Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year

Jim Phelan NEC Men's Basketball Coach of the Year
Awarded for	the most outstanding men's basketball head coach in the Northeast Conference
Country	United States
First awarded	1982–83
Currently held by	Bashir Mason, Wagner

The Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year is a basketball award given to head coaches in the Northeast Conference (NEC). The award is granted to the head coach voted to be the most successful that season by the league's coaches. The award was first given following the 1982–83 season, the second year of the conference's existence, to Matt Furjanic of Robert Morris.^[1]

Howie Dickenman of Central Connecticut has won the most awards with four. Eight other coaches have won the award twice. One former NEC Coach of the Year has been inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach: Jim Phelan (inducted 2001). Due to Jim Phelans success, in 2003 the NEC men's basketball coach of the year award was named in his honor.^[2] Also of note, the only year when the award was shared was in 1993 with Jim Phelan and Kevin Bannon as winners. The men's basketball programs with the most winners are St. Francis Brooklyn and Robert Morris, each with 5.

Winners

Season	Coach	School	Conference Record	Conference Standing	Overall Record	Postseason	Source(s)
1982–83	Matt Furjanic	Robert Morris	12—2	1st (South Division)	23—8	NEC Champions NCAA First Round	[1]
1983–84	Mark Amatucci	Loyola	10—6	T-3rd	16—12		[1]
1984–85	Tom Green	Fairleigh Dickinson	10—4	2nd	21—10	NEC Champions NCAA First Round	[1]
1985–86	Tom Green (2)	Fairleigh Dickinson	13—3	1st	22—8		[1]
1986–87	Dave Magarity	Marist	15—1	1st	20—10	NEC Champions NCAA First Round	[1]
1987–88	Wayne Szoke	Monmouth	11—5	T-3rd	16—13		[1]
1988–89	Jarrett Durham	Robert Morris	12—4	1st	21—9	NEC Champions NCAA First Round	[1]
1989–90	Jarrett Durham (2)	Robert Morris	12—4	1st	22—8	NEC Champions NCAA First Round	[1]
1990–91	Rich Zvosec	St. Francis (NY)	8—8	T-5th	15—14		[1]
1991–92	Tim Capstraw	Wagner	9—7	4th	16—12		[1]
1992–93	Kevin Bannon	Rider	14—4	1st	19—11	NEC Champions NCAA First Round	[1]
	Jim Phelan	Mount St. Mary's	10—8	T-3rd	14—16		[1]
1993–94	Kevin Bannon (2)	Rider	14—4	1st	21—9	NEC Champions NCAA First Round	[1]
1994–95	Dave Magarity (2)	Marist	12—6	T-2nd	17—11		[1]
1995–96	Jim Phelan (2)	Mount St. Mary's	16—2	1st	21—8	NIT First Round	[1]
1996–97	Ray Haskins	Long Island	15—3	1st	21—9	NEC Champions NCAA First Round	[1]
1997–98	Ron Ganulin	St. Francis (NY)	10—6	T-3rd	15—12		[1]
1998–99	Tom Sullivan	UMBC	17—3	1st	19—9		[1]
1999–2000	Howie Dickenman	Central Connecticut	15—3	1st	25—6	NEC Champions NCAA First Round	[1]
2000–01	Dave Calloway	Monmouth	15—5	2nd	21—10	NEC Champions NCAA First Round	[1]
2001–02	Howie Dickenman (2)	Central Connecticut	19—1	1st	26—5	NEC Champions NCAA First Round	[1]
2002–03	Dereck Whittenburg	Wagner	14—4	1st	21—11	NEC Champions NCAA First Round	[1]
2003–04	Ron Ganulin (2)	St. Francis (NY)	12—6	1st	15—3		[1]
2004–05	Jim Ferry	Long Island	10—8	4th	14—15		[1]
2005–06	Howie Dickenman (3)	Central Connecticut	13—5	2nd	18—11		[1]
2006–07	Howie Dickenman (4)	Central Connecticut	16—2	1st	22—12	NEC Champions NCAA First Round	[1]
2007–08	Mike Rice Jr.	Robert Morris	15—3	1st	24—11	NEC Champions NCAA First Round	[1]
2008–09	Mike Rice Jr. (2)	Robert Morris	15—3	1st	23—12	NEC Champions NCAA First Round	[1]
2009–10	Tom Moore	Quinnipiac	15—3	1st	23—10	NIT First Round	[1]
2010–11	Jim Ferry (2)	Long Island	16—2	1st	27—6	NEC Champions NCAA Second Round	[1]
2011–12	Glenn Braica	St. Francis Brooklyn	12—6	4th	15—15		[1]
2012–13	Tim O'Shea	Bryant	12—6	T-2nd	19—11	CBI First Round	[1]
2013–14	Andrew Toole	Robert Morris	14—2	1st	22—14	NIT Second Round	[1]
2014–15	Glenn Braica (2)	St. Francis Brooklyn	15—3	1st	23—12	NIT First Round	[3]
2015–16	Bashir Mason	Wagner	13—5	1st	23—11	NIT Second Round	[4]
2016–17

Winners by school

School (NEC participation)	Winners	Years
Robert Morris (1982—present)	5	1983, 1989, 1990, 2008, 2009
St. Francis Brooklyn (1982—present)	5	1991, 1998, 2004, 2012, 2015
Central Connecticut (1997—present)	4	2000, 2002, 2006, 2007
LIU Brooklyn (1982—present)	3	1997, 2005, 2011
Wagner (1982—present)	3	1992, 2003, 2016
Fairleigh Dickinson (1982—present)	2	1985, 1986
Marist (1981—1997)	2	1987, 1995
Monmouth (1985—2013)	2	1988, 2001
Mount St. Mary's (1989—present)	2	1993, 1996
Rider (1992—1997)	2	1993, 1994
Bryant (2008—present)	1	2013
Loyola (1981—1989)	1	1984
Quinnipiac (1998—2013)	1	2010
Sacred Heart (1999—present)	0	—
Saint Francis (PA) (1982—present)	0	—

References

1. "NEC men's basketball record book 1982-2014" (PDF). northeastconference.org. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
2. "NEC Hall of Fame- Jim Phelan". northeastconference.org. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
3. "St. Francis Brooklyn's Glenn Braica Named District 18 NABC Coach of the Year". NortheastConference.org. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
4. "Bashir Mason Named 2015-16 Jim Phelan Northeast Conference Coach Of The Year; Carey & Henson Named To Second Team". wagnerathletics.com. Retrieved 31 March 2016.