Third-year Drake University men's basketball head coach Darian DeVries has been named to the 2021 Werner Ladder Naismith Men's Coach of the Year watchlist, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced Friday, Feb. 20.
DeVries is one of 15 coaches on the watch list.
In his third year with at the helm of the Bulldogs, DeVries has led the team to a 21-2 record for its third-straight 20-win season, a feat that had only previously been accomplished once in school history. The Bulldogs rolled off a school-record 18-straight wins to open the season and earn a spot in the Associated Press Top-25.