Arizona State's Herb Sendek is one of 12 coaches nominated for the Henry Iba Award, presented by U.S. Basketball Writers Association to the men's college coach of the year.
The other nominees are: Rick Barnes (Texas); Keno Davis (Drake); John Calipari (Memphis); Mike Krzyzewski (Duke); Lon Kruger (UNLV); Sean Miller (Xavier); Matt Painter (Purdue); Bruce Pearl (Tennessee); Rick Pitino (Louisville); Bo Ryan (Wisconsin); and Kevin Stallings (Vanderbilt).
Finalists will be announced later this month, with the winner announced at the Final Four in San Antonio in April.
The USBWA also announced its nominations for the Oscar Robertson Trophy presented to the college player of the year: D.J. Augustin (Texas); Michael Beasley (Kansas State); Chris Douglas- Roberts (Memphis); Shan Foster (Vanderbilt); Tyler Hansbrough (North Carolina); Luke Harangody (Notre Dame); Robbie Hummel (Purdue); Kevin Love (UCLA); A.J. Price (Connecticut); D.J. White (Indiana).
