AP Coach of the Year award winners
Past winners of the AP Coach of the Year award.
| Year | Coach | School |
| 2012 | Frank Haith | Missouri |
| 2011 | Mike Brey | Notre Dame |
| 2010 | Jim Boeheim | Syracuse |
| 2009 | Bill Self | Kansas |
| 2008 | Keno Davis | Drake |
| 2007 | Tony Bennett | Washington State |
| 2006 | Roy Williams | North Carolina |
| 2005 | Bruce Weber | Illinois |
| 2004 | Phil Martelli | Saint Joseph's |
| 2003 | Tubby Smith | Kentucky |
| 2002 | Ben Howland | Pittsburgh |
| 2001 | Matt Doherty | North Carolina |
| 2000 | Larry Eustachy | Iowa State |
| 1999 | Cliff Ellis | Auburn |
| 1998 | Tom Izzo | Michigan State |
| 1997 | Clem Haskins | Minnesota |
| 1996 | Gene Keady | Purdue |
| 1995 | Kelvin Sampson | Oklahoma |
| 1994 | Norm Stewart | Missouri |
| 1993 | Eddie Fogler | Vanderbilt |
| 1992 | Roy Williams | Kansas |
| 1991 | Randy Ayers | Ohio State |
| 1990 | Jim Calhoun | Connecticut |
| 1989 | Bob Knight | Indiana |
| 1988 | John Chaney | Temple |
| 1987 | Tom Davis | Iowa |
| 1986 | Eddie Sutton | Kentucky |
| 1985 | Bill Frieder | Michigan |
| 1984 | Ray Meyer | DePaul |
| 1983 | Guy Lewis | Houston |
| 1982 | Ralph Miller | Oregon State |
| 1981 | Ralph Miller | Oregon State |
| 1980 | Ray Meyer | DePaul |
| 1979 | Bill Hodges | Indiana State |
| 1978 | Eddie Sutton | Arkansas |
| 1977 | Bob Gaillard | San Francisco |
| 1976 | Bob Knight | Indiana |
| 1975 | Bob Knight | Indiana |
| 1974 | Norm Sloan | North Carolina State |
| 1973 | John Wooden | UCLA |
| 1972 | John Wooden | UCLA |
| 1971 | Al McGuire | Marquette |
| 1970 | John Wooden | UCLA |
| 1969 | John Wooden | UCLA |
| 1968 | Guy Lewis | Houston |
| 1967 | John Wooden | UCLA |
