Ames — Iowa State head coach T.J. Otzelberger has been named a finalist for the 2022 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year award.
The award is presented annually to the nation’s top Division I coach.
Otzelberger, who is in his first season leading the Cyclones, has orchestrated one of the nation’s top stories, helping ISU improve from a 2-22 record last season to a 22-12 record and a Sweet Sixteen appearance this season..
The 20 win improvement is the second-best in college basketball history.
The Cyclones started the season 12-0, the second-best start in school history and rose to as high as No. 8 in the Associated Press Top-25 Coaches Poll.
Otzelberger and the Cyclones will face Miami on Friday at approximately 8:45 p.m. and you can listen to the scrap on FM 98.5 and AM 1130.