| Awarded for | the top men's basketball coach in theBig Ten Conference |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| History | |
| First award | 1974 |
| Most recent | Tom Izzo,Michigan State |
TheBig Ten Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year, is an annualcollege basketball award presented to the top men's basketball coach in theBig Ten Conference. The winner is selected by the Big Ten media association and conference coaches. The award was first given following the 1973–74 season toJohnny Orr ofMichigan.Bill Carmody is the only coach to have received the award with a losing record. FormerPurdue coachGene Keady has won the award a record seven times.
| Awarded one of the following National Coach of the Year awards that year: Associated Press Coach of the Year (AP) | |
| Coach (X) | Denotes the number of times the coach had been awarded the Coach of the Year award at that point |
| † | Co-Coaches of the Year |
| * | Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach but is no longer active |
| *^ | Active coach who has been elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (as a coach) |
| Conf. W–L | Conference win–loss record for that season |
| Conf. St.T | Conference standing at year's end (Tdenotes a tie) |
| Overall W–L | Overall win–loss record for that season |
| Season‡ | Team won theNCAA Division I National Championship |
| School (year joined) | Winners | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Purdue | 12 | 1984, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2019, 2024 |
| Ohio State | 9 | 1983, 1991, 1992, 1999, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2018 |
| Indiana | 6 | 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1989, 2016 |
| Wisconsin | 6 | 2002, 2003, 2013, 2015, 2020, 2022 |
| Michigan State | 6 | 1978, 1986, 1998, 2009, 2012, 2025 |
| Michigan | 5 | 1974, 1977, 1985, 2014, 2021 |
| Illinois | 2 | 1993, 2005 |
| Iowa | 2 | 1979, 1987 |
| Minnesota[Note A] | 2 | 1982,1997*, 2017 |
| Nebraska (2012) | 2 | 2014, 2024 |
| Northwestern | 2 | 2004, 2023 |
| Maryland (2015) | 1 | 2015 |
| Penn State (1993) | 1 | 2009 |
| Rutgers (2015) | 0 | — |