Tom Eiser, Xavier Athletics Communication
ST. LOUIS – Xavier University seventh-year head coach Chris Mack has been selected the winner of the U.S. Basketball Writers Association's Henry Iba Award for National Coach of the Year. Mack, a 1992 Xavier graduate and former two-time team captain, is the first coach in school history to win national coach of the year honors.
The Henry Iba Award is named in honor of the legendary Oklahoma State coach who won 655 games and two national championships in 36 seasons in Stillwater.