All-Time Pac-12 Men’s Hoops Coaches of the Year

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The John R. Wooden Coach of the Year, more commonly known as the Pac-12 Coach of the Year, is an annual college basketball award presented to the top men’s basketball coach in the Pac-12 Conference.

The winner is selected by Conference coaches, who are not allowed to vote for themselves. Former Arizona coach Lute Olson won the award a record seven times.

Once known simply as the Coach of the Year Award, it was renamed in John Wooden’s honor following his death in June 2010.

Wooden coached the UCLA Bruins for 27 years, winning a record 10 national championships, including seven straight. He retired in 1975, the year before the award began.

Dick DiBiaso of Stanford and George Raveling of Washington State were co-winners in the award’s inaugural year. Both schools finished in the lower half of the conference that year.

DiBiaso is the only coach to have received the award with a losing record. He was a first-year coach for the Cardinal with only one returning starter, and the team lost a number players to injury.

Since the conference expanded to 10 teams in 1978, the winner of the award has typically qualified for the NCAA Tournament.

Marv Harshman went 19–10 with Washington in 1981–82 and fellow Huskies coach Bob Bender finished 16–12 in 1995–96 when the schools landed in the National Invitation Tournament.

1990–91 winner Kelvin Sampson guided Washington State to a 16–12 record and did not compete in a postseason tournament.

Below you’ll find tables showing the winners of the award by year and by schoo.

Pac-12 Coach of the Year Winners by Year

Season	Coach	School
2022-23	Mick Cronin	UCLA
2021–22	Tommy Lloyd	Arizona
2020–21	Andy Enfield	USC
2019–20	Mick Cronin	UCLA
2018–19	Mike Hopkins	Washington
2017–18	Mike Hopkins	Washington
2016–17	Sean Miller	Arizona
2015–16	Dana Altman	Oregon
2014–15	Dana Altman	Oregon
2013–14	Sean Miller	Arizona
2012–13	Dana Altman	Oregon
2011–12	Lorenzo Romar	Washington
2010–11	Sean Miller	Arizona
2009–10	Herb Sendek	Arizona State
2008–09	Lorenzo Romar	Washington
2007–08	Trent Johnson	Stanford
2006–07	Tony Bennett	Washington State
2005–06	Ben Howland	UCLA
2004–05	Lorenzo Romar	Washington
2003–04	Mike Montgomery	Stanford
2002–03	Mike Montgomery	Stanford
2002–03	Lute Olson	Arizona
2001–02	Ernie Kent	Oregon
2000–01	Steve Lavin	UCLA
1999–2000	Mike Montgomery	Stanford
1998–99	Mike Montgomery	Stanford
1997–98	Lute Olson	Arizona
1996–97	Ben Braun	California
1995–96	Bob Bender	Washington
1994–95	Jim Harrick	UCLA
1993–94	Lute Olson	Arizona
1992–93	Lute Olson	Arizona
1991–92	George Raveling	USC
1990–91	Kelvin Sampson	Washington State
1989–90	Jim Anderson	Oregon State
1988–89	Lute Olson	Arizona
1988–89	Ralph Miller	Oregon State
1987–88	Lute Olson	Arizona
1986–87	Walt Hazzard	UCLA
1985–86	Lute Olson	Arizona
1984–85	Stan Morrison	USC
1983–84	Marv Harshman	Washington
1982–83	George Raveling	Washington State
1981–82	Marv Harshman	Washington
1980–81	Ralph Miller	Oregon State
1979–80	Ned Wulk	Arizona State
1978–79	Bob Boyd	USC
1977–78	Gary Cunningham	UCLA
1976–77	Dick Harter	Oregon
1975–76	Dick DiBiaso	Stanford
1975–76	George Raveling	Washington State

Winners by School


School	Winners	Years
Arizona	11	1986, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2003, 2011, 2014, 2017, 2022
Washington	8	1982, 1984, 1996, 2005, 2009, 2012, 2018, 2019
UCLA	7	1978, 1987, 1995, 2001, 2006, 2020, 2023
Stanford	6	1976, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2008
Oregon	5	1977, 2002, 2013, 2015, 2016
USC	4	1979, 1985, 1992, 2021
Washington State	4	1976, 1983, 1991, 2007
Oregon State	3	1981, 1989, 1990
Arizona State	2	1980, 2010
California	1	1997
Colorado	0	—
Utah	0	—