Ganot wins Joe B. Hall Award
Hawaii’s rookie head coach got honored for being just that today.
Eran Ganot was named the winner of the Joe B. Hall Award at the CollegeInsider.com postseason awards banquet today in Houston, prior to the national championship game between North Carolina and Villanova. The Hall Award, one of several handed out by CI, goes to the top first-year coach in Division I basketball.
That award was one of three that Ganot was up for, along with the Hugh Durham Award (top mid-major coach) and Jim Phelan Award (top overall D-I coach). Yale’s James Jones got the Durham Award and Wisconsin’s Greg Gard received the Phelan Award.
2016 JOE B. HALL AWARD FINALISTS
Chris Beard, Little Rock
Linc Darner, Green Bay
Nathan Davis, Bucknell
Steve Forbes, ETSU
Eran Ganot, Hawaii
Eric Konkol, Louisiana Tech
Matt McCall, Chattanooga
Matt McMahon, Murray State
Nate Oats, Buffalo
Montez Robinson, Alcorn State
Ganot previously won the Red Auerbach Coach of the Year award among Jewish coaches and was named the Big West Coach of the Year.
TBS gave Hawaii one second in its NCAA Tournament highlight package. Set to Luther Vandross’ “One Shining Moment”, Quincy Smith and Zack Buscher bump bodies in a post-game celebration.
Fine.
Bring on the sanctions.
Under Eran Ganot, Hawaii will be back.
Congrats again Coach! You are the reason for this past great season. We are super happy for you and your family.