Dynamic Debuts: Newcomer Lloyd Earns 3 of 4 Major Coach of Year Awards

April 21st, 2022 - 10:14

Arizona's Tommy Lloyd, honored by three of the four current major awards, became the ninth individual named national coach of the year in his debut season for a school. Lloyd joined the following chronological list of coaches earning one of the major awards in their initial season with a school:

First-Year Coach (Award) Debut Head Coaching Season With School Predecessor Previous Position
Eddie Hickey (USBWA) 23-6 (Marquette in 1958-59) Jack Nagle St. Louis
Bill Hodges (AP/UPI) 33-1 (Indiana State in 1978-79) Bob King assistant at Indiana State
Eddie Sutton (AP/NABC) 32-4 (Kentucky in 1985-86) Joe B. Hall Arkansas
Tom Davis (AP) 30-5 (Iowa in 1986-87) George Raveling Stanford
Kelvin Sampson (AP/USBWA) 23-9 (Oklahoma in 1994-95) Billy Tubbs Washington State
Matt Doherty (AP) 26-7 (North Carolina in 2000-01) Bill Guthridge Notre Dame
Frank Haith (AP/USBWA) 30-5 (Missouri in 2011-12) Mike Anderson Miami (Fla.)
Jim Crews (NABC) 28-7 (Saint Louis in 2012-13) Rick Majerus assistant at Saint Louis
Tommy Lloyd (AP/NABC/USBWA) 33-4 (Arizona in 2021-22) Sean Miller assistant at Gonzaga