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 ...

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