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Temple coach Fran Dunphy has been named the American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year for the second straight year by his conference peers.
Dunphy earned the honor after leading Temple to a 20-10 overall record, a 14-4 conference record and the No. 1 seed for the this week's AAC Tournament in Orlando, Florida.
It was Dunphy’s eighth 20-win season in 10 years as the head coach at Temple. The Owls also claimed the regular-season conference championship for the third time in 10 years.
Temple defeated three ranked opponents this season: then-No. 22 Cincinnati, then-No. 23 UConn, and then-No. 8 SMU. It was the first time the Owls defeated three ranked opponents in one season since 2000.
"I am honored and humbled to be selected by my peers as the Coach of the Year in the American Athletic Conference," Dunphy said in a statement. "This is really a programmatic award in that our coaching staff has worked hard all year long and, as it is a players' game, they deserve much of the credit as well. This truly is a team honor."
Dunphy became the Big 5’s all-time leader in wins (523) this season when he passed former Temple coach John Cheney’s previous mark of 516 wins.
Temple begins their AAC Tournament play on Friday at noon in a quarterfinal game against South Florida.