JERSEY CITY, NJ - Saint Peter's University men's basketball head coach
Shaheen Holloway, has been named as a finalist for the 2020-21 Ben Jobe Award, announced by the CollegeInsider.com.
The Ben Jobe Award, which is presented annually to the top Division I minority coach, is named in honor of one of the finest men to ever coach college basketball. Coach Jobe is an icon in the history of basketball at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. He is best known as the head coach of the Southern University, a position he held for 12 seasons. He was also head coach at Alabama A&M, Alabama State, Talladega, Tuskegee and South Carolina State. His record at Southern was 209-141 and included four NCAA Tournament appearances. He also coached the Jaguars to one NIT appearance, five SIAC championships, 11 SWAC titles and two NAIA Tournament Championships. Perhaps his most memorable moment as a coach was leading No. 15 seed Southern to a 93- 78 win over No. 2 Georgia Tech in the first round of the 1993 NCAA Tournament. It stands as one of the great upsets in the history of the event.
In his third campaign at the helm of Saint Peter's, Holloway has guided the Peacocks to a 13-10 overall record and 10-8 MAAC mark during the 2020-21 season. Saint Peter's heads into the postseason as a top-3 seed for the second straight season under his leadership, posting back-to-back years with 10 or more conference wins and an overall winning record. This year's third place finish, combined with last season's second place finish, are the program's highest rankings in consecutive seasons since 1987-88 and 1988-89 when those teams ended their campaigns with a pair of second place finishes. The 2020 MAAC Coach of the Year, Holloway has won 31 overall contests over the past two seasons and has tallied 24 league wins through his second and third years combined.
The recipient of the 2021 award will be announced on April 1.
BEN JOBE AWARD FINALISTS
| Mike Boynton |
Oklahoma State |
| Wayne Brent |
Jackson State |
| Kevin Broadus |
Morgan State |
| Isaac Brown |
Wichita State |
| Dana Ford |
Missouri State |
| Dennis Gates |
Cleveland State |
| Leonard Hamilton |
Florida State |
| Lew Hill |
UTRGV |
| Shaheen Holloway |
Saint Peter's |
| Juwan Howard |
Michigan |
| Stan Johnson |
Loyola Marymount |
| Terrence Johnson |
Texas State |
| Mike Jones |
Radford |
| Robert Jones |
Norfolk State |
| Will Jones |
North Carolina A&T |
| Rob Lanier |
Georgia State |
| Shantay Legans |
Eastern Washington |
| Mike Magpayo |
UC Riverside |
| Bashir Mason |
Wagner |
| Ritchie McKay |
Liberty |
| Lamont Paris |
Chattanooga |
| Richie Riley |
South Alabama |
| Kelvin Sampson |
Houston |
| Shaka Smart |
Texas |
| Byron Smith |
Prairie View A&M |
