| 1941 |
Nat Holman, CCNY |
| 1942 |
Ned Irish, Madison Square Garden |
| 1943 |
George Keogan, Notre Dame |
| 1944 |
Oswald Tower, Rules Editor |
| 1945 |
Harold Olsen, Ohio State |
| 1946 |
Ed Kelleher, Fordham |
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James St. Clair, Southern Methodist |
| 1947 |
Hank Iba, Oklahoma A&M |
| 1948 |
Doc Carlson, Pittsburg |
| 1949 |
Ed Hickox, Springfield |
| 1950 |
Forrest "Phog" Allen, Kansas |
| 1951 |
Sam Berry, Southern California |
| 1952 |
George Edwards, Missouri |
| 1953 |
Doc Meanwell, Wisconsin |
| 1954 |
Ward "Piggy" Lambert, Purdue |
| 1955 |
A.A. Schabinger, Creighton |
| 1956 |
Lou Andreas, Syracuse |
| 1957 |
Frank Keaney, Rhode Island |
| 1958 |
Everett Dean, Indiana/Stanford |
| 1959 |
Clarence Edmondson, Washington |
| 1960 |
Vadal Peterson, Utah |
| 1961 |
John Bunn, Colorado State |
| 1962 |
Tony Hinkle, Butler |
| 1963 |
Cliff Wells, Tulane |
| 1964 |
Bud Foster, Wisconsin |
| 1965 |
Joe Lapchick, St. John's (N.Y.) |
| 1966 |
Adolph Rupp, Kentucky |
| 1967 |
Alvin "Doggie" Julian, Dartmouth |
| 1968 |
Pete Newell, California |
| 1969 |
Everett Shelton, Sacramento State |
| 1970 |
Eddie Hickey, Marquette/St. Louis |
| 1971 |
Stan Watts, Brigham Young |
| 1972 |
Forrest Twogood, Southern California |
| 1973 |
Howard Hobson, Oregon |
| 1974 |
Ed Steitz, Springfield |
| 1975 |
Clair Bee, Long Island |
| 1976 |
John McClendon, Cleveland State |
| 1977 |
Jack Friel, Washington State |
| 1978 |
John Nucatola, National Basketball Association |
| 1979 |
Clarence Gaines, Winston-Salem State |
| 1980 |
John Wooden, UCLA |
| 1981 |
Frank McGuire, North Carolina/South Carolina |
| 1982 |
Bruce Drake, Oklahoma |
| 1983 |
Harry Litwack, Temple |
| 1984 |
Curt Gowdy, Broadcaster |
| 1985 |
Joel Eaves, Auburn/ Georgia |
| 1986 |
Ray Meyer, DePaul |
| 1987 |
Marv Harshman, Washington |
| 1988 |
Ben Carnevale, Navy |
| 1989 |
Pete Carlesimo, National Invitational Tournament |
| 1990 |
Jack Gardner, Utah |
| 1991 |
Dave Gavitt, Big East Conference |
| 1992 |
Vic Bubas, Duke/Sun Belt Conference |
| 1993 |
Joe Vancisin, Yale/NABC |
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Ozzie Cowles, Michigan |
| 1994 |
Lou Carnesecca, St. John's |
| 1995 |
C.M. Newton, Kentucky |
| 1996 |
Joe O'Brien, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame |
| 1997 |
Tom Jernstedt, NCAA |
| 1998 |
Dean Smith, North Carolina |
| 1999 |
Bill Wall, NABC/USA Basketball |
| 2000 |
John Thompson, Georgetown |
| 2001 |
Don Haskins, UTEP |
| 2002 |
Mike Tranghese, Big East Conference |
| 2003 |
Jim Calhoun, Connecticut |
| 2004 |
Gerald Myers, Texas Tech |
| 2005 |
Norm Stewart, Missouri |
| 2006 |
John J. "Jack" Powers, National Invitation Tournament |
| 2007 |
Jim O'Connell, Associated Press |
| 2008 |
Bob Knight, Army/Indiana/Texas Tech |
| 2009 |
Mike Krzyzewski, Duke |
| 2010 |
Jim Boeheim, Syracuse |
| 2011 |
Ed Bilik, NCAA Basketball Secretary-Rules Editor |
