that point W, L, W % Total wins, total losses, win percentage Finish Postseason tournament result * Denotes national championship season
Winners
Season Coach School W L W % Finish Reference 2010–11 Cal Poly Humboldt 26 4 2011–12 Northwest Missouri State 22 7 2012–13 Augustana (South Dakota) 22 9 2013–14 East Stroudsburg 30 2 2014–15 Minnesota State–Moorhead 35 4 2015–16 Lincoln Memorial 34 3 2016–17 Hawaii Pacific 29 3 2017–18 Morehouse 25 3 2018–19 St. Edward's 30 4 2019–20 (2) Northwest Missouri State 31 1 2020–21 Lubbock Christian 18 3 2021–22 (3) Northwest Missouri State 34 5 * 2022–23 Nova Southeastern 36 0 * 2023–24 Gannon 32 3 2024–25 Daemen 28 1 2025–26 Cal State East Bay 33 1 The COVID-19 pandemic caused the 2020 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament to be canceled prior to it occurring.
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