BOSTON, Mass. -- Drake men's basketball head coach Darian DeVries is one of 20 finalists for the 2023-24 Hugh Durham National Coach of the Year award. The award is presented annually to the top mid-major head coach in college basketball.
The Hugh Durham award is named in honor of the former Florida State, Georgia and Jacksonville head coach. In eight seasons, at Jacksonville University, Durham became the Dolphins' all-time winningest Division I coach (106 wins), making him the only coach in NCAA history to be the winningest coach (pct. or wins) at three different Division I schools.