The Golden Anniversary Award is presented annually to a NABC member who has devoted at least 50 years of outstanding service to the game of basketball.
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1977 |
Eddie Hickey, Creighton, Saint Louis, Marquette |
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1978 |
Glen Rose, Arkansas |
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1981 |
Harry Litwack, Temple |
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1982 |
Jack Gardner, Kansas State, Utah |
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1983 |
Ozzie Cowles, Dartmouth, Michigan, Minnesota |
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1984 |
John Wooden, Indiana State, UCLA |
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1985 |
Everett Dean, Carleton, Indiana, Stanford |
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1986 |
Tony Hinkle, Butler |
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1987 |
Howard Hobson, Southern Oregon, Oregon, Yale |
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1988 |
Hank Iba, N.W. Missouri State, Colorado, Oklahoma State |
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1989 |
Frank McGuire, St. John's, North Carolina, South Carolina |
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1990 |
Stan Watts, Brigham Young |
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1991 |
Pete Newell, San Francisco, California, Michigan State |
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1992 |
Ray Meyer, DePaul |
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1993 |
Clarence Gaines, Winston-Salem State |
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1994 |
Ben Carnevale, North Carolina, Navy |
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1995 |
Marv Harshman, Pacific Lutheran, Washington State, Washington |
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1996 |
Ray Mears, Wittenberg, Tennessee |
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1997 |
Ralph Miller, Wichita State, Iowa, Oregon State |
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1998 |
Guy Lewis, Houston |
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1999 |
Tex Winter, Marquette, Kansas State, Washington, Northwestern, Long Beach State |
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2000 |
Johnny Orr, Massachusetts, Michigan, Iowa State |
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2001 |
Jud Heathcote, Montana, Michigan State |
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2002 |
Abe Lemons, Oklahoma City, Pan American, Texas |
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2003 |
Lefty Driesell, Davidson, Maryland, James Madison, Georgia State |
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2004 |
Don Haskins, UTEP |
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2005 |
Joe Vancisin, Yale, NABC |
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2006 |
Jim Phelan, Mount St. Mary's |
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2007 |
John Chaney, Temple |
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2008 |
Lou Henson, New Mexico State, Illinois |
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2009 |
Dale Brown, LSU |
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2010 |
Gene Keady, Purdue |
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2011 |
Norm Stewart, Missouri |
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2012 |
Rollie Massimino, Northwood (Fla.) |
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2013 |
Denny Crum, Louisville |
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2014 |
Glenn Wilkes, Stetson |
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2015 |
Lonnie Porter, Regis |
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2016 |
Billy Tubbs, Lamar, Oklahoma, TCU |
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2017 |
Lute Olson, Long Beach State, Iowa, Arizona |
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2018 |
Homer Drew, Bethel, Indiana-South Bend, Valparaiso |