April 12, 2012
Hillyard Memorial Award
The Newton S. Hillyard Memorial Award is annually presented to the outgoing president of the National Association of Basketball Coaches by Hillyard Inc. in appreciation for service to the organization.
NABC Past Presidents 1927-2009
| 1927-29 | Dr. Forrest "Phog" Allen, Kansas |
| 1930 | J. Craig Ruby, Illinois |
| 1931 | Lewis Andreas, Syracuse |
| 1932 | Arthur Schabinger, Creighton |
| 1933 | Harold Olsen, Ohio State |
| 1934 | Roy Mundorff, Georgia Tech |
| 1935 | Howard Ortner, Cornell |
| 1936 | Arthur Lonborg, Northwestern |
| 1937 | H. Clifford Carlson, Pittsburgh |
| 1938 | George Edwards, Missouri |
| 1939 | William Chandler, Marquette |
| 1940 | Brandon Grover, Ohio |
| 1941 | Nat Holman, New York |
| 1942 | Nelson Norgren, Chicago |
| 1943-44 | Edward Kelleher, Fordham |
| 1945-46 | Edward Hickox, Springfield |
| 1947 | Blair Gullion, Connecticut |
| 1948 | Howard Hobson, Oregon |
| 1949 | Herbert Read, Western Michigan |
| 1950 | John Bunn, Springfield |
| 1951 | Vadal Peterson, Utah |
| 1952 | Bruce Drake, Oklahoma |
| 1953 | Franklin Cappon, Princeton |
| 1954 | Edward Hickey, Saint Louis |
| 1955 | Paul "Tony" Hinkle, Butler |
| 1956 | Harold Foster, Wisconsin |
| 1957 | Ray Oosting, Trinity |
| 1958 | Amory Gill, Oregon State |
| 1959 | Clifford Wells, Tulane |
| 1960 | Everett Shelton, Sacramento State |
| 1961 | R.E. Henderson, Baylor |
| 1962 | Wilbur Stalcup, Missouri |
| 1963 | Harold Anderson, Bowling Green |
| 1964 | Lee Williams, Colby |
| 1965 | Forrest Twogood, Southern California |
| 1966 | Ben Carnevale, Navy |
| 1967 | Alvin "Doggie" Julian, Dartmouth |
| 1968 | Henry Iba, Oklahoma State |
| 1969 | William Gardiner, Catholic |
| 1970 | Stanley Watts, Brigham Young |
| 1971 | Adolph Rupp, Kentucky |
| 1972 | William Wall, MacMurray |
| 1973 | Fred Taylor, Ohio State |
| 1974 | Joseph Vancisin, Yale |
| 1975 | Robert Polk, Rice |
| 1976 | William Foster, Duke |
| 1977 | Abe Lemons, Texas |
| 1978 | Barry Dowd, Texas |
| 1979 | Ned Wulk, Arizona State |
| 1980 | Wilber Renken, Albright |
| 1981 | Marv Harshman, Washington |
| 1982 | Dean Smith, North Carolina |
| 1983 | Fred "Tex" Winter, Long Beach State |
| 1984 | Joe O'Brien, Assumption |
| 1985 | Jack Hartman, Kansas State |
| 1986 | John Thompson, Georgetown |
| 1987 | Billy Key, Missouri-Rolla |
| 1988 | Eddie Sutton, Kentucky |
| 1989 | Jud Heathcote, Michigan State |
| 1990 | Clarence Gaines, Winston-Salem State |
| 1991 | Gerald Myers, Texas Tech |
| 1992 | Herb Kenny, Wesleyan |
| 1993 | Johnny Orr, Iowa State |
| 1994 | George Blaney, Holy Cross |
| 1995 | Bill Knapton, Beloit |
| 1996 | George Raveling, Retired |
| 1997 | Bob Hanson, Kansas State |
| 1998 | Mike Jarvis, George Washington |
| 1999 | Mike Krzyzewski, Duke |
| 2000 | Denny Crum, Louisville |
| 2001 | Gene Keady, Purdue |
| 2002 | Roy Williams, Kansas |
| 2003 | Ken Kaufman, WPI |
| 2004 | Kelvin Sampson, University of Oklahoma |
| 2005 | Pat Kennedy, Towson University |
| 2006 | Jim Burson, Muskingum College |
| 2007 | Oliver Purnell, Clemson University |
| 2008 | Jim Boeheim, Syracuse University |
| 2009 | Tubby Smith, University of Minnesota |
| 2010 | Dale Clayton, Carson-Newman College |
| 2011 | Tom Izzo, Michigan State University |
| 2012 | Ernie Kent |
| 2013 | Larry Gipson, Northeastern State University |
