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Gonzaga’s Few voted Associated Press Coach of the Year

Published 1:30 am Thursday, March 30, 2017

Gonzaga’s Few voted Associated Press Coach of the Year
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Gonzaga’s Few voted Associated Press Coach of the Year
Gonzaga men’s basketball coach Mark Few listens to a question Thursday after a practice session for the NCAA Final Four in Glendale, Arizona. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Associated Press

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Mark Few, who led the Gonzaga men’s basketball team to a 36-1 record and a spot in the Final Four, is The Associated Press Coach of the Year.

Few has taken the Zags to the NCAA Tournament in all 18 of his seasons at Gonzaga. He was a runaway winner Thursday, receiving 31 votes from the same 65-member media panel that selects the weekly Top 25.

Sean Miller of Arizona received eight votes, Chris Collins of Northwestern had seven and SMU’s Tim Jankovich received six.

Gonzaga is the only head job Few has had and he has compiled a 502-112 record. The Zags have reached the West Coast Conference Tournament final in all of Few’s seasons there.

He is the first WCC coach to win the award since Bob Gaillard of San Francisco in 1977.

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