# American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year

The American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year is a basketball award given to the American Athletic Conference's most outstanding head coach. The conference formed in 2013–14 after many schools departed from the original Big East Conference to form their own conference. Mick Cronin of Cincinnati was the first-ever winner.

## Key

| | Awarded one of the following National Coach of the Year awards that year: Associated Press Coach of the Year (AP) Adolph Rupp Cup (ARC) Basketball Times Coach of the Year (BT) CBS/Chevrolet Coach of the Year (CBS) Naismith Coach of the Year (N) NABC Coach of the Year (NABC) Sporting News Coach of the Year (SN) U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) |
| Coach (X) | Denotes the number of times the coach had been awarded the Coach of the Year award at that point |
| * | Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach but is no longer active |
| *^ | Active coach who has been elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame (as a coach) |
| Conf. W–L | Conference win–loss record for that season |
| Conf. St.$^T$ | Conference standing at year's end ($^T$denotes a tie) |
| Overall W–L | Overall win–loss record for that season |
| Season$^‡$ | Team won the NCAA Division I National Championship |

## Winners

| Season | Player | School | National Coach of the Year Awards | Conf. W–L | Conf. St. | Overall W–L |
| 2013–14 | Mick Cronin | Cincinnati | — | 15–3 | 1st$^T$ | 27–7 |
| 2014–15 | Fran Dunphy | Temple | — | 13–5 | 3rd$^T$ | 26–11 |
| 2015–16 | Fran Dunphy (2) | Temple | — | 14–4 | 1st | 21–12 |
| 2016–17 | Tim Jankovich | SMU | — | 17–1 | 1st | 30–5 |
| 2017–18 | Kelvin Sampson | Houston | — | 14–4 | 2nd$^T$ | 27–8 |
| 2018–19 | Kelvin Sampson (2) | Houston | — | 16–2 | 1st | 33–4 |
| 2019–20 | Frank Haith | Tulsa | — | 13–5 | 1st$^T$ | 21–10 |
| 2020–21 | Isaac Brown | Wichita State | — | 11–2 | 1st | 16–6 |
| 2021–22 | Kelvin Sampson (3) | Houston | — | 15–3 | 1st | 32–6 |
| 2022–23 | Kelvin Sampson (4) | Houston | — | 17–1 | 1st | 33–4 |
| 2023–24 | Amir Abdur-Rahim | South Florida | — | 16–2 | 1st | 25–8 |

## Winners by school

In this table, the "year joined" reflects the calendar year when each school joined the conference. The "Years" column reflects the calendar year in which each award was presented.
| School (year joined) | Winners | Years |
| Houston (2013) | 4 | 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 |
| Temple (2013) | 2 | 2015, 2016 |
| Cincinnati (2013) | 1 | 2014 |
| SMU (2013) | 1 | 2017 |
| Tulsa (2014) | 1 | 2020 |
| Wichita State (2017) | 1 | 2021 |
| South Florida (2013) | 1 | 2024 |
| East Carolina (2014) | 0 | — |
| Louisville (2013) | 0 | — |
| Memphis (2013) | 0 | — |
| Rutgers (2013) | 0 | — |
| Tulane (2014) | 0 | — |
| UCF (2013) | 0 | — |
| UConn (2013) | 0 | — |
* 1 2 3 Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF left The American after the 2022–23 season to join the current Big 12 Conference.
* 1 2 Louisville and Rutgers played only the 2013–14 season in The American. In July 2014, they respectively left for the ACC and Big Ten.
* ↑ UConn left The American after the 2019–20 season to join the current Big East Conference.