Henry Iba Award

The Henry Iba Award was established in 1959 to recognize the best men's college basketball coach of the year by the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA). 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 on the Friday before the Final Four.

Legendary UCLA Bruins coach John Wooden has the most all–time selections with seven. Of the seven other coaches with multiple Henry Iba Awards, only Virginia Cavaliers coach Tony Bennett has received it more than twice. The school with the second–most winners is Ohio State, which has had two coaches win a total of three awards (Fred Taylor, Randy Ayers).

Bennett is also one of two coaches to receive the award at more than one program, having done so once at Washington State and twice at Virginia. The other is Kelvin Sampson, honored at Oklahoma and Houston.

Winners

Season	Coach	School	Record	Postseason result
1958–59		Marquette
1959–60		California
1960–61		Ohio State
1961–62	(2)	Ohio State (2)
1962–63		Cincinnati
1963–64		UCLA		****
1964–65		Princeton
1965–66		Kentucky
1966–67	(2)	UCLA (2)		****
1967–68		Houston
1968–69	(3)	UCLA (3)	29–1	NCAA Champions
1969–70	(4)	UCLA (4)		****
1970–71	(5)	UCLA (5)		****
1971–72	(6)	UCLA (6)		****
1972–73	(7)	UCLA (7)		****
1973–74		NC State		****
1974–75		Indiana
1975–76		Michigan
1976–77		Arkansas
1977–78		DePaul
1978–79		North Carolina
1979–80	(2)	DePaul (2)
1980–81		Oregon State
1981–82		Georgetown
1982–83		St. John's
1983–84		Purdue
1984–85	(2)	St. John's (2)
1985–86		Bradley
1986–87		Temple
1987–88	(2)	Temple (2)
1988–89	(2)	Indiana (2)
1989–90		Kansas
1990–91		Ohio State (3)
1991–92		Tulane
1992–93		Vanderbilt
1993–94		Saint Louis
1994–95		Oklahoma
1995–96	(2)	Purdue (2)
1996–97	**	Minnesota	**	**
1997–98		Michigan State
1998–99		Auburn
1999–00		Iowa State
2000–01		Boston College
2001–02		Pittsburgh
2002–03		Kentucky (2)
2003–04		Saint Joseph's
2004–05		Illinois
2005–06	(2)	North Carolina (2)
2006–07		Washington State
2007–08		Drake
2008–09		Kansas (2)
2009–10		Syracuse
2010–11		Notre Dame
2011–12		Missouri
2012–13		Miami (FL)
2013–14		Wichita State
2014–15	(2)	Virginia
2015–16		Xavier
2016–17		Gonzaga
2017–18	(3)	Virginia (2)
2018–19		Tennessee		NCAA Sweet 16
2019–20		Dayton		Tournament canceled
2020–21		Michigan		NCAA Elite Eight
2021–22		Arizona		NCAA Sweet 16
2022–23		Marquette (2)		NCAA 2nd Round
2023–24	(2)	Houston (2)		NCAA Sweet 16
2024–25		St. John's (3)		NCAA 2nd Round