BEDFORD PARK, Ill. – Illinois State's Dan Muller is an Illinois Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA) NCAA Division I Coach of the Year honoree, as announced by the IBCA. Muller shares the statewide award with Northwestern head coach Chris Collins, the son of Redbird great Doug Collins.
In his fifth season as head coach, Muller led the 2016-17 Redbirds to a share of the Missouri Valley Conference regular-season title, which was their first since Muller helped ISU win the Valley championship as a player in 1998. Illinois State finished the season at 28-7 overall and 17-1 in the MVC to establish program records for total wins (28), regular-season victories (25) and league triumphs (17).