SPOKANE, Wash. — Gonzaga Men's Basketball head coach Mark Few was named John R. Wooden Award “Legends of Coaching” Award recipient for 2025.
Coach Wooden’s grandson-in-law Craig Impelman announced Few's selection at the Los Angeles Athletic Club’s annual Wooden Award Tip-Off Luncheon on Tuesday.
The “Legends of Coaching” honor recognizes coaches who exemplify Coach Wooden’s high standard of coaching success and personal integrity, and was adopted by the Wooden Award Steering Committee in 1999. The honorees are selected based on character, success on the court, graduation rate of student-athletes in their basketball program, coaching philosophy, and identification with the goals of the John R. Wooden Award.
Few will be presented the honor alongside the other 2025 Wooden Award winners on April 11, 2025.
“Coach Mark Few has been a consistent and significant part of the Wooden Award experience, dating back to his assistant coaching assignment at Gonzaga," said Sam Lagana, chairman of the Wooden Award Steering Committee. "Mark has supported the Award and stood with his candidates every step of the way. Coach Wooden had an appreciation for Coach Few, and Coach Few has expressed great regard for Coach Wooden as they shared an emphasis on care for the student-athlete and on the value of competitive greatness. Mark Few is a wonderful addition to the fraternity of Wooden Award ‘Legends of Coaching’ recipients.”
Mark Few is one of the most successful head coaches in NCAA Division I basketball history. His players have made Bulldog basketball a household name across the country. He served as an assistant coach at Gonzaga for 10 seasons prior to taking the reins of the program in 1999. Coach Few has the highest winningest percentage of all coaches at 83.3% (715-143) in his 25 seasons.
In the West Coast Conference under Few, the Zags have won or shared 22 regular season league titles in his 25 seasons, and Few has coached players to the conference tournament championship 21 times. Gonzaga appeared in the national championship game in 2017 and in 2021.
With Few at the helm, GU has appeared in the Elite Eight six times ('15, '17, '19, '21, '23 and '24) and in the Sweet 16 13 times ('00, '01, '06, '09, '15, '16, '17, '18, '19, '21, ‘22, '23 and ‘24).
Few has coached numerous Wooden Award All Americans and 21 consensus All-Americans, nine Academic All-Americans, 98 all-conference selections, 17 WCC Players of the Year, 10 league newcomers of the year and nine league defenders of the year.
This past summer, Few was an assistant coach for head coach Steve Kerr and the gold medal winning Team USA at the Paris Olympics.
