Clarence Gaines Award
The Clarence "Big House" Gaines Award is an award given annually by CollegeInsider.com to the most outstanding men's college basketball head coach in NCAA Division II. The award was established in 2011 and is named for the late Clarence Gaines, who coached for 47 years at Winston-Salem State University.Winners
- 2011 – Steve Kinder, Humboldt State University
- 2012 – Ben McCollum, Northwest Missouri
- 2013 – Tom Billeter, Augustana University
- 2014 – Jeff Wilson, East Stroudsburg
- 2015 – Chad Walthall, Minnesota State–Moorhead
- 2016 – Josh Schertz, Lincoln Memorial
- 2017 – Darren Vorderbruegge, Hawaii Pacific
- 2018 – Grady Brewer, Morehouse College
- 2019 – Andre Cook, St. Edward's
- 2020 – Ben McCollum, Northwest Missouri State
