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.[1] 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
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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
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.
^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.
References
"MVC Men's Basketball Media Guide". Awards (p. 191). Missouri Valley Conference. Archived from the original on 1 March 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
^"Marshall Named Top MVC Coach, Again" (Press release). Missouri Valley Conference. March 6, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
^"Hinson Named MVC Coach of the Year" (Press release). Missouri Valley Conference. March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
^"Muller Earns MVC Coach of the Year Honor" (Press release). Missouri Valley Conference. March 2, 2017. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
^"Loyola's Porter Moser earns MVC Coach of the Year honor" (Press release). Missouri Valley Conference. March 1, 2018. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
^"Drake's Darian DeVries is Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year" (Press release). Missouri Valley Conference. March 7, 2019. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
^"UNI's Ben Jacobson Earns MVC's Top Coaching Honor" (Press release). Missouri Valley Conference. March 5, 2020. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
^"Drake's DeVries named MVC's top men's basketball coach" (Press release). Missouri Valley Conference. March 4, 2021. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
^"Ben Jacobson of UNI Named MVC's Top Coach" (Press release). Missouri Valley Conference. March 3, 2022. Retrieved March 3, 2022.