# Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year

The Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year is an annual basketball award given to the Missouri Valley Conference's most outstanding head coach. The award was first given following the 1948–49 season.
As of 2022, among current members, Drake has the most all–time awards with nine, and Bradley has the most individual recipients with six. There have been three ties for the coach of the year (1969, 1973 and 1987); there have been fourteen repeat winners in the award's history. Two coaches have won the award three consecutive times—Maury John of Drake in 1968–1970 and Gregg Marshall of Wichita State in 2012–2014. The only current MVC members without a winner are Valparaiso, which played its first conference season in 2017–18, and the three programs that start MVC play in 2022–23—Belmont, Murray State, and UIC.

## Key

| † | Co-Coaches of the Year |
| Coach (X) | Denotes the number of times the coach has been awarded the Coach of the Year award at that point |

## Winners

| Season | Coach | School |
| 1948–49 | Henry Iba | Oklahoma A&M |
| 1949–50 | Forddy Anderson | Bradley |
| 1950–51 | Henry Iba (2) | Oklahoma A&M |
| 1951–52 | Eddie Hickey | Saint Louis |
| 1952–53 | Henry Iba (3) | Oklahoma A&M |
| 1953–54 | Ralph Miller | Wichita State |
| 1954–55 | Clarence Iba | Tulsa |
| 1955–56 | Alden Pasche | Houston |
| 1956–57 | Eddie Hickey (2) | Saint Louis |
| 1957–58 | George Smith | Cincinnati |
| 1958–59 | George Smith (2) | Cincinnati |
| 1959–60 | Chuck Orsborn | Bradley |
| 1960–61 | Ed Jucker | Cincinnati |
| 1961–62 | Chuck Orsborn (2) | Bradley |
| 1962–63 | Ed Jucker (2) | Cincinnati |
| 1963–64 | Maury John | Drake |
| 1964–65 | Gary Thompson | Wichita State |
| 1965–66 | Tay Baker | Cincinnati |
| 1966–67 | Joe Swank | Tulsa |
| 1967–68 | Maury John (2) | Drake |
| 1968–69† | Ken Hayes | Tulsa |
| 1968–69† | Maury John (3) | Drake |
| 1969–70 | Maury John (4) | Drake |
| 1970–71 | Bob Polk | Saint Louis |
| 1971–72 | Gene Bartow | Memphis State |
| 1972–73† | Ken Hayes (2) | Tulsa |
| 1972–73† | Denny Crum | Louisville |
| 1973–74 | Joe Stowell | Bradley |
| 1974–75 | Lou Henson | New Mexico State |
| 1975–76 | Ron Ekker | West Texas State |
| 1976–77 | Ken Hayes (3) | New Mexico State |
| 1977–78 | Tom Apke | Creighton |
| 1978–79 | Bill Hodges | Indiana State |
| 1979–80 | Dick Versace | Bradley |
| 1980–81 | Nolan Richardson | Tulsa |
| 1981–82 | Gary Garner | Drake |
| 1982–83 | Weldon Drew | New Mexico State |
| 1983–84 | Bob Donewald | Illinois State |
| 1984–85 | Nolan Richardson (2) | Tulsa |
| 1985–86 | Dick Versace (2) | Bradley |
| 1986–87† | J. D. Barnett | Tulsa |
| 1986–87† | Eddie Fogler | Wichita State |
| 1987–88 | Stan Albeck | Bradley |
| 1988–89 | Tony Barone | Creighton |
| 1989–90 | Rich Herrin | Southern Illinois |
| 1990–91 | Tates Locke | Indiana State |
| 1991–92 | Bob Bender | Illinois State |
| 1992–93 | Rudy Washington | Drake |
| 1993–94 | Tubby Smith | Tulsa |
| 1994–95 | Tubby Smith (2) | Tulsa |
| 1995–96 | Jim Molinari | Bradley |
| 1996–97 | Eldon Miller | Northern Iowa |
| 1997–98 | Kevin Stallings | Illinois State |
| 1998–99 | Jim Crews | Evansville |
| 1999–00 | Royce Waltman | Indiana State |
| 2000–01 | Dana Altman | Creighton |
| 2001–02 | Dana Altman (2) | Creighton |
| 2002–03 | Bruce Weber | Southern Illinois |
| 2003–04 | Matt Painter | Southern Illinois |
| 2004–05 | Chris Lowery | Southern Illinois |
| 2005–06 | Mark Turgeon | Wichita State |
| 2006–07 | Chris Lowery (2) | Southern Illinois |
| 2007–08 | Keno Davis | Drake |
| 2008–09 | Ben Jacobson | Northern Iowa |
| 2009–10 | Ben Jacobson (2) | Northern Iowa |
| 2010–11 | Cuonzo Martin | Missouri State |
| 2011–12 | Gregg Marshall | Wichita State |
| 2012–13 | Gregg Marshall (2) | Wichita State |
| 2013–14 | Gregg Marshall (3) | Wichita State |
| 2014–15 | Ben Jacobson (3) | Northern Iowa |
| 2015–16 | Barry Hinson | Southern Illinois |
| 2016–17 | Dan Muller | Illinois State |
| 2017–18 | Porter Moser | Loyola |
| 2018–19 | Darian DeVries | Drake |
| 2019–20 | Ben Jacobson (4) | Northern Iowa |
| 2020–21 | Darian DeVries (2) | Drake |
| 2021–22 | Ben Jacobson (5) | Northern Iowa |
| 2022–23 | Brian Wardle | Bradley |

## Winners by current member schools

Years of joining for each school are the actual calendar years of entry, which normally occurs on July 1 of the stated calendar year. Years of awards reflect the end of the basketball season.
| School (year joined) | Winners | Years |
| Drake (1907/1956) | 9 | 1964, 1968, 1969†, 1970, 1982, 1993, 2008, 2019, 2021 |
| Bradley (1948/1955) | 9 | 1950, 1960, 1962, 1974, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1996, 2023 |
| Northern Iowa (1991) | 6 | 1997, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2020, 2022 |
| Southern Illinois (1975) | 6 | 1990, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2016 |
| Illinois State (1981) | 4 | 1984, 1992, 1998, 2017 |
| Indiana State (1977) | 3 | 1979, 1991, 2000 |
| Evansville (1994) | 1 | 1999 |
| Missouri State (1990) | 1 | 2011 |
| Belmont (2022) | 0 | — |
| Murray State (2022) | 0 | — |
| UIC (2022) | 0 | — |
| Valparaiso (2017) | 0 | — |

### Footnotes

* 1 2 Bradley University and Drake University left the MVC during the 1951–52 school year in protest over the Johnny Bright incident, a racially motivated attack by a white Oklahoma A&M football player against Drake's black star Johnny Bright. Bradley returned to the conference in 1955 and Drake a year later.

## Winners from former members

| School (years in MVC) | Winners | Years received |
| Tulsa (1935–1996) | 9 | 1955, 1967, 1969†, 1973†, 1981, 1985, 1987†, 1994, 1995 |
| Wichita State (1949–2017) | 7 | 1954, 1965, 1987†, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2014 |
| Cincinnati (1957–1970) | 5 | 1958, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1966 |
| Creighton (1928–1946, 1976–2013) | 4 | 1978, 1989, 2001, 2002 |
| New Mexico State (1970–1983) | 3 | 1975, 1977, 1983 |
| Oklahoma A&M (1925–1956) | 3 | 1949, 1951, 1953 |
| Saint Louis (1937–1974) | 3 | 1952, 1957, 1971 |
| Houston (1951–1959) | 1 | 1956 |
| Louisville (1964–1975) | 1 | 1973† |
| Loyola (2013–2022) | 1 | 2018 |
| Memphis State (1968–1973) | 1 | 1972 |
| West Texas State (1972–1986) | 1 | 1976 |

### Footnotes

* ↑ Known as Oklahoma State since 1957.
* ↑ Although Louisville joined the MVC in 1963, its men's basketball team did not start conference play until the 1964–65 season.
* ↑ Known as Memphis since 1994.
* ↑ Known as West Texas A&M since 1990.