University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s (UMES) men’s basketball head coach Bobby Collins received his most prestigious award to date for the fabulous season he amassed for the Hawks. Collins was named the Ben Jobe National Coach of the Year on Friday, April, 3, an award presented annually to the nation’s top minority coach. It was
Engles Wins the John McLendon National Coach of the Year Award
NJIT men’s basketball coach Jim Engles was honored Friday afternoon as the 2015 John McLendon National Coach of the Year at the annual CollegeInsider.com Awards Banquet, held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. CollegeInsider.com bestows the annual McLendon Award to one men’s basketball coach across the full spectrum of college basketball competition—NCAA Division I, II, and
Calipari Elected to Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Kentucky men’s basketball coach John Calipari will join basketball’s fraternity of legends in August after being elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The announcement was made Monday at a press conference in Indianapolis. “This is going to be hard for people to understand, but I’m at a loss for words,” Calipari said.
Katz Named Mid-Major Basketball Coach of the Year
Sacramento State head men’s basketball coach Brian Katz was the recipient of the Hugh Durham Award today, given annually by CollegeInsider.com to the National Mid-Major Coach of the Year. Katz, who recently completed his seventh season at Sacramento State, was voted ahead of 15 other finalists for the award. Katz, who was at today’s banquet
Huggins Wins Jim Phelan Coach of the Year Award
West Virginia University men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins was honored with the 2015 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year award, it was announced today in Indianapolis. The award is presented annually to the top coach in Division I men’s basketball. Huggins led the Mountaineers to 25 victories and an appearance in the NCAA Sweet
Walthall Awarded Clarence Gaines D-II Coach of the Year
After leading the Minnesota State University Moorhead men’s basketball team to a school record 35 wins in 2014-15, head coach Chad Walthall was presented with the Clarence “Big House” Gaines Coach of the Year Award on Friday. The award is given annually to the top Division II coach in the country and is voted on
Calipari named AP Coach of the Year
John Calipari, whose Kentucky team is the first in 24 years to reach the Final Four undefeated, has been selected The Associated Press’ coach of the year. The Wildcats were the talk of the college basketball this season in winning the Southeastern Conference regular season and tournament championships. They were ranked No. 1 the entire
Pitino to receive NABC Metropolitan Award
The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) will honor University of Louisville head coach Rick Pitino with the NABC Metropolitan Award for long and outstanding service to men’s college basketball. Pitino will receive the award at the annual AT&T NABC Guardians of the Game Awards Show on Sunday, April 5, at 6 p.m. at the
NABC UPS National Coaches of the Year announced
The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced today the 2015 NABC UPS coaches of the year in the NCAA and NAIA. In the NCAA, the UPS coaches of the year are Kentucky’s John Calipari in Division I; Linc Darner of Florida Southern in Division II; and Bob Semling of the University of Wisconsin –