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Tauer named one of 25 Hugh Durham Award Finalists
3/4/2025 12:10:00 PM | Men's Basketball
14th-year head coach among list for top mid-major head coach in nation
BOSTON, Mass. -- St. Thomas men's basketball head coach Johnny Tauer was named a finalist for the Hugh Durham award by CollegeInsider.com, presented annually to the top mid-major head coach in college basketball.
Tauer is in the midst of his eighth 22-win season, first during the Division I era, with the program and third straight 19-win season since joining DI. The Tommies (22-9 and 12-4 Summit League) finished the regular season as the No. 2 seed in the Summit League Championships. Over the past three seasons, Tauer has led the Tommies to the most regular season wins among all Summit League programs.
This season's Tommies rank among the top 25 in the country in 10 categories and top 10 in five categories. The Tommies have been one of the most successful teams transitioning to DI, recording the second most cumulative wins through each team's first four seasons. Tauer is one of four active DI head coaches with a .730 winning percentage and 200+ wins (John Calipari, Mark Few, Bill Self) and joins Few as the only DI coaches to do so at one program.
The Hugh Durham award is named in honor of the former Florida State, Georgia and Jacksonville head coach. In eight seasons, at Jacksonville University, Durham became the Dolphins' all-time winningest Division I coach (106 wins), making him the only coach in NCAA history to be the winningest coach (pct. or wins) at three different Division I schools.
He built national programs at Florida State where he holds the record for best winning percentage with a 230-95 (.708) record in 12 years. And at Georgia where he is also the all-time winningest coach in the 99-year history of the Bulldog program, having won 297 games in 17 seasons.
Durham coached Florida State and Georgia to a combined 8 NCAA Tournament appearances, and 2 Final Fours. He is one of 17 coaches to take multiple teams to the Final Four.
Coaches of teams in the following conferences are eligible for the award: America East, ASUN, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Coastal Athletic, CUSA, Horizon, Independents, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, MEAC, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, SWAC, Summit, Sun Belt, WAC, West Coast.
The recipient of the award is determined by a 10-member voting committee, which consists of current and former head coaches, as well as two senior staff members of collegeinsider.com.
The 2025 award will be announced in San Antonio, Texas, site of the men's Division I Basketball Championship.
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Tauer is in the midst of his eighth 22-win season, first during the Division I era, with the program and third straight 19-win season since joining DI. The Tommies (22-9 and 12-4 Summit League) finished the regular season as the No. 2 seed in the Summit League Championships. Over the past three seasons, Tauer has led the Tommies to the most regular season wins among all Summit League programs.
This season's Tommies rank among the top 25 in the country in 10 categories and top 10 in five categories. The Tommies have been one of the most successful teams transitioning to DI, recording the second most cumulative wins through each team's first four seasons. Tauer is one of four active DI head coaches with a .730 winning percentage and 200+ wins (John Calipari, Mark Few, Bill Self) and joins Few as the only DI coaches to do so at one program.
The Hugh Durham award is named in honor of the former Florida State, Georgia and Jacksonville head coach. In eight seasons, at Jacksonville University, Durham became the Dolphins' all-time winningest Division I coach (106 wins), making him the only coach in NCAA history to be the winningest coach (pct. or wins) at three different Division I schools.
He built national programs at Florida State where he holds the record for best winning percentage with a 230-95 (.708) record in 12 years. And at Georgia where he is also the all-time winningest coach in the 99-year history of the Bulldog program, having won 297 games in 17 seasons.
Durham coached Florida State and Georgia to a combined 8 NCAA Tournament appearances, and 2 Final Fours. He is one of 17 coaches to take multiple teams to the Final Four.
Coaches of teams in the following conferences are eligible for the award: America East, ASUN, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Coastal Athletic, CUSA, Horizon, Independents, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, MEAC, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, SWAC, Summit, Sun Belt, WAC, West Coast.
The recipient of the award is determined by a 10-member voting committee, which consists of current and former head coaches, as well as two senior staff members of collegeinsider.com.
The 2025 award will be announced in San Antonio, Texas, site of the men's Division I Basketball Championship.
Follow Along
For more information on St. Thomas Men's Basketball, follow along on X at @TommieMBBall and Instagram at @tommiehoops.
Join Us
For more information on the Lee & Penny Anderson Arena and the seating guide, click HERE.
-- St. Thomas Athletics --
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