| 1927-29 | Forrest “Phog” Allen, Kansas |
| 1929-30 | Craig Ruby, Illinois |
| 1930-31 | Lew Andreas, Syracuse |
| 1931-32 | Arthur Schabinger, Creighton |
| 1932-33 | Harold Olsen, Ohio State |
| 1933-34 | Roy Mundorff, Georgia Tech |
| 1934-35 | Howard Ortner, Cornell |
| 1935-36 | Arthur “Dutch” Lonborg, Northwestern |
| 1936-37 | Henry “Doc” Carlson, Pittsburgh |
| 1937-38 | George Edwards, Missouri |
| 1938-39 | William Chandler, Marquette |
| 1939-40 | Brandon Grover, Ohio |
| 1940-41 | Nat Holman, CCNY |
| 1941-42 | Nelson Norgren, Chicago |
| 1942-44 | Edward Kelleher, Fordham |
| 1944-46 | Edward Hickox, Springfield |
| 1946-47 | Blair Gullion, Connecticut |
| 1947-48 | Howard Hobson, Oregon |
| 1948-49 | Herbert Read, Western Michigan |
| 1949-50 | John Bunn, Springfield |
| 1950-51 | Vadal Peterson, Utah |
| 1951-52 | Bruce Drake, Oklahoma |
| 1953-54 | Edgar “Eddie” Hickey, Saint Louis |
| 1954-55 | Paul “Tony” Hinkle, Butler |
| 1955-56 | Harold “Bud” Foster, Wisconsin |
| 1956-57 | Ray Oostering, Trinity |
| 1957-58 | Amory “Slats” Gill, Oregon State |
| 1958-59 | Clifford Wells, Tulane |
| 1959-60 | Everett Shelton, Sacramento State |
| 1960-61 | Bill Henderson, Baylor |
| 1961-62 | Wilbur Stalcup, Missouri |
| 1962-63 | Harold Anderson, Bowling Green |
| 1963-64 | Lee Williams, Colby |
| 1964-65 | Forrest Twogood, Southern California |
| 1965-66 | Ben Carnevale, Navy |
| 1966-67 | Alvin “Doggie” Julian, Dartmouth |
| 1967-68 | Henry Iba, Oklahoma State |
| 1968-69 | William Gardiner, Catholic |
| 1969-70 | Stan Watts, Brigham Young |
| 1970-71 | Adolph Rupp, Kentucky |
| 1971-72 | Bill Wall, MacMurray |
| 1972-73 | Fred Taylor, Ohio State |
| 1973-74 | Joe Vancisin, Yale |
| 1974-75 | Bob Polk, Rice |
| 1975-76 | Bill Foster, Duke |
| 1976-77 | Abe Lemons, Texas |
| 1977-78 | Barry Dowd, Texas |
| 1978-79 | Ned Wulk, Arizona State |
| 1979-80 | Wilber Renken, Albright |
| 1980-81 | Marv Harshman, Washington |
| 1981-82 | Dean Smith, North Carolina |
| 1982-83 | Fred “Tex” Winter, Long Beach State |
| 1983-84 | Joe O’Brien, Assumption |
| 1984-85 | Jack Hartman, Kansas State |
| 1985-86 | John Thompson, Georgetown |
| 1986-87 | Billy Key, Missouri-Rolla |
| 1987-88 | Eddie Sutton, Kentucky |
| 1988-89 | Jud Heathcote, Michigan State |
| 1989-90 | Clarence “Big House” Gaines, Winston-Salem State |
| 1990-91 | Gerald Meyers, Texas Tech |
| 1991-92 | Herb Kenny, Wesleyan |
| 1992-93 | Johnny Orr, Iowa State |
| 1993-94 | George Blaney, Holy Cross |
| 1994-95 | Bill Knapton, Beloit |
| 1995-96 | George Raveling, Retired |
| 1996-97 | Bob Hanson, Kansas State |
| 1997-98 | Mike Jarvis, George Washington |
| 1998-99 | Mike Krzyzewski, Duke |
| 1999-00 | Denny Crum, Louisville |
| 2000-01 | Gene Keady, Purdue |
| 2001-02 | Roy Williams, Kansas |
| 2002-03 | Ken Kaufman, Retired |
| 2003-04 | Kelvin Sampson, Oklahoma |
| 2004-05 | Pat Kennedy, Towson |
| 2005-06 | Jim Burson, Muskingum |
| 2006-07 | Oliver Purnell, Clemson |
| 2007-08 | Jim Boeheim, Syracuse |
| 2008-09 | Tubby Smith, Minnesota |
| 2009-10 | Dale Clayton, Carson-Newman |
| 2010-11 | Tom Izzo, Michigan State |
| 2011-12 | Ernie Kent, Washington State |
| 2012-13 | Larry Gipson, Northeastern State |
| 2013-14 | Phil Martelli, Saint Joseph’s |
| 2014-15 | Page Moir, Roanoke |
| 2015-16 | Ron Hunter, Georgia State |
| 2016-17 | Jeff Jones, Old Dominion |
| 2017-18 | Bill Self, Kansas |
| 2018-19 | Charlie Brock, Springfield |
| 2019-20 | Mike Brey, Notre Dame |
| 2020-22 | Jamie Dixon, TCU |
| 2022-23 | Gary Stewart, Stevenson |
| 2023-24 | Lennie Acuff, Lipscomb |
| 2024-25 | John Calipari, Arkansas |