Ray Marquette Award Winners
The Ray Marquette Award is annually presented to the outgoing president of the United States Basketball Writers Association by the National Association of Basketball Coaches. The award is named in honor of the late Ray Marquette of the Indianapolis Star. A longtime friend of the NABC, Marquette served as the USBWA's executive director from 1969 until his untimely death in 1977.
| 1978 | Edgar Allen, Nashville Banner |
| 1979 | Sam Skinner, Skinner Sports Syndicate |
| 1980 | Dave Dorr, St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
| 1981 | Bill Brill, Roanoke Times/World News |
| 1982 | Frank Boggs, Colorado Springs Sun |
| 1983 | Bob Hammel, Bloomington Herald-Telegram |
| 1984 | Marvin West, Knoxville News-Sentinel |
| 1985 | Lee Benson, Salt Lake City Deseret News |
| 1986 | Bill Millsaps, Richmond Times Dispatch |
| 1987 | Larry Donald, Basketball Times |
| 1988 | Larry Donald, Basketball Times |
| 1989 | Malcolm Moran, New York Times |
| 1990 | Gary Nuhn, Dayton Daily News |
| 1991 | Randy Riggs, Austin American-Statesman |
| 1992 | John Feinstein, Washington Post |
| 1993 | Bud Withers, Seattle Post Intelligencer |
| 1994 | Dick Weiss, New York Daily News |
| 1995 | Wendell Barnhouse, Ft. Worth Star-Telegram |
| 1996 | Mike DeCourcy, Memphis Commercial Appeal |
| 1997 | Steve Wieberg, USA Today |
| 1998 | Jim O'Connell, Associated Press |
| 1999 | Bill Benner, Indianapolis Star |
| 2000 | Alex Wolff, Sports Illustrated |
| 2001 | Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star |
| 2002 | Bob Ryan, Boston Globe |
| 2003 | Steve Richardson, Dallas Morning News |
| 2004 | Rick Bozich, Louisville Courier Journal |
| 2005 | Robyn Norwood, Los Angeles Times |
| 2006 | Tony Barnhart, Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
| 2007 | Tom Shatel, Omaha World Herald |
| 2008 | Andy Katz, ESPN |
| 2009 | Dick Jerardi, Philadelphia Daily News |
| 2010 | Steve Carp, Las Vegas Review-Journal |
| 2011 | Bryan Burwell, St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
