The Newton S. Hillyard Memorial Award is annually presented to the outgoing president of the NABC by Hillyard Inc. in appreciation for service to the organization.
| 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 |