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Jim Phelan Award
American college basketball coach award
American college basketball coach award
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Jim Phelan Award |
| description | the nation's top men's head coach in NCAA Division I basketball |
| presenter | Collegeinsider.com |
| country | United States |
| year | 2003 |
| holder | Chris Beard, Ole Miss |
| website |
The Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Award (formerly called the CollegeInsider.com National Coach of the Year Award from 2003 to 2009) is an award given annually to the most outstanding men's college basketball head coach in NCAA Division I competition. The award was established in 2003 and was renamed for head coach Jim Phelan, who coached at Mount St. Mary's.
Winners

| Coach (X) | Denotes the number of times the coach has been awarded the Jim Phelan Award at that point |
|---|
| Year | Coach | School | Record | Reference | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002–03 | Mercer | |||||||||||
| 2003–04 | * | Saint Joseph's | ||||||||||
| 2004–05 | Kentucky | title=JU Basketball Coach Named Finalist for Two Awards | publisher=Atlantic Sun Conference | date=21 February 2007 | url=http://atlanticsun.org/news/default/41/1613/ | format=Press release | access-date=9 April 2010 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725022443/http://atlanticsun.org/news/default/41/1613/ | archive-date=25 July 2011 }} "Previous winners of the Phelan Award are Howland (2006), Tubby Smith (Kentucky, 2005), Phil Martelli (St. Joseph's, 2004) and Mark Slonaker (Mercer, 2003)." | ||
| 2005–06 | UCLA | |||||||||||
| 2006–07 | * | Washington State | ||||||||||
| 2007–08 | Wisconsin | |||||||||||
| 2008–09 | Memphis | |||||||||||
| 2009–10 | Pittsburgh | |||||||||||
| 2010–11 | Utah State | |||||||||||
| 2011–12 | Notre Dame | |||||||||||
| 2012–13 | Oregon | |||||||||||
| 2013–14 | Nebraska | |||||||||||
| 2014–15 | West Virginia | |||||||||||
| 2015–16 | Wisconsin | |||||||||||
| 2016–17 | South Carolina | |||||||||||
| 2017–18 | Ohio State | |||||||||||
| 2018–19 | Liberty | |||||||||||
| 2019–20 | Rutgers | |||||||||||
| 2020–21 | Southern Utah | |||||||||||
| 2021–22 | Texas Tech | |||||||||||
| 2022–23 | Northwestern | |||||||||||
| 2023–24 | Nebraska | |||||||||||
| 2024–25 | Ole Miss |
References
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References
- (2010). "Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Award". CollegeInsider.com.
- CollegeInsider.com has a second coach-of-the-year award, for the most outstanding coach in [[mid-major]] conferences – the [[Hugh Durham Award]].
- (2010). "About Jim Phelan". JimPhelanAward.com.
- (1 April 2003). "Mercer's Slonaker Named Phelan Award Winner". JimPhelanAward.com.
- (2004). "National Coach of the Year Phil Martelli". HawkHoopClub.com.
- (21 February 2007). "JU Basketball Coach Named Finalist for Two Awards". [[Atlantic Sun Conference]].
- (3 April 2010). "Jamie Dixon Named Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year". [[University of Pittsburgh]].
- (1 April 2011). "Utah State's Stew Morrill Named Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year". [[Utah State University]].
- (30 March 2012). "Mike Brey Named Jim Phelan National Coach Of The Year". [[University of Notre Dame]].
- (7 April 2013). "Dana Altman Wins National Coach of the Year Award". [[University of Oregon]].
- (5 April 2014). "Tim Miles named 2014 Jim Phelan Award winner". Omaha.com.
- (3 April 2015). "Huggins Named National Coach of the Year". wvusports.com.
- (4 April 2016). "Greg Gard named Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year". madison.com.
- (4 April 2017). "South Carolina's Frank Martin wins 2017 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Award". SECcountry.com.
- "2018 Jim Phelan Award".
- "2019 Jim Phelan Award".
- (24 March 2020). "Rutgers Men's Basketball Coach Steve Pikiell Wins the Jim Phelan Coach of the Year Award". onthebanks.com.
- (1 April 2021). "Southern Utah’s Todd Simon Named the Recipient of 2021 Jim Phelan Award". suutbirds.com.
- "Past Recipients".
- "Northwestern’s Chris Collins is the recipient of the 2023 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year award.".
- Hutchins, Sam. (April 2, 2025). "Ole Miss basketball's Chris Beard wins 2025 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year". clarionledger.com.
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