Congratulations to the following sixteen coaches who captured HoopDirt.com JUCO Coach of the Week Awards during the 2019-20 college basketball season. These coaches are all eligible to receive the HoopDirt.com JUCO Coach of the Year Award presented by Just Play Solutions which will be announced next week.
Week 1 Kyle Cooper – Western Texas College
Week 2 Anthony Fletcher – Eastfield College (TX)
Week 3 Cole Dewey – Otero Junior College (CO)
Week 4 Billy Gillispie – Ranger College (TX)
Week 5 Brennan McCarthy – Northampton Community College (PA)
Week 6 Terry Bowe – Lakeland Community College (OH)
Week 7 Eric Murphy – Florida SouthWestern State University
Week 8 Luke Strege – Mineral Area College (MO)
Week 9 Zach Settembre – Tallahassee Community College (FL)
Week 10 Pat Smith – Moberly Area Community College
Week 11 Carl Howell – Skagit Valley College (WA)
Week 12 Kevin O’Connor – Murray State College (OK)
Week 13 Matthew St. Croix – Mohawk Valley Community College (NY)
Week 14 Randy Casey – Milwaukee Area Technical College
Week 15 Chris Lovell – Bossier Parrish Community College (LA)
Week 16 Mike Smelkinson – Howard Community College (MD)
Previous HoopDirt.com Coach of the Year Award Winners:
Division I
- 2018-19: Kelvin Sampson – University of Houston
- 2017-18: Porter Moser – Loyola University Chicago
- 2016-17: Chris Collins – Northwestern University
- 2015-16: Roy Williams – University of North Carolina
Division II
- 2018-19: Ben McCollum – Northwest Missouri State
- 2017-18: Andy Bronkema – Ferris State (MI)
- 2016-17: Ben McCollum – Northwest Missouri State
- 2015-16: Josh Schertz – Lincoln Memorial University (TN)
Division III
- 2018-19: Dale Wellman – Nebraska Wesleyan University
- 2017-18: Eric Bridgeland – Whitman College (WA)
- 2016-17: Stephen Brennan – Babson College (MA)
- 2015-16: John Tauer – University of St. Thomas (MN)
NAIA
- 2018-19: Chris Briggs – Georgetown College (KY)
- 2017-18: Craig Doty – Graceland University (IA)
- 2016-17: Kevin Burton – Union College (KY)
- 2015-16: Larry Cordaro – LSU-Alexandria
JUCO
- 2018-19: Billy Gillispie – Ranger College (TX)
- 2017-18: Paul Cisek – Brookdale Community College (NJ)
- 2016-17: Todd Lorensen – Southwestern Community College (IA)
- 2015-16: Craig Doty – Rock Valley College (IL)
USCAA
- 2018-19: LeShawn Hammett – Penn State Wilkes-Barre
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