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Naismith College Coach of the Year

American college basketball coach award

American college basketball coach award

FieldValue
nameNaismith College Coach of the Year
descriptionthe most outstanding men's and women's basketball head coaches in NCAA Division I
presenterAtlanta Tipoff Club
countryUnited States
year1987
holderRick Pitino, St. John's (men)
Cori Close, UCLA (women)
website

Cori Close, UCLA (women) The Naismith College Coach of the Year Award (officially known for sponsorship reasons as the Werner Ladder Naismith College Coach of the Year) is an award given by the Atlanta Tipoff Club to one men's and one women's NCAA Division I head college basketball coaches each season. The award, created in 1987, was originally given to the two winning coaches of the NCAA Division I basketball tournament for the first two years of its existence. In 1989, the Naismith Award's governing board switched to a voting process to determine the winners.

The men's side has had five multiple-time winners: John Calipari and Mike Krzyzewski with three each, and Tony Bennett, Mark Few, and Jay Wright with two each. On the women's side, there have also been five multiple-time winners: Geno Auriemma with eight, Pat Summitt with five, Dawn Staley with four, and Muffet McGraw and Tara VanDerveer with three each.

Key

Winners

SeasonCoachSchoolWLW %FinishReference
1986–87Indiana304*
1987–88Kansas2711*
1988–89Duke288
1989–90Georgia Tech287
1990–91Ohio State274
1991–92(2)Duke342*author=date=December 24, 2025title=Past Winnersurl=https://naismithtrophy.com/winners/website=NaismithTrophy.comlocation=Atlanta, Georgiapublisher=Atlanta Tipoff Clubaccess-date=December 24, 2025}}
1992–93North Carolina344*
1993–94Arkansas313*
1994–95UCLA312*
1995–96UMass352
1996–97Kansas342
1997–98North Carolina344
1998–99(3)Duke372
1999–00Stanford274
2000–01Ole Miss278
2001–02Pittsburgh296
2002–03Kentucky324
2003–04Saint Joseph's302
2004–05Illinois372
2005–06Villanova285
2006–07Washington State268last =first =title=College Hoops – Men's Basketball Naismith Coach of the Yearurl=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1008877952newspaper=The Free Lance–Starlocation=Fredericksburg, Virginiadate=April 3, 2020page= B4via =Newspapers.comaccessdate = December 24, 2025}}
2007–08(2)Memphis382
2008–09Pittsburgh315
2009–10Syracuse305
2010–11San Diego State343
2011–12Kansas327
2012–13Miami (Florida)297
2013–14Wichita State351
2014–15(3)Kentucky381
2015–16(2)Villanova355*
2016–17Gonzaga372
2017–18(2)Virginia313
2018–19Tennessee316
2019–20Dayton292**
2020–21(2)Gonzaga311
2021–22Providence276
2022–23Kansas State2610
2023–24UConn373*
2024–25St. John's315

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SeasonCoachSchoolWLW %FinishReference
1986–87Tennessee286*
1987–88Louisiana Tech322*
1988–89(2)Tennessee352*
1989–90Stanford321*
1990–91Virginia313
1991–92256
1992–93Iowa274
1993–94(3)312
1994–95UConn350*
1995–96Georgia285
1996–97(2)331
1997–98(4)Tennessee390*
1998–99Purdue341*
1999–00(3)UConn361*
2000–01Notre Dame342*
2001–02(4)UConn390*
2002–03Duke352
2003–04(5)Tennessee314
2004–05LSU333
2005–06North Carolina344
2006–07(2)322
2007–08(5)UConn362
2008–09(6)UConn390*
2009–10Nebraska322
2010–11(2)Stanford333
2011–12Baylor400*
2012–13(2)Notre Dame352last =Altavillafirst =Johntitle=Women's basketball notebookurl=https://www.newspapers.com/image/263636115newspaper=Hartford Courantlocation=Hartford, Connecticutdate=April 8, 2014page= C6via =Newspapers.comaccessdate = December 24, 2025}}
2013–14(3)Notre Dame371
2014–15Princeton311
2015–16(7)UConn380*last =first =title=Pregame honorsurl=https://www.newspapers.com/image/353989241newspaper=Hartford Courantlocation=Hartford, Connecticutdate=November 6, 2017page= C4via =Newspapers.comaccessdate = December 24, 2025}}
2016–17(8)UConn361
2017–18Mississippi State372
2018–19Iowa297
2019–20South Carolina321**
2020–21(3)Stanford312*
2021–22(2)South Carolina352*
2022–23(3)South Carolina361
2023–24(4)South Carolina380*
2024–25UCLA343

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  • On May 8, 1997, the NCAA Executive Committee voted to negate the Minutemen's 1996 NCAA tournament record, for Marcus Camby's acceptance of agents' improper gifts. The 35–2 record was reduced to 31–1, and the UMass slot in the Final Four is officially denoted as vacated.
  • An NCAA investigation determined that Derrick Rose had forfeited his eligibility because the Educational Testing Service voided his SAT Reasoning Test score which made him eligible to play. The NCAA also determined that even without the questions about Rose's SAT score, Rose would have lost his eligibility in December 2007 due to his brother being allowed to travel with the team for free. All 38 wins and one 2008 NCAA tournament loss were subsequently vacated by the NCAA for rules violations, leaving the team with an official record of 0–1.
  • The NCAA men's tournament expanded to 68 teams starting in 2011, with the last four teams earning bids into the tournament set in competition with one another via "First Four" play-in games. The 'Second Round' then became more commonly referred to as 'Round of 32' for specificity. On the women's side, 2022 was the first NCAA tournament in which 68 teams earned bids.
  • The COVID-19 pandemic caused the 2019–20 men's and women's seasons to be canceled prior to any national postseason tournaments occurring.

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