April 4, 2024

INDIANA STATE’S JOSH SCHERTZ RECIPIENT OF 2024 HUGH DURHAM AWARD
Presented annually to the top mid-major head coach in college basketball.

PHOENIX, AZ -- Indiana State’s Josh Schertz is the recipient of the 2024 Hugh Durham National Coach of the Year award have been announced.  The award is presented annually to the top mid-major head coach in college basketball.

The outstanding job he’s done in three years at Indiana State, came into full bloom this season as the high-flying Sycamores enter the NIT championship game with 32-6 record and the best shooting team in the nation.

After winning 11 games in the 2021-22 season, Schertz guided Indiana State to 23 wins a year ago and the Missouri Valley Conference regular season title this year.

Indiana State is 12th nationally in adjusted offensive efficiency and deserved an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament after recording a NET ranking of 29th.

“After building a powerhouse at Lincoln Memorial, Josh Schertz is well on his way to doing the same at Indiana State,” said Angela Lento, Vice President of CollegeInsider.com. “He has been one of the rising stars in the profession for years and finally gotten the opportunity to showcase his program building skills at the division I level. Despite the loss of several key players, his Sycamores have been one of the more efficient and most dangerous offensive attacks in the country this season. There will be a lot of updates made to the Indiana State record books when this season ends. Josh Schertz is one of the best coaches and best people in the coaching profession.”

The Hugh Durham award is named in honor of the former Florida State, Georgia, and Jacksonville head coach. In eight seasons, at Jacksonville University, Durham became the Dolphins' all-time winningest Division I coach (106 wins), making him the only coach in NCAA history to be the winningest coach (pct. or wins) at three different Division I schools.

He built national programs at Florida State where he holds the record for best winning percentage with a 230-95 (.708) record in 12 years. And at Georgia where he is also the all-time winningest coach in the 99-year history of the Bulldog program, having won 297 games in 17 seasons.

Durham coached Florida State and Georgia to a combined 8 NCAA Tournament appearances, and 2 Final Fours. He is one of 17 coaches to take multiple teams to the Final Four.

Coaches of teams in the following conferences are eligible for the award: America East, ASUN, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Coastal Athletic, CUSA, Horizon, Independents, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, MEAC, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, SWAC, Summit, Sun Belt, WAC, West Coast.

The recipient of the annual award is determined by a 10-member voting committee, which consists of current and former head coaches, as well as two senior staff members of collegeinsider.com.

2024 HUGH DURHAM AWARD FINALISTS