KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two days after being selected Big 12 Coach of the Year, Texas Tech men’s basketball coach Tubby Smith was named Sporting News National Coach of the Year announced Tuesday by the publication.
For Smith, it marks his eighth National Coach of the Year award. He was the consensus National Coach of the Year in 2003 while at Kentucky and was the first to sweep the national coaching awards since 1975 when Indiana’s Bob Knight accomplished the feat.
Smith is the second Texas Tech basketball coach to secure a National Coach of the Year honor.