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Ben Jobe National Coach of the Year Award

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Kay Yow National Coach of the Year Award

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Lute Olson National Player of the Year Award

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Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Award

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Hugh Durham National Coach of the Year Award

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Lou Henson National Player of the Year Award

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Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year Award

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 Hugh Durham National Coach of the Year Award

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March 8, 2010

FINALISTS FOR  HUGH DURHAM AWARD


Hugh DurhamBOSTON (MA) -- The fifteen finalists for the 2010 Hugh Durham Mid-Major Coach of the Year Award were announced on Monday.

Fourteen of the finalists were regular season champions or co-champions or finished second in their respecitive leagues including Randy Bennett (St. Mary’s), Tad Boyle (Northern Colorado), Todd Bozeman (Morgan State), Steve Donahue (Cornell), Cliff Ellis (Coastal Carolina), Ben Jacobson (Northern Iowa), Greg Kampe (Oakland), Billy Kennedy (Murray State), Bob Marlin (Sam Houston State), Fran McCaffery (Siena), Randy Rahe (Weber State), Brad Stevens (Butler), Blaine Taylor (Old Dominion) and Mike Young (Wofford).

Tony Shaver (William & Mary), who has the Tribe on the verge of the school’s first-ever postseason appearance, rounds out the list. Donahue was honored in January as the Award’s mid-season honoree.

The Hugh Durham Award is given annually to the nation’s top mid-major coach, as voted on by the 20-member panel. The winner will be presented with the award at the Final Four in Indianapolis.

In 2005 the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Coach of the Year award was renamed in honor of Hugh Durham, the coaching legend 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.

The previous winners of the award were Bozeman last season, Keno Davis (Drake) in 2008, Gregg Marshall (Winthrop) in 2007, Pat Flannery (Bucknell) in 2006 and Bob Thomason (Pacific) in 2005.

2010 HUGH DURHAM AWARD FINALISTS

Coach

School

Randy Bennett

St. Mary's

Tad Boyle

Northern Colorado

Todd Bozeman

Morgan State

Steve Donahue

Cornell

Cliff Ellis

Coastal Carolina

Ben Jacobson

Northern Iowa

Greg Kampe

Oakland

Billy Kennedy

Murray State

Bob Marlin

Sam Houston State

Fran McCaffery

Siena

Randy Rahe

Weber State

Tony Shaver

William & Mary

Brad Stevens

Butler

Blaine Taylor

Old Dominion

Mike Young

Wofford

 


 

Dec. 30, 2009

STEVE DONAHUE EARNS HUGH DURHAM AWARD MID-SEASON HONORS


Cornell's Steve Donahue earns Hugh Durham Award mid-season coaching honors.BOSTON (MA) -- After leading Cornell to a 10-2 start, Steve Donahue has received the Hugh Durham award mid-season coaching honors.

"This is a great honor to be recognized as a candidate for the Hugh Durham Award,” said Donahue, “but what it really speaks to is the quality of kids we've brought in here at Cornell. Our goal each season is to become the most improved team in the country from beginning to end, and I look forward to seeing exactly what this team is capable of."

Cornell has posted road wins over Alabama, Bucknell, Davidson, Drexel, LaSalle, Massachusetts and St. John’s. The win over St. John’s came in the championship game of the 2009 Madison Square Garden Holiday Festival. It was also Cornell’s first-ever win over a team from the Big East Conference.

Cornell’s current eight-game winning streak is the third-longest of the decade (16-game streak in 2007-08 and a nine-game run in 2008-09). The great start has vaulted Cornell to No. 4 in the Mid-Major Top 25 (CollegeInsider.com). It’s the program’s highest-ever ranking.

“Cornell is no longer just a very good team from the Ivy League.” says Joe Dwyer, CollegeInsider.com co-founder. “Cornell is one of the top programs in college basketball, outside of the proverbial power conferences. Steve [Donahue] has done a phenomenal job in transforming the Big Red into a legitimate team to watch in March.”

Donahue, a finalist for the 2007-08 Hugh Durham Award, is now in his tenth season at Cornell. Last season the Big Red became the first team in Ivy League history other than Penn or Princeton to win consecutive outright conference crowns.

The Hugh Durham award is presented annually to the top mid-major coach in America. In 2005 the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Coach of the Year award was renamed in honor of Hugh Durham who 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, 1972 & Georgia, 1983). He is the only coach to lead both teams to their only Final Four appearance.

Previous winners of the award are Todd Bozeman (Morgan State), Keno Davis (Drake 2008), Gregg Marshall (Winthrop 2007), Pat Flannery, (Bucknell 2006) and Bob Thomason (Pacific 2005).

The 2010 award will be presented on April 2 at the Final Four in Indianapolis.

 
 
 
 

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