The Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year Award is an award given annually to the most outstanding men's college basketball defender in NCAADivision I competition. The award was established in 2010 and is named for head coach Lefty Driesell, who is the only head coach to amass 100 wins at four different Division I schools and is best remembered for his success with the Davidson Wildcats and Maryland Terrapins programs.[1]
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^"Ndefo Named Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year". Saint Peter's University Athletics. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
^"Rutgers' Caleb McConnell is the recipient of the 2023 Lefty Driesell National Defensive Player of the Year award".
^"Northwestern's Boo Buie is the recipient of the 2024 Lefty Driesell National Defensive Player of the Year award".