The Henry Iba Award was established in 1959 to recognize the best men's college basketball coach of the year by the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA). Five nominees are presented and the individual with the most votes receives the award, which is presented in conjunction with the Final Four. The award is named for Henry Iba, who coached at Oklahoma State from 1934 to 1970. Iba won the NCAA College Championship in 1945 and 1946 and coached the U.S. Olympic Teams to two gold medals in 1964 and 1968. The award is presented at the Oscar Robertson Trophy Breakfast on the Friday before the Final Four.
Legendary UCLA Bruins coach John Wooden has the most all–time selections with seven. Seven other coaches have won multiple Henry Iba Awards, with only Tony Bennett of Washington State and Virginia receiving it more than twice. Bennett is also one of only two coaches to have received the award at more than one program, joining Kelvin Sampson who was honored at Oklahoma and Houston. The school's with the second–most winners are Michigan, Ohio State and St. John's, each receiving three, with Michigan being the only school to have had three separate coaches win the award (Johnny Orr, Juwan Howard, Dusty May).
Key Coach (X)Denotes the number of times the coach has been given the Henry Iba Award at that point Team (X)Denotes the number of times the team has been represented for the Henry Iba Award at that point
Winners
SeasonCoachSchoolRecordPostseason result 1958–59 Marquette 1959–60 California 1960–61 Ohio State 1961–62 (2) Ohio State (2) 1962–63 Cincinnati 1963–64 UCLA 1964–65 Princeton 1965–66 Kentucky 1966–67 (2) UCLA (2) 1967–68 Houston 1968–69 (3) UCLA (3) 29–1NCAA Champions 1969–70 (4) UCLA (4) 1970–71 (5) UCLA (5) 1971–72 (6) UCLA (6) 1972–73 (7) UCLA (7) 1973–74 NC State 1974–75 Indiana 1975–76 Michigan 1976–77 Arkansas 1977–78 DePaul 1978–79 North Carolina 1979–80 (2) DePaul (2) 1980–81 Oregon State 1981–82 Georgetown 1982–83 St. John's 1983–84 Purdue 1984–85 (2) St. John's (2) 1985–86 Bradley 1986–87 Temple 1987–88 (2) Temple (2) 1988–89 (2) Indiana (2) 1989–90 Kansas 1990–91 Ohio State (3) 1991–92 Tulane 1992–93 Vanderbilt 1993–94 Saint Louis 1994–95 Oklahoma 1995–96 (2) Purdue (2) 1996–97 Minnesota 1997–98 Michigan State 1998–99 Auburn 1999–00 Iowa State 2000–01 Boston College 2001–02 Pittsburgh 2002–03 Kentucky (2) 2003–04 Saint Joseph's 2004–05 Illinois 2005–06 (2) North Carolina (2) 2006–07 Washington State 2007–08 Drake 2008–09 Kansas (2) 2009–10 Syracuse 2010–11 Notre Dame 2011–12 Missouri 2012–13 Miami (FL) 2013–14 Wichita State 2014–15 (2) Virginia 2015–16 Xavier 2016–17 Gonzaga 2017–18 (3) Virginia (2) 2018–19 Tennessee NCAA Sweet 16 2019–20 Dayton Tournament canceled 2020–21 Michigan (2) NCAA Elite Eight 2021–22 Arizona NCAA Sweet 16 2022–23 Marquette (2) NCAA 2nd Round 2023–24 (2) Houston (2) NCAA Sweet 16 2024–25 St. John's (3) NCAA 2nd Round 2025–26 Michigan (3)
Footnotes Due to the massive numbers—and extreme severity of—NCAA violations that had surfaced, Clem Haskins and the Minnesota men's basketball season records and awards were nullified, giving them a 0–0 record and no official recognition for having gotten to the 1997 Final Four.
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