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WVU Release Huggins Named Semifinalist for Naismith Men’s Coach of the Year

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Keenan Cummings

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Huggins Named Semifinalist for

Naismith Men’s Coach of the Year​



MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (March 5, 2021) – West Virginia University men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins has been named a semifinalist for the Werner Ladder Naismith Men’s Coach of the Year, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced today.



Huggins is one of 10 coaches named and one of two coaches from the Big 12 Conference. The full list of honorees can be seen below.



This season, Huggins has guided WVU to 18 wins so far (11 in the Big 12 Conference), and the Mountaineers have been ranked in the AP Top 25 every week this season, reaching No. 6 this week. For the fourth consecutive year, Huggins has been named as a nominee for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.



Huggins has 899 career wins to date and will become the sixth Division I coach all-time to win 900 career games. He is one win away from tying Roy Williams and three wins away from tying Bob Knight for fourth place all-time.



Coach, School

Darian DeVries, Drake

Scott Drew, Baylor

Andy Enfield, USC

Mark Few, Gonzaga

Leonard Hamilton, Florida State

Chris Holtmann, Ohio State

Juwan Howard, Michigan

Bob Huggins, West Virginia

Eric Musselman, Arkansas

Nate Oats, Alabama
 
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I would say this qualifies Huggins for about any honor out there for coaches:

29-5 at Cincinnati in 1991-92 NCAA Final Four
27-5 at Cincinnati in 1992-93 NCAA Elite Eight
28-5 at Cincinnati in 1995-96 NCAA Elite Eight
25-10 at Cincinnati in 2000-01 NCAA Sweet 16
23-12 in 2006-07 at Kansas State NIT 2nd round
26-11 in 2007-08 at WVU NCAA Sweet 16
31-7 in 2009-10 at WVU NCAA Final Four
25-10 in 2014-15 at WVU NCAA Sweet 16
26-11 in 2016-17 at WVU NCAA Sweet 16
26-11 in 2017-18 at WVU NCAA Sweet 16
That’s TWO Final Fours, Two Elite Eights, FIVE Sweet 16s (for a total of 9) in 26 years (about 1 in 3 years)!
 
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