ITHACA, N.Y. -- Cornell head men's basketball coach Steve Donahue has been named the Sporting News Ivy League Coach of the Year and Ryan Wittman was the conference Player of the Year, while Donahue has also been named a finalist for two other coaching awards by CollegeInsider.com.
Donahue is one of 15 finalists for the Hugh Durham Mid-Major Coach of the Year Award (he was the mid-season honoree), and is also one of 15 finalists for the 2010 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year award. Below are the nominees.
2010 JIM PHELAN AWARD FINALISTS
Steve Alford, New Mexico
Jim Boeheim, Syracuse
John Calipari, Kentucky
Jamie Dixon, Pittsburgh
Steve Donahue, Cornell
Fran Dunphy, Temple
Ben Jacobson, Northern Iowa
Frank Martin, Kansas State
Chris Mooney, Richmond
Matt Painter, Purdue
Bo Ryan, Wisconsin
Bill Self, Kansas
Brad Stevens, Butler
Mark Turgeon, Texas A&M
Jay Wright, Villanova
2010 HUGH DURHAM AWARD FINALISTS
Randy Bennett, St. Mary's
Tad Boyle, Northern Colorado
Todd Bozeman, Morgan State
Steve Donahue, Cornell
Cliff Ellis, Coastal Carolina
Ben Jacobson, Northern Iowa
Greg Kampe, Oakland
Billy Kennedy, Murray State
Bob Marlin, Sam Houston State
Fran McCaffery, Siena
Randy Rahe, Weber State
Tony Shaver, William & Mary
Brad Stevens, Butler
Blaine Taylor, Old Dominion
Mike Young, Wofford