The Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year, is an annual college basketball award presented to the top men's basketball coach in the Big Ten Conference. The winner is selected by the Big Ten media association and conference coaches. The award was first given following the 1973–74 season to Johnny Orr of Michigan. Bill Carmody is the only coach to have received the award with a losing record. Former Purdue coach Gene Keady has won the award a record seven times.

Key Awarded one of the following National Coach of the Year awards that year: Associated Press Coach of the Year (AP) Adolph Rupp Cup (ARC) Basketball Times Coach of the Year (BT) CBS/Chevrolet Coach of the Year (CBS) Henry Iba Award (HI) Naismith Coach of the Year (N) NABC Coach of the Year (NABC) Sporting News Coach of the Year (SN) United Press International Coach of the Year (UPI) U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA)Denotes the number of times the coach had been awarded the Coach of the Year award at that point †Co-Coaches of the Year *Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach but is no longer active *^Active coach who has been elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (as a coach)Conference win–loss record for that seasonConference standing at year's end (Tdenotes a tie)Overall win–loss record for that seasonSeason‡Team won the NCAA Division I National Championship

Winners Season Coach School National Coach ofthe Year AwardsConf.W–LConf.St. OverallW–L Source(s) 1973–74 Michigan — 12–2 1stT 22–5 1974–75 * Indiana APUSBWAUPI 18–0 1st 31–11975–76‡ * (2) Indiana APNABC 18–0 1st 32–0 1976–77 (2) Michigan — 16–2 1st 26–4 1977–78 Michigan State — 15–3 1st 25–5 1978–79 Iowa — 13–5 1st 20–8 1979–80 * (3) Indiana — 13–5 1st 21–81980–81‡ * (4) Indiana — 14–4 1st 26–9 1981–82 Minnesota — 14–4 1st 23–6 1982–83 Ohio State — 11–7 2ndT 20–10 1983–84 * Purdue USBWA 15–3 1stT 22–7 1984–85 Michigan AP 16–2 1st 26–4 1985–86 (2) Michigan State — 12–6 3rd 23–8 1986–87 Iowa — 14–4 3rd 30–5 1987–88 * (2) Purdue — 16–2 1st 29–4 1988–89 * (5) Indiana APBTUPIUSBWA 15–3 1st 27–8 1989–90 * (3) Purdue — 13–5 2nd 22–8 1990–91 Ohio State APNUSBWA 15–3 1st 27–4 1991–92 (2) Ohio State — 15–3 1st 26–6 1992–93 Illinois — 11–7 3rdT 19–13 1993–94 * (4) Purdue NABC 14–4 1st 29–5 1994–95 * (5) Purdue — 15–3 1st 25–7 1995–96 * (6) Purdue APUPIUSBWA 15–3 1st 26–6 1996–97 Minnesota AP 16–2 1st 31–4 1997–98*^ Michigan State AP 13–3 1stT 22–8 1998–99 Ohio State NABC 12–4 2nd 27–9 1999–2000 * (7) Purdue — 12–4 2nd 24–10 2000–01 (2) Ohio State — 11–5 3rd 20–11 2001–02 * Wisconsin — 11–5 1stT 19–13 2002–03 * (2) Wisconsin — 12–4 1st 24–8 2003–04 Northwestern — 8–8 5thT 14–15 2004–05 Illinois APUSBWA 15–1 1st 37–2 2005–06 Ohio State — 12–4 1st 26–6 2006–07 (2) Ohio State — 15–1 1st 35–4 2007–08 Purdue — 15–3 2nd 25–9 2008–09† Penn State — 10–8 4thT 27–11*^ (2) Michigan State — 15–3 1st 31–7 2009–10† (3) Ohio State — 14–4 1stT 29–8 (2) Purdue — 14–4 1stT 29–6 2010–11 (3) Purdue — 14–4 2nd 26–8 2011–12*^ (3) Michigan State — 13–5 1stT 29–8 2012–13 * (3) Wisconsin — 12–6 4thT 23–12 2013–14† Michigan — 15–3 1st 28–9 Nebraska — 11–7 4th 19–13 2014–15† * (4) Wisconsin — 16–2 1st 36–4 Maryland — 14–4 2nd 28–7 2015–16 Indiana — 15–3 1st 27–8 2016–17 Minnesota — 11–7 4th 24–10 2017–18 Ohio State — 15–3 2ndT 25–9 2018–19 (4) Purdue AP 16–4 1stT 26–10 2019–20 Wisconsin — 14–6 1stT 21–10 2020–21 Michigan APHISN 14–3 1st 23–5 2021–22 (2) Wisconsin — 15–5 1stT 24–6 2022–23 Northwestern — 12–8 2ndT 21–10 2023–24† Nebraska — 12–8 2ndT 22–9 (5) Purdue — 17–3 1st 28–3 2024–25 (4) Michigan State — 17–3 1st 26–5 2025–26† (2) Nebraska AP 15–5 2ndT 26–5 Michigan — 19–1 1st 29–2

Winners by school School (year joined) Winners Years Purdue 12 1984, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2019, 2024 Ohio State 9 1983, 1991, 1992, 1999, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2018 Indiana 6 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1989, 2016 Wisconsin 6 2002, 2003, 2013, 2015, 2020, 2022 Michigan State 6 1978, 1986, 1998, 2009, 2012, 2025 Michigan 6 1974, 1977, 1985, 2014, 2021, 2026 Illinois 2 1993, 2005 Iowa 2 1979, 1987 Minnesota 2 1982, 1997*, 2017 Nebraska (2012) 3 2014, 2024, 2026 Northwestern 2 2004, 2023 Maryland (2015) 1 2015 Penn State (1993) 1 2009 Rutgers (2015) 0 —

Notes . Minnesota's 1997 award was vacated due to NCAA infractions.

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