Ben Jobe Award

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Ben Jobe Award
Awarded for the nation's top minority men's coach in NCAA Division I basketball
Country United States
Presented by Collegeinsider.com
First awarded 2010
Currently held by Bobby Collins, Maryland Eastern Shore
Official website Website

The Ben Jobe National Coach of the Year Award is an award given annually to the most outstanding minority men's college basketball head coach in NCAA Division I competition. The award was established in 2010 and is named for legendary head coach Ben Jobe, who coached at numerous historically black colleges but whose longest tenure at one school was 12 years, which he completed at Southern University.[1]

Selection

The award is presented to the coach who has produced the best results from his basketball team under adverse or otherwise difficult conditions. The inaugural winner, Ed Cooley of Fairfield, dealt with numerous injuries but still managed to lead the Stags to a near-school record 23 wins in 2009–10.[1]

Winners

* Awarded the Naismith College Coach of the Year the same season
Coach (X) Denotes the number of times the coach has been awarded the Ben Jobe Award
Year Coach School Record Reference
2009–10 Ed Cooley Fairfield 23–11 [2]
2010–11 Cuonzo Martin Missouri State 26–9 [3]
2011–12 Sean Woods Mississippi Valley State 21–13 [4]
2012–13 Kevin Ollie Connecticut 20–10 [5]
2013–14 Willis Wilson Texas A&M Corpus Christi 18–16
2014–15 Bobby Collins Maryland Eastern Shore 18–15

Winners by school

School Winners Years
Connecticut 1 2013
Fairfield 1 2012
Maryland Eastern Shore 1 2015
Missouri State 1 2011
Mississippi Valley State 1 2010
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 1 2014

References

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