The Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Award (formerly called the CollegeInsider.com National Coach of the Year Award from 2003 to 2009[ 1] ) is an award given annually to the most outstanding men's college basketball head coach in NCAA Division I competition.[ 2] The award was established in 2003 and was renamed for head coach Jim Phelan , who coached at Mount St. Mary's .[ 1] Phelan spent his entire 49-year coaching career at MSMU, compiling 830 wins in 1,354 games. He was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008.[ 1] [ 3]
Winners
Tubby Smith won the award in 2005.
Tony Bennett won the award while at Washington State.
References
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Specific
^ a b c "Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Award" . CollegeInsider.com. 2010. Archived from the original on September 30, 2013. Retrieved April 9, 2010 .
^ CollegeInsider.com has a second coach-of-the-year award, for the most outstanding coach in mid-major conferences – the Hugh Durham Award .
^ "About Jim Phelan" . JimPhelanAward.com. 2010. Retrieved April 9, 2010 .
^ "Mercer's Slonaker Named Phelan Award Winner" . JimPhelanAward.com. 1 April 2003. Retrieved 9 April 2010 .
^ "National Coach of the Year Phil Martelli" . HawkHoopClub.com. 2004. Archived from the original on 26 August 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2010 .
^ a b c d e "JU Basketball Coach Named Finalist for Two Awards" . Atlantic Sun Conference . 21 February 2007. Archived from the original (Press release) on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2010 . "Previous winners of the Phelan Award are Howland (2006), Tubby Smith (Kentucky, 2005), Phil Martelli (St. Joseph's, 2004) and Mark Slonaker (Mercer, 2003)."
^ "Jamie Dixon Named Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year" . University of Pittsburgh . 3 April 2010. Archived from the original (Press release) on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2010 .
^ "Utah State's Stew Morrill Named Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year" . Utah State University . 1 April 2011. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2011 .
^ "Mike Brey Named Jim Phelan National Coach Of The Year" . University of Notre Dame . 30 March 2012. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2012 .
^ "Dana Altman Wins National Coach of the Year Award" . University of Oregon . 7 April 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013 .
^ "Tim Miles named 2014 Jim Phelan Award winner" . Omaha.com. 5 April 2014. Archived from the original on 22 April 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2014 .
^ "Huggins Named National Coach of the Year" . wvusports.com. 3 April 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015 .
^ "Greg Gard named Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year" . madison.com. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2016 .
^ "South Carolina's Frank Martin wins 2017 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Award" . SECcountry.com. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2017 .
^ "2018 Jim Phelan Award" .
^ "2019 Jim Phelan Award" .
^ "Rutgers Men's Basketball Coach Steve Pikiell Wins the Jim Phelan Coach of the Year Award" . onthebanks.com. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020 .
^ "Southern Utah's Todd Simon Named the Recipient of 2021 Jim Phelan Award" . suutbirds.com. 1 April 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021 .
^ "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. Retrieved April 3, 2025 .
External links
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Player awards
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