OMAHA, Neb. -- Omaha men's basketball coach
Derrin Hansen has been named the 2019 NABC District 12 Coach of the Year as selected by his peers, the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced Friday.
Hansen steered the Mavericks to a second-place finish in the Summit League's 2018-19 regular-season standings after being voted eighth in the league's preseason coaches' poll. It marked the program's highest finish since joining the league in 2012-13 and its third top-three showing in the last four years.
Omaha capped the season at 21-11 (13-3 Summit League), setting Division I program records for wins in a season and league wins. Hansen, who also was tabbed the 2019 Summit League Coach of the Year, guided the Mavericks to their second Summit League Championship title game in the last three seasons and coached seniors
Zach Jackson and
Mitch Hahn to first-team All-Summit accolades.
2019 NABC Division I District Coaches of the Year
District 1 -- John Becker, Vermont
District 2 -- Tony Bennett, Virginia
District 3 -- Casey Alexander, Lipscomb
District 4 -- Mike Rhoades, VCU
District 5 -- Kevin Willard, Seton Hall
District 6 -- Chris Jans, New Mexico State
District 7 -- Matt Painter, Purdue
District 8 -- Chris Beard, Texas Tech
District 9 -- Mark Few, Gonzaga
District 10 -- Joe Mihalich, Hofstra
District 11 -- Jeff Jones, Old Dominion
District 12 --
Derrin Hansen, Omaha
District 13 -- Matt Langel, Colgate
District 14 -- Nate Oats, Buffalo
District 15 -- Rob Jones, Norfolk State
District 16 -- Darian DeVries, Drake
District 17 -- Craig Smith, Utah State
District 18 -- Rob Krimmel, Saint Francis (Pa.)
District 19 -- Rick Byrd, Belmont
District 20 -- Mike Hopkins, Washington
District 21 -- Rick Barnes, Tennessee
District 22 -- Mike Young, Wofford
District 23 -- Joe Golding, Abilene Christian
District 24 -- Chris Ogden, UT Arlington
District 25 -- Kelvin Sampson, Houston
