BOSTON, Mass. – Drake men's basketball head coach Darian DeVries was named a finalist for the 2022-23 Hugh Durham National Coach of the Year and Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year, CollegeInsider.com announced on Tuesday, March 7.
The Hugh Durham Award is presented annually to the top Division I mid-major coach in college basketball. DeVries won the Hugh Durham Award in 2019.
Coaches of teams in the following conferences are eligible for the award: America East, ASUN, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Horizon, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, MEAC, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, SWAC, Summit, Sun Belt, WAC, West Coast.