Henry Iba Award


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. 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. Of the seven other coaches with multiple Henry Iba Awards, only Virginia Cavaliers coach Tony Bennett has received it more than twice. The school with the second–most winners is Ohio State, which has had two coaches win a total of three awards.
Bennett is also one of two coaches to receive the award at more than one program, having done so once at Washington State and twice at Virginia. The other is Kelvin Sampson, honored at Oklahoma and Houston.
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Winners

SeasonCoachSchoolRecordPostseason result
1958–59Marquette
1959–60California
1960–61Ohio State
1961–62 Ohio State
1962–63Cincinnati
1963–64UCLA'
1964–65Princeton
1965–66Kentucky
1966–67 UCLA '
1967–68Houston
1968–69 UCLA 29–1NCAA Champions
1969–70 UCLA '
1970–71 UCLA '
1971–72 UCLA '
1972–73 UCLA '
1973–74NC State
1974–75Indiana
1975–76Michigan
1976–77Arkansas
1977–78DePaul
1978–79North Carolina
1979–80 DePaul
1980–81Oregon State
1981–82Georgetown
1982–83St. John's
1983–84Purdue
1984–85 St. John's
1985–86Bradley
1986–87Temple
1987–88 Temple
1988–89 Indiana
1989–90Kansas
1990–91Ohio State
1991–92Tulane
1992–93Vanderbilt
1993–94Saint Louis
1994–95Oklahoma
1995–96 Purdue
1996–97'Minnesota'
1997–98Michigan State
1998–99Auburn
1999–00Iowa State
2000–01Boston College
2001–02Pittsburgh
2002–03Kentucky
2003–04Saint Joseph's
2004–05Illinois
2005–06 North Carolina
2006–07Washington State
2007–08Drake
2008–09Kansas
2009–10Syracuse
2010–11Notre Dame
2011–12Missouri
2012–13Miami (FL)
2013–14Wichita State
2014–15 Virginia
2015–16Xavier
2016–17Gonzaga
2017–18 Virginia
2018–19TennesseeNCAA Sweet 16
2019–20DaytonTournament canceled
2020–21MichiganNCAA Elite Eight
2021–22ArizonaNCAA Sweet 16
2022–23Marquette NCAA 2nd Round
2023–24 Houston NCAA Sweet 16
2024–25St. John's NCAA 2nd Round