Awarded for | the nation's top men's head coach in NCAA Division I basketball |
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Country | United States |
Presented by | Collegeinsider.com |
History | |
First award | 2003 |
Most recent | Fred Hoiberg, Nebraska |
Website | www |
The Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Award (formerly called the CollegeInsider.com National Coach of the Year Award from 2003 to 2009[1]) is an award given annually to the most outstanding men's college basketball head coach in NCAA Division I (non-mid-major conference) competition.[2] The award was established in 2003 and was renamed for head coach Jim Phelan, who coached at Mount St. Mary's.[1] Phelan spent his entire 49-year coaching career at MSMU, compiling 830 wins in 1,354 games. He was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008.[1][3]