NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Coming off an NIT berth, Vanderbilt head coach Jerry Stackhouse was named a finalist for the Ben Jobe award – presented annually to the top Division I minority coach by College Insider.
The winner of the award will be announced April 1 in New Orleans at the NCAA Final Four.
Stackhouse, who is one of 25 finalists for this year’s award, guided the Commodores to 19 wins – the most since the 2016-17 season. Now in his third season in Nashville, Vandy is the only SEC program to improve its NCAA NET ranking in reach of the last three seasons.
Vanderbilt won two games at the SEC Tournament before earning an at-large bid to the NIT. The Dores capped the season in the NIT quarterfinals after wins over Belmont and top-seeded Dayton in the first two rounds.
2021-22 BEN JOBE AWARD FINALISTS
Kenny Blakeney – Howard
Mike Boynton – Oklahoma State
Landon Bussie – Alcorn State
Ed Cooley – Providence
Hubert Davis – North Carolina
Dana Ford – Missouri State
Dennis Gates – Cleveland State
Penny Hardaway – Memphis
Shaheen Holloway – Saint Peter’s
Rob Jeter – Western Illinois
Terrence Johnson – Texas State
James Jones – Yale
Robert Jones – Norfolk State
Rob Lanier – Georgia State
Shantay Legans – Portland
Tony Madlock – South Carolina State
Bashir Mason – Wagner
Jordan Mincy – Jacksonville
Lamont Paris – Chattanooga
Richie Riley – South Alabama
Kelvin Sampson – Houston
Takayo Siddle – UNCW
Jerry Stackhouse – Vanderbilt
Dedrique Taylor – Cal State Fullerton
Drew Valentine – Loyola
