BYU-Hawaii's Ken Wagner named CaptainU College NCAA II Men's Basketball Coach of Year

Courtesy BYU-Hawaii Sports Information

 LAIE, HI - Brigham Young University Hawaii Head Men’s Basketball Coach Ken Wagner has been named the CaptainU College Coach of the Year for NCAA II men’s basketball.

The honor is the first national coach of the year honor for Wagner who led the Seasiders to the NCAA II national title game this season in his 21st year at BYU-Hawaii.

“I am really honored by this award,” Wagner said. “There are so many great coaches at this level that to be singled out for this honor is a real thrill. But it wouldn’t have happened without a great bunch of players that really came together at the right time to make a great run in the NCAA tournament.”

Wagner is the most successful basketball coach in BYU-Hawaii history.

During his 21 years in Laie, he has compiled an outstanding mark of 414 wins and 189 losses for a .687 winning percentage.

His teams have made 10 trips to the NCAA II National Tournament and four consecutive trips to the Sweet 16. He has had just one losing season in his 20-year tenure and led the school to an all-time best mark of 27-2(.911) in the 2008-09 season.

Wagner has coached a national player of the year in Lucas Alves, a national scoring champion in David Evans, the only BYU-Hawaii player to ever play in the NBA in Yuta Tabuse, five first-team All-Americans, and 11 other All-American honorees.

Wagner has more wins than any other college coach in the history of Hawai‘i, including 10 20-victory campaigns (including the last five in a row), 17 seasons of 15 or more wins, 14 trips to the post-season (including trips to the NCAA II Tournament in 10 of the past 12 years), and six Pacific West Conference Championships.

Wagner posted a 126-36 (.778) mark in five years at Dixie College (then a two-year school), giving him an overall collegiate record of 540-225 (.706).

CaptainU is a sports software company that makes web-apps that are used by many youth sports clubs, high schools, and tournaments as well as high school athletes and college coaches around the country.