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Todd Simon Named Big Sky Coach of the Year

The Big Sky Conference announced on Tuesday morning that Thunderbird head coach Todd Simon has been named Coach of the Year for the 2020-21 season following Southern Utah’s Regular Season Championship.  “What Coach Simon has accomplished at Southern Utah University in such a relatively short amount of time is amazing,” SUU Director of Athletics Debbie

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Scott Drew Named Big 12 Coach of the Year

Baylor junior guard Jared Butler has been named Associated Press Big 12 Player of the Year, becoming the first player in program history to win the Big 12’s top individual honor, the AP announced Tuesday. The AP All-Big 12 awards also recognized Scott Drew as Big 12 Coach of the Year for a second-consecutive season, while

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Nate Oats Named SEC Coach of the Year

Alabama’s Herbert Jones was named the Southeastern Conference Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, while Nate Oats was tabbed the league’s Coach of the Year, as the league office announced the 2021 postseason awards on Tuesday. In addition to those honors, John Petty Jr. joined Jones as All-SEC First Team honorees,

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Niko Medved Named Mountain West Coach of the Year

Coming off the best conference season in program history, Colorado State men’s basketball was rewarded with several honors, including Niko Medved being named Mountain West Coach of the Year by the league’s media as announced today. Joining Medved was sophomore forward David Roddy, who was selected to the first team, and sophomore guard Isaiah Stevens,

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Joe Pasternack Named Big West Coach of the Year

JaQuori McLaughlin was named Big West Player of the Year, Joe Pasternack was selected as the league’s Coach of the Year, and UC Santa Barbara claimed a bevy of league honors, it was announced Monday.  McLaughlin was joined on the First Team All-Big West by junior forward Amadou Sow, who had previously earned a pair

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Dwaine Osborne Named MEC Coach of the Year

West Liberty’s Dalton Bolon has been selected as the Mountain East Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Year for a second-straight season, while Davis & Elkins’ Sam Rolle (Freshman of the Year) and Charleston’s Dwaine Osborne (Coach of the Year) also received top honors from the league. Bolon, a senior from Gnadenhutten, Ohio, repeats as

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