UPI College Basketball Coach of the Year
From Varsity Pride
The UPI College Basketball Coach of the Year is an award given each year to the nation's most outstanding men's basketball coach as voted on by UPI sportswriters. The award ended in 1996, when UPI ceased operations.
| 1955 | Phil Woolpert | San Francisco |
| 1956 | Phil Woolpert (2) | San Francisco |
| 1957 | Frank McGuire | North Carolina |
| 1958 | Tex Winter | Kansas State |
| 1959 | Adolph Rupp | Kentucky |
| 1960 | Pete Newell | California |
| 1961 | Fred Taylor | Ohio State |
| 1962 | Fred Taylor (2) | Ohio State |
| 1963 | Ed Jucker | Cincinnati |
| 1964 | John Wooden | Cal-Los Angeles |
| 1965 | Dave Strack | Michigan |
| 1966 | Adolph Rupp (2) | Kentucky |
| 1967 | John Wooden (2) | Cal-Los Angeles |
| 1968 | Guy Lewis | Houston |
| 1969 | John Wooden (3) | Cal-Los Angeles |
| 1970 | John Wooden (4) | Cal-Los Angeles |
| 1971 | Al McGuire | Marquette |
| 1972 | John Wooden (5) | Cal-Los Angeles |
| 1973 | John Wooden (6) | Cal-Los Angeles |
| 1974 | Digger Phelps | Notre Dame |
| 1975 | Bob Knight | Indiana |
| 1976 | Tom Young | Rutgers |
| 1977 | Bob Gaillard | San Francisco |
| 1978 | Eddie Sutton | Arkansas |
| 1979 | Bill Hodges | Indiana State |
| 1980 | Ray Meyer | DePaul |
| 1981 | Ralph Miller | Oregon State |
| 1982 | Norm Stewart | Missouri |
| 1983 | Jerry Tarkanian | Nevada-Las Vegas |
| 1984 | Ray Meyer (2) | DePaul |
| 1985 | Lou Carnesecca | Saint John's (NY) |
| 1986 | Mike Krzyzewski | Duke |
| 1987 | John Thompson | Georgetown |
| 1988 | John Chaney | Temple |
| 1989 | Bob Knight (2) | Indiana |
| 1990 | Jim Calhoun | Connecticut |
| 1991 | Rick Majerus | Utah |
| 1992 | Perry Clark | Tulane |
| 1993 | Eddie Fogler | Vanderbilt |
| 1994 | Norm Stewart (2) | Missouri |
| 1995 | Leonard Hamilton | Miami (FL) |
| 1996 | Gene Keady | Purdue |
