The NABC Mike Krzyzewski Award is presented annually in recognition of long and outstanding service to the game of basketball. The prestigious honor, formerly known as the NABC Metropolitan Award, is the NABC’s longest-running annual award.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 1966 | Adolph Rupp, Kentucky |
| 1967 | Alvin “Doggie” Julian, Dartmouth |
| 1968 | Pete Newell, California |
| 1969 | Everett Shelton, Sacramento State |
| 1970 | Eddie Hickey, Marquette/Saint 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 McLendon, Cleveland State |
| 1977 | Jack Friel, Washington State |
| 1978 | John Nucatola, NBA |
| 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, NIT |
| 1990 | Jack Gardner, Utah |
| 1991 | Dave Gavitt, Big East |
| 1992 | Vic Bubas, Duke/Sun Belt Conference |
| 1993 | Joe Vancisin, Yale/NABC |
| 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, NIT |
| 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 |
| 2012 | Jim Nantz, CBS Sports |
| 2013 | Bobby Cremins, Appalachian State/Georgia Tech/College of Charleston |
| 2014 | Roy Williams, North Carolina |
| 2015 | Rick Pitino, Louisville |
| 2016 | Reggie Minton, NABC |
| 2017 | Lon Kruger, Oklahoma |
| 2018 | John Calipari, Kentucky |
| 2019 | Tom Izzo, Michigan State |
| 2021 | John Chaney, Cheyney State/Temple |
| 2022 | Art Hyland, NCAA/Big East |
| 2023 | Tubby Smith, Tulsa/Georgia/Kentucky/Texas Tech/Memphis/High Point |
| 2024 | Dick Vitale, ESPN |
| 2025 | Bob Hurley Sr., St. Anthony High School (N.J.) |