The 16 finalists have been announced for the 2015 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year award and West Virginia’s Bob Huggins is among those on the list.

Huggins was named the 2015 Big 12 Coach of the Year earlier this month and has led his team to the Midwest Regional semifinals. The Mountaineers are 25-9, an eight-game improvement from a season ago and the fifth time WVU has won 20 or more under Huggins.

The Phelan Award is presented annually to the top coach in Division I men's basketball. The award is named in honor of Jim Phelan, who coached his entire career at Mount Saint Mary's University and led his squad to the 1962 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship. When he retired in 2003, after coaching for 49 years, he amassed 830 wins (overall record of 830-524) in over 1,300 games in all divisions. In those 49 years, 19 of his teams amassed 20 or more wins in a season.

The recipient of the 2015 award will be announced at the CollegeInsider.com Awards Banquet on April 3 in Indianapolis, site of the 2015 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship.

JIM PHELAN AWARD FINALISTS
Dana Altman, Oregon
Tony Bennett, Virginia
Mike Brey, Notre Dame
John Calipari, Kentucky
Jim Engles, NJIT
Mark Few, Gonzaga
Chris Holtmann, Butler
Bob Huggins, West Virginia
Larry Krystkowiak, Utah
Gregg Marshall, Wichita State
Bob McKillop, Davidson
Archie Miller, Dayton
Sean Miller, Arizona
Bo Ryan, Wisconsin
Mark Turgeon, Maryland
Jay Wright, Villanova