Terry named Sporting News National Coach of the Year

AUSTIN, Texas — University of Texas Men’s Basketball Interim Head Coach Rodney Terry has been named Sporting News Men’s College Basketball National Coach of the Year, the e-newsletter introduced Wednesday morning. Terry is the first trainer in Texas Basketball program historical past to earn the prestigious honor.

The annual award is gifted to the best possible males’s school basketball head trainer in NCAA Division I festival. The honor was once first given in 1964 following the 1963-64 season and is gifted by way of Sporting News, a United States-based sports activities mag that was once established in 1886.

Terry was once named Acting Head Coach at The University of Texas a couple of hours previous to the Dec. 12 house sport in opposition to Rice. He was once named Interim Head Coach for the the rest of the season on Jan. 5. Since taking up on Dec. 12, Terry has guided the Longhorns to a 16-7 mark, together with 5 wins in opposition to AP Top 25 combatants. Texas is 7-1 below Terry in video games made up our minds by way of 5 issues or much less OR in extra time.

The Longhorns have a 23-8 general document (12-6 Big 12, moment) getting into this week’s Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship. Texas is 11-8 in Quad 1 video games this season, and the 11 Quad 1 wins are tied for the second-most nationally. Through video games of March 6, UT is one of 4 colleges to rank in the Top 20 in KenPom in each adjusted offensive and defensive potency. The Longhorns (16 offense, 20 protection) are joined by way of Houston (5/5), Alabama (20/3) and UConn (10/12).

UT earned a No. 2 seed in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship, marking the perfect seed for the Longhorns at the league’s postseason tourney since 2011 (additionally a 2 seed). The 23 regular-season victories mark the maximum regular-season wins by way of Texas since the 2010-11 season (25-6). Since the Big 12 moved to an 18-game round-robin agenda beginning in the 2011-12 season, Texas reached the 12-win mark for the first time in league play (12-6 document).

Texas is 5-3 in opposition to AP Top 11 combatants this yr with wins over No. 2 Gonzaga, No. 3 Kansas, No. 7 Creighton, No. 11 Baylor and at No. 7 Ok-State. UT is 7-6 this season in opposition to AP Top 25 foes. The seven wins in opposition to AP-ranked groups are tied for the second-most in program historical past. Texas went 8-5 in opposition to AP Top 25 groups in 2003-04, 7-4 in 2005-06 and 7-6 in 2020-21.

The Longhorns are ranked No. 7 in the newest AP ballot (March 6). Texas has now been ranked in the best 10 of The AP ballot for 16 consecutive weeks. This marks the longest such stretch since Texas was once in the best 10 for all 19 polls all over the 2002-03 Final Four season.

Winners of Sporting News Men’s College Basketball National Coach of the Year