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Sacramento State's Brian Katz accepts the 2015 Hugh Durham award at the CollegeInsider.com Award's Banquet on April 3 in Indianapolis.

April 3, 2015

2015 HUGH DURHAM AWARD

INDIANAPOLIS, IN -- Sacramento State's Brian Katz is the recipient of the 2015 Hugh Durham National Coach of the Year award.

The Hugh Durham Award is presented annually to the nation's top mid-major coach. The award is named in honor of Hugh Durham who had retired at the end of the 2004-05 season. Durham is one of just twelve coaches to have led two different programs to the NCAA Final Four (Florida State in 1972 and Georgia in 1983). He is the only coach among that group to have led both schools to their lone Final Four appearance.

DURHAM AWARD FINALISTS

Tommy Amaker	Harvard
Will Brown	Albany
Bobby Collins	UMES
Keno Davis	Central Michigan
Bryce Drew	Valparaiso
Jim Engles	NJIT
Bill Herrion	New Hampshire
Bobby Hurley	Buffalo
Ben Jacobson	Northern Iowa
James Jones	Yale
Brian Katz	Sacramento State
Jim Les	UC Davis
LeVelle Moton	North Carolina Central
Steve Prohm	Murray State
Heath Schroyer	UT-Martin
Brad Underwood	Stephen F. Austin

The Hugh Durham Award, which is presented annually to the top Division I mid-major coach in college basketball, is named after a coach who built winning programs at three different universities.

In eight seasons as the head coach 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.

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 Hugh Durham award voting panel is made up of current division I coaches, athletic administrators, and senior College Insider staff members. The recipient of the 2024-25 award will be announced in April, in San Antonio, TX site of the men's Division I NCAA Basketball Championship.

2023: Amir Abdur-Rahim, Kennesaw State
2022: Robert Jones, Norfolk State
2021: Byron Smith, Prairie View A&M
2020: Steve Forbes, ETSU
2019: Darian DeVries, Drake
2018: Ryan Odom, UMBC
2017: Rod Barnes, CSU Bakersfield
2016: James Jones, Yale
2015: Brian Katz, Sacramento State
2014: Tony Jasick, IPFW
2013: Danny Kaspar, Stephen F. Austin
2012: Eddie Payne, USC Upstate
2011: Rick Byrd, Belmont
2010: Mike Young, Wofford
2009: Todd Bozeman, Morgan State
2008: Keno Davis, Drake
2007: Greg Marshall, Winthrop
2006: Pat Flannery, Bucknell
2005: Bob Thomason, Pacific

The Hugh Durham award is presented annually to the top division I mid-major head coach as voted on by the award committee.

Eligible coaches must be in the following conferences or leagues: America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Horizon, Independents, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, Mid-Eastern, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Southwestern, Summit, Sun Belt, West Coast and Western Athletic.

The 10-member voting committee consists of current and former head coaches, as well as two senior staff members of collegeinsider.com.

The award is presented annually at the site of the men's Division I NCAA basketball championship.

NOTE: The basis for mid-major designation is based on the criteria established by the Mid-Major Top 25 ® which was created by CollegeInsider.com and is a registered trademark.