Dana Altman has been named the John Wooden Coach of the Year by the Pac-12 Conference, the University of Oregon athletic department tweeted today:
Dana Altman named John Wooden Coach of the Year by the Pac-12 Conference #GoDucks #UnitedWeBall
— UO Men’s Basketball (@OregonMBB) March 11, 2013
Altman’s Ducks were projected to finish in the middle of the Pac-12 race but became one of the storylines of the Pac-12 season, jumping out to an 7-0 start to conference play before Dominic Artis went down. Oregon finished second in the conference and earned a first-round bye in the Pac-12 Tournament.
It’s the fifth different conference Coach of the Year award for Altman, who has been recognized in four conferences.
E.J. Singler was also named First Team All-Pac-12, Damyean Dotson was on the Pac-12 All-Freshmen Team and Arsalan Kazemi was named to the Pac-12 All-Defensive Team.