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Henry Iba Award

Henry Iba Award

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The Henry Iba Award was established in 1959 to recognize the best college basketball coach of the year by the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA). Five nominees are presented and the individual with the most votes receives the award, which is presented in conjunction with the Final Four. The award is named for Henry Iba, who coached at Oklahoma State from 1934 to 1970. Iba won the NCAA College Championship in 1945 and 1946 and coached the U.S. Olympic Teams to two gold medals in 1964 and 1968. The award is presented at the Oscar Robertson Trophy Breakfast on the Friday before the Final Four.

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Legendary UCLA Bruins coach John Wooden has the most all–time selections with seven. Of the seven other coaches with multiple Henry Iba Awards, only Virginia Cavaliers coach Tony Bennett has received it more than twice. The school with the second–most winners is Ohio State, which has had two coaches win a total of three awards (Fred Taylor, Randy Ayers).

Bennett is also one of two coaches to receive the award at more than one program, having done so once at Washington State and twice at Virginia. The other is Kelvin Sampson, honored at Oklahoma and Houston.

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Coach (X) Denotes the number of times the coach has been given the Henry Iba Award at that point
Team (X) Denotes the number of times the team has been represented for the Henry Iba Award at that point

Winners

John Wooden has the most awards (7).
Tony Bennett has won the award three times at two schools (twice at Virginia and once at Washington State).
Roy Williams also won the award at two different schools (Kansas and North Carolina).
Bob Knight won twice while at Indiana.
Jim Boeheim was the 2010 Henry Iba Award winner.
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Footnotes

  • a Due to the massive numbers—and extreme severity of—NCAA violations that had surfaced, Clem Haskins and the Minnesota men's basketball season records and awards were nullified, giving them a 0–0 record and no official recognition for having gotten to the 1997 Final Four.[3][4]

References

General
  • "Henry Iba Award". USBWA Awards. United States Basketball Writers Association. Archived from the original on 18 August 2009. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
Specific
  1. [1]
    "Keady Wins UPI Award". Journal and Courier. Lafayette, Indiana. March 27, 1996. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. [2]
    "Tennessee's Barnes Wins Henry Iba Award as National Coach of the Year" (Press release). United States Basketball Writers Association. March 25, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
  3. [3]
    "Cheating Scandal Timeline". Minnesota Public Radio. 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
  4. [4]
    "Report: Haskins lied" (Archived story). Men's College Basketball. Sports Illustrated. 19 November 1999. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
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