University of Colorado head men's basketball coach Tad Boyle is the recipient of the 2020-21 National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Guardians of the Game Award for Advocacy, the organization announced on Friday.

Boyle is one of eight member coaches to be honored with a 2020-21 NABC Guardians of the Game Pillar Award, representing the association's core values of advocacy, education, inclusion, leadership and service.

Other Guardians of the Game Pillar Awards include Leonard Hamilton, head coach at Florida State, for education; Michigan associate head coach Phil Martelli for leadership; Saint Francis University head coach Rob Krimmel and Georgia Tech assistant coach Eric Reveno for service.

Three coaches will share the Guardians of the Game Award for inclusion: Harvard head coach Tommy Amaker, Kentucky head coach John Calipari and Frank Martin, head coach at South Carolina.

This group of eight will receive their awards on Friday, April 2, during the AT&T NABC Guardians of the Game Awards Show. The show is the finale of the 2021 NABC Convention, being conducted this year on a virtual platform due to the pandemic. The NABC holds it convention each year in conjunction with the NCAA Men's Final Four.