Wichita State's Isaac Brown has been named a finalist for the 2021 Ben Jobe Award, presented annually by CollegeInsider.com to Division I's top minority head coach.

Brown led the Shockers to their first American Athletic Conference regular season title in 2020-21.

Coach Jobe is an icon in the history of basketball at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. He is best known as the head coach of the Southern University, a position he held for 12 seasons. He was also head coach at Alabama A&M, Alabama State, Talladega, Tuskegee and South Carolina State. His record at Southern was 209-141 and included four NCAA Tournament appearances. He also coached the Jaguars to one NIT appearance, five SIAC championships, 11 SWAC titles and two NAIA Tournament Championships. Perhaps his most memorable moment as a coach was leading No. 15 seed Southern to a 93-78 win over No. 2 Georgia Tech in the first round of the 1993 NCAA Tournament. It stands as one of the great upsets in the history of the event.

The recipient of the 2021 award will be announced on April 1.

2021 Ben Jobe Award Finalists:
Mike Boynton (Oklahoma State)
Wayne Brent (Jackson State)
Kevin Broadus (Morgan State)
Isaac Brown (Wichita State)
Dana Ford (Missouri State)
Dennis Gates (Cleveland State)
Leonard Hamilton (Florida State)
Lew Hill (UTRGV)
Shaheen Holloway (Saint Peter's)
Juwan Howard (Michigan)
Stan Johnson (Loyola Marymount)
Terrence Johnson (Texas State)
Mike Jones (Radford)
Robert Jones (Norfolk State)
Will Jones (North Carolina A&T)
Rob Lanier (Georgia State)
Shantay Legans (Eastern Washington)
Mike Magpayo (UC Riverside)
Bashir Mason (Wagner)
Ritchie McKay (Liberty)
Lamont Paris (Chattanooga)
Richie Riley (South Alabama)
Kelvin Sampson (Houston)
Shaka Smart (Texas)
Byron Smith (Prairie View A&M)