Fred Hoiberg named National Coach of the Year
Nebraska men’s basketball coach Fred Hoiberg received a prestigious honor on Thursday afternoon. He was named the 2024 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year.
The Jim Phelan Award is presented annually to the nation’s top Division I coach. The coach of the year is determined by a ten-member committee consisting of current and former head coaches and two senior staff members of collegeinsider.com.
Hoiberg received the award after guiding Nebraska to a 23-11 record and the program’s first birth in the NCAA Tournament in a decade. The team’s 23 wins were the most by a Nebraska team since the Huskers won a school-record 26 in the 1990-91 season.
He is the second head coach to win the honor. Tim Miles was named the Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year in 2014.
This is the second year in a row that the Big Ten will have a coach win the honor. Last season, Northwestern’s Chris Collins was named the coach of the year.
A special message from the Hoiberg family: pic.twitter.com/hVJBTY1D3R
— Nebraska Men's Basketball (@HuskerMBB) April 4, 2024
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