A historic season has earned Virginia Cavaliers head coach Tony Bennett the Associated Press men's college basketball coach of the year award for the second time in his career.
In 2017-18, Bennett led Virginia to a program-record 31 victories on its way to a regular-season ACC title, the conference tournament championship and the No. 1 overall seed in the 2018 NCAA tournament. His Cavaliers also became the first No. 1 seed to lose to a No. 16 seed, suffering an upset defeat to the UMBC Retrievers, 74-54, in the first round.
Bennett also won the award in 2007 while coaching the Washington State Cougars.