The
Henry Iba Award was established in 1959 to
recognize the best
college
basketball coach of the year by the
United States
Basketball Writers Association. Five nominees are presented and
the individual with the most votes receives the award, which is
presented in conjunction with the
Final
Four.
The award is named for Henry Iba, who coached at Oklahoma State
from 1934 to 1970. Iba won the NCAA College
Championship in 1945 and 1946 and coached the U.S. Olympic Teams to
two gold medals in 1964 and 1968. The award is presented at the
Oscar Robertson Trophy
Breakfast the Friday before the Final Four.
Past winners
- 2009 — Bill Self, Kansas
- 2008 — Keno Davis, Drake
- 2007 — Tony Bennett,
Washington State
- 2006 — Roy Williams, North
Carolina
- 2005 — Bruce Weber, Illinois
- 2004 — Phil Martelli, St.
Joseph's
- 2003 — Tubby Smith, Kentucky
- 2002 — Ben Howland, Pittsburgh
- 2001 — Al Skinner, Boston
College
- 2000 — Larry Eustachy, Iowa
State
- 1999 — Cliff Ellis, Auburn
- 1998 — Tom Izzo, Michigan State
- 1997 — Clem Haskins, Minnesota
- 1996 — Gene Keady, Purdue
- 1995 — Kelvin Sampson,
Oklahoma
- 1994 — Charlie Spoonhour,
Saint Louis
- 1993 — Eddie Fogler,
Vanderbilt
- 1992 — Perry Clark, Tulane
- 1991 — Randy Ayers, Ohio State
- 1990 — Roy Williams, Kansas
- 1989 — Bob Knight, Indiana
- 1988 — John
Chaney, Temple
- 1987 — John Chaney, Temple
- 1986 — Dick Versace, Bradley
- 1985 — Lou Carnesecca, St.
John's
- 1984 — Gene Keady, Purdue
- 1983 — Lou Carnesecca, St.
John's
- 1982 — John Thompson,
Georgetown
- 1981 — Ralph Miller, Oregon
State
- 1980 — Ray Meyer, DePaul
- 1979 — Dean Smith, North
Carolina
- 1978 — Ray Meyer, DePaul
- 1977 — Eddie Sutton, Arkansas
- 1976 — Johnny Orr, Michigan
- 1975 — Bob Knight, Indiana
- 1974 — Norm Sloan, N.C. State
- 1973 — John Wooden, UCLA
- 1972 — John Wooden, UCLA
- 1971 — John Wooden, UCLA
- 1970 — John Wooden, UCLA
- 1969 — John Wooden, UCLA
- 1968 — Guy Lewis, Houston
- 1967 — John Wooden, UCLA
- 1966 — Adolph Rupp, Kentucky
- 1965 — Bill Van Breda
Kolff, Princeton
- 1964 — John Wooden, UCLA
- 1963 — Ed Jucker, Cincinnati
- 1962 — Fred
Taylor, Ohio State
- 1961 — Fred Taylor, Ohio State
- 1960 — Pete Newell, California
- 1959 — Eddie Hickey, Marquette
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