Big East Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year

The Big East Conference Men's Basketball Defensive Player of the Year award is given to the men's basketball coach in the Big East Conference voted as the best. It was first awarded at the end of the 1979–80 season, the inaugural season of the Big East.[1][2][3]

Big East Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year
Given for	the best coach in the Big East Conference
Country	United States
History
First award	1980
Most recent	Greg McDermott, Creighton

Key

†	Co-Coaches of the Year
Coach (X)	Denotes the number of times the coach has been awarded the Big East Coach of the Year award at that point
Conf. W–L	Conference win–loss record for that season
Conf. St.^T	Conference standing at year's end (^Tdenotes a tie; E stands for Eastern Division, W for Western Division, BE6/BE7 for Big East 6 and 7 divisions)
Overall W–L	Overall win–loss record for that season

Winners

Season	Coach	School	Conf. W–L	Conf. St.	Overall W–L
1979–80	John Thompson	Georgetown	5–1	1^T	26–6
1980–81	Tom Davis	Boston College	10–4	1	23–7
1981–82	Rollie Massimino	Villanova	11–3	1	24–8
1982–83	Lou Carnesecca	St. John's	12–4	1^T	28–5
1983–84	Jim Boeheim	Syracuse	12–4	2^T	23–9
1984–85	Lou Carnesecca (2×)	St. John's	15–1	1	31–4
1985–86	Lou Carnesecca (3×)	St. John's	14–2	1^T	31–5
1986–87	John Thompson (2×)	Georgetown	12–4	1^T	29–5
1987–88	P. J. Carlesimo	Seton Hall	8–8	5^T	22–13
1988–89	P. J. Carlesimo (2×)	Seton Hall	11–5	2	31–7
1989–90	Jim Calhoun	UConn	12–4	1^T	31–6
1990–91	Jim Boeheim (2×)	Syracuse	12–4	1	26–6
1991–92	John Thompson (3×)	Georgetown	12–6	1^T	22–10
1992–93	Brian Mahoney	St. John's	12–6	2	19–11
1993–94	Jim Calhoun (2×)	UConn	16–2	1	29–5
1994–95	Leonard Hamilton	Miami (FL)	9–9	5	15–13
1995–96^†	Jim Calhoun (3×)	UConn	17–1	1 (BE6)	32–3
Jim O'Brien	Boston College	10–8	3 (BE6)	19–11
1996–97	John MacLeod	Notre Dame	8–10	4 (BE6)	16–14
1997–98	Jim Calhoun (4×)	UConn	15–3	1 (BE6)	32–5
1998–99	Leonard Hamilton (2×)	Miami (FL)	15–3	2	23–7
1999–00	Jim Boeheim (3×)	Syracuse	13–3	1^T	26–6
2000–01	Al Skinner	Boston College	13–3	1 (E)	27–5
2001–02	Ben Howland	Pittsburgh	13–3	1 (W)	29–6
2002–03	Louis Orr	Seton Hall	10–6	2^T (W)	17–13
2003–04	Jamie Dixon	Pittsburgh	13–3	1	31–5
2004–05	Al Skinner (2×)	Boston College	13–3	1^T	25–5
2005–06	Jay Wright	Villanova	14–2	1^T	28–5
2006–07	Mike Brey	Notre Dame	11–5	4	24–8
2007–08	Mike Brey (2×)	Notre Dame	14–4	2^T	25–8
2008–09	Jay Wright (2×)	Villanova	13–5	4	30–8
2009–10	Jim Boeheim (4×)	Syracuse	15–3	1	30–5
2010–11	Mike Brey (3×)	Notre Dame	14–4	2	27–7
2011–12	Stan Heath	South Florida	12–6	6	22–14
2012–13	John Thompson III	Georgetown	14–4	1^T	25–7
2013–14	Jay Wright (3×)	Villanova	16–2	1	29–5
2014–15	Jay Wright (4×)	Villanova	16–2	1	33–3
2015–16^†	Kevin Willard	Seton Hall	12–6	3	25–9
Jay Wright (5×)	Villanova	16–2	1	35–5
2016–17	Chris Holtmann	Butler	12–6	2	25–9
2017–18	Chris Mack	Xavier	15–3	1	29–6
2018–19	Jay Wright (6×)	Villanova	13–5	1	26–10
2019–20	Greg McDermott	Creighton	13–5	1^T	24–7

See also

• Big East Conference (1979–2013)
• Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
• Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year
• Henry Iba Award
• NABC Coach of the Year
• Naismith College Coach of the Year

References

1. "2008-09 Big East Media Guide" (PDF). p. 143. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 28, 2009. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
2. "MEN'S BASKETBALL RECORDS - ALL-BIG EAST TEAMS". bigeast.org. Archived from the original on November 17, 2002. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
3. Paquette, John, ed. (2019). Big East 2019–20 Media Guide. Big East Conference. p. 111 for the list of the award winners; 112–115 for the season-by-season standings.