BOSTON, Ma. –App State men's basketball head coach Dustin Kerns has been named a finalist for both the Hugh Durham National Coach of the Year Award and the Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Award, collegeinsider.com announced Tuesday.
The Hugh Durham Award is presented annually to the top mid-major head coach in college basketball. The Jim Phelan award recognizes the top head coach in Division I college basketball.
Kerns was named App State's first conference coach of the year since 2003 by the Sun Belt Conference on March 4 and received NABC District 23 Coach of the Year Honors earlier this week.