TOWSON, Md. – Towson University men's basketball head coach Pat Skerry was named a finalist for the 2024-25 Hugh Durham award, Collegeinsider.com announced. The award is presented annually to the top mid-major head coach in college basketball.
 
Skerry led the Tigers to their fourth consecutive 20+ win season for the first time in program history. He led the team to a 16-2 record in CAA play for the first time in program history and is the sixth team in CAA history to finish with that record. Towson got off to the best start in program history in CAA play and in any conference. He surpassed Vince Angotti as the winningest coach in program history earlier this season.
 
The Hugh Durham award is named in honor of the former Florida State, Georgia and Jacksonville head coach. In eight seasons, at Jacksonville University, Durham became the Dolphins' all-time winningest Division I coach (106 wins), making him the only coach in NCAA history to be the winningest coach (pct. or wins) at three different Division I schools.
 
He built national programs at Florida State where he holds the record for best winning percentage with a 230-95 (.708) record in 12 years. And at Georgia where he is also the all-time winningest coach in the 99-year history of the Bulldog program, having won 297 games in 17 seasons.
 
Durham coached Florida State and Georgia to a combined 8 NCAA Tournament appearances, and 2 Final Fours. He is one of 17 coaches to take multiple teams to the Final Four.
 
Coaches of teams in the following conferences are eligible for the award: America East, ASUN, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Coastal Athletic, CUSA, Horizon, Independents, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, MEAC, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, SWAC, Summit, Sun Belt, WAC, West Coast.
 
The recipient of the award is determined by a 10-member voting committee, which consists of current and former head coaches, as well as two senior staff members of collegeinsider.com.
 
The 2025 award will be announced in San Antonio, TX, site of the men's Division I Basketball Championship.
 
HUGH DURHAM AWARD FINALISTS
 
Lennie Acuff              Lipscomb
 
Randy Bennett          Saint Mary's
 
Alvin Brooks              Lamar
 
Chris Crutchfield       Omaha
 
John Dunne              Marist
 
Brian Earl                  William & Mary
 
John Groce               Akron
 
Ray Harper               Jacksonville State
 
Alan Huss                 High Point
 
Kevin Johnson          Southern
 
James Jones            Yale
 
Robert Jones            Norfolk State
 
Chris Markwood       Maine

Ben McCollum          Drake
 
David McLaughlin    Dartmouth

Ritchie McKay          Liberty
 
Eric Olen                  UC San Diego
 
Todd Phillips            Utah Valley
 
Tony Pujol                North Alabama
 
Ritchie Riley             South Alabama
 
Patrick Sellers          Central Connecticut State
 
Pat Skerry                Towson
 
John Tauer               St. Thomas
 
Andy Toole               Robert Morris
 
Will Wade                 McNeese