The Newton S. Hillyard Memorial Award is presented annually by NABC partner Hillyard Inc. to the outgoing president of the NABC Board of Directors in appreciation for their service to the association.
| 1927-29 | Dr. Forrest “Phog” Allen, Kansas |
| 1930 | J. Craig Ruby, Illinois |
| 1931 | Lewis Andreas, Syracuse |
| 1932 | Arthur Schabinger, Creighton |
| 1933 | Harold Olsen, Ohio State |
| 1934 | Roy Mundorff, Georgia Tech |
| 1935 | Howard Ortner, Cornell |
| 1936 | Arthur Lonborg, Northwestern |
| 1937 | H. Clifford Carlson, Pittsburgh |
| 1938 | George Edwards, Missouri |
| 1939 | William Chandler, Marquette |
| 1940 | Brandon Grover, Ohio |
| 1941 | Nat Holman, New York |
| 1942 | Nelson Norgren, Chicago |
| 1943-44 | Edward Kelleher, Fordham |
| 1945-46 | Edward Hickox, Springfield |
| 1947 | Blair Gullion, Connecticut |
| 1948 | Howard Hobson, Oregon |
| 1949 | Herbert Read, Western Michigan |
| 1950 | John Bunn, Springfield |
| 1951 | Vadal Peterson, Utah |
| 1952 | Bruce Drake, Oklahoma |
| 1953 | Franklin Cappon, Princeton |
| 1954 | Edward Hickey, Saint Louis |
| 1955 | Paul “Tony” Hinkle, Butler |
| 1956 | Harold Foster, Wisconsin |
| 1957 | Ray Oosting, Trinity |
| 1958 | Amory Gill, Oregon State |
| 1959 | Clifford Wells, Tulane |
| 1960 | Everett Shelton, Sacramento State |
| 1961 | R.E. Henderson, Baylor |
| 1962 | Wilbur Stalcup, Missouri |
| 1963 | Harold Anderson, Bowling Green |
| 1964 | Lee Williams, Colby |
| 1965 | Forrest Twogood, Southern California |
| 1966 | Ben Carnevale, Navy |
| 1967 | Alvin “Doggie” Julian, Dartmouth |
| 1968 | Henry Iba, Oklahoma State |
| 1969 | William Gardiner, Catholic |
| 1970 | Stanley Watts, Brigham Young |
| 1971 | Adolph Rupp, Kentucky |
| 1972 | William Wall, MacMurray |
| 1973 | Fred Taylor, Ohio State |
| 1974 | Joseph Vancisin, Yale |
| 1975 | Robert Polk, Rice |
| 1976 | William Foster, Duke |
| 1977 | Abe Lemons, Texas |
| 1978 | Barry Dowd, Texas |
| 1979 | Ned Wulk, Arizona State |
| 1980 | Wilber Renken, Albright |
| 1981 | Marv Harshman, Washington |
| 1982 | Dean Smith, North Carolina |
| 1983 | Fred “Tex” Winter, Long Beach State |
| 1984 | Joe O’Brien, Assumption |
| 1985 | Jack Hartman, Kansas State |
| 1986 | John Thompson, Georgetown |
| 1987 | Billy Key, Missouri-Rolla |
| 1988 | Eddie Sutton, Kentucky |
| 1989 | Jud Heathcote, Michigan State |
| 1990 | Clarence Gaines, Winston-Salem State |
| 1991 | Gerald Myers, Texas Tech |
| 1992 | Herb Kenny, Wesleyan |
| 1993 | Johnny Orr, Iowa State |
| 1994 | George Blaney, Holy Cross |
| 1995 | Bill Knapton, Beloit |
| 1996 | George Raveling, Retired |
| 1997 | Bob Hanson, Kansas State |
| 1998 | Mike Jarvis, George Washington |
| 1999 | Mike Krzyzewski, Duke |
| 2000 | Denny Crum, Louisville |
| 2001 | Gene Keady, Purdue |
| 2002 | Roy Williams, Kansas |
| 2003 | Ken Kaufman, WPI |
| 2004 | Kelvin Sampson, Oklahoma |
| 2005 | Pat Kennedy, Towson |
| 2006 | Jim Burson, Muskingum |
| 2007 | Oliver Purnell, Clemson |
| 2008 | Jim Boeheim, Syracuse |
| 2009 | Tubby Smith, Minnesota |
| 2010 | Dale Clayton, Carson-Newman |
| 2011 | Tom Izzo, Michigan State |
| 2012 | Ernie Kent |
| 2013 | Larry Gipson, Northeastern State |
| 2014 | Phil Martelli, Saint Joseph’s |
| 2015 | Page Moir, Roanoke |
| 2016 | Ron Hunter, Georgia State |
| 2017 | Jeff Jones, Old Dominion |
| 2018 | Bill Self, Kansas |
| 2019 | Charlie Brock, Springfield |
| 2020 | Mike Brey, Notre Dame |
| 2022 | Jamie Dixon, TCU |
| 2023 | Gary Stewart, Stevenson |
| 2024 | Lennie Acuff, Lipscomb |
| 2025 | John Calipari, Arkansas |