Jim Phelan Award

Jim Phelan Award
Awarded forthe nation's top men's head coach in NCAA Division I basketball
CountryUnited States
Presented byCollegeinsider.com
History
First award2003
Most recentFred Hoiberg, Nebraska
Websitewww.jimphelanaward.com

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]

  1. ^ a b c "Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Award". CollegeInsider.com. 2010. Archived from the original on September 30, 2013. Retrieved April 9, 2010.
  2. ^ CollegeInsider.com has a second coach-of-the-year award, for the most outstanding coach in mid-major conferences – the Hugh Durham Award.
  3. ^ "About Jim Phelan". JimPhelanAward.com. 2010. Retrieved April 9, 2010.