KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Following the Gaels' record-setting season, Saint Mary's head coach Randy Bennett has been named the District 9 Coach of the Year, while sophomore guard Emmett Naar earned second-team all-district honors from the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
Selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC, Bennett and Naar are considered among the finest basketball players and coaches across America. A complete list of award winners is available by clicking here.
Bennett, who accepted his first career head coaching position at Saint Mary's in 2001-02, joins Lynn Nance as the program's only head coaches to earn district coach of the year honors by the NABC.