The Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year Award is an award given annually to the most outstanding men's college basketball defender in
NCAA
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...
Division I competition. The award was established in 2010 and is named for head coach
Lefty Driesell
Charles Grice "Lefty" Driesell (born December 25, 1931) is a retired American college basketball coach. He was the first coach to win more than 100 games at four different NCAA Division I schools, Driesell led the programs of Davidson College, t ...
, who is the only head coach to amass 100 wins at four different Division I schools and is best remembered for his success with the
Davidson Wildcats
The Davidson Wildcats are the NCAA Division I intercollegiate athletics teams representing Davidson College of Davidson, North Carolina, United States. A member of the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10), Davidson College sponsors teams in ten men ...
and
Maryland Terrapins
The Maryland Terrapins, commonly referred to as the Terps, consist of 19 men's and women's varsity intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Maryland, College Park in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Divis ...
programs.
Winners
Winners by school
References
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External links
Official site
{{Lefty Driesell Award
Awards established in 2010
College basketball trophies and awards in the United States
2010 establishments in the United States