SC freshman forward Evan Mobley was named the Pac-12 Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, the first player to ever win all three awards in the same season, and head coach Andy Enfield was named Pac-12 Coach of the Year, it was announced by the Conference today (March 9). Mobley is only the second player from a major conference to win all three of these awards in the same season, joining Anthony Davis of Kentucky (SEC) who achieved the feat in the 2011-12 season.
Enfield was named the John R. Wooden Coach of the Year recipient as he guided the Trojans to a 21-6 record and second place in the Pac-12 with a 15-5 record, percentage points behind Oregon who went 14-4. USC’s 21 victories led all Pac-12 teams and only six Division I teams have won more games this season. Enfield has guided the Trojans to a 153-108 record in his eight seasons as USC’s head coach, the fourth most wins in school history. He also has set the best single-season, two-year, three-year, four-year, five-year and six-year records and has the Trojans currently ranked No. 24 in the Associated Press poll. Enfield is now six wins away from picking up his 200th career victory, as he is 194-136 in 10 years as a college head coach.
Enfield is the first USC head coach to be named the conference’s Coach of the Year since George Raveling in 1992. The other Conference Coach of the Year winners were Stan Morrison in 1985 and Bob Boyd in 1979.
