New Mexico State men’s basketball coach Chris Jans has won the Western Athletic Conference Don Haskins Coach of the Year award for the second-straight season, the conference has announced.

Jans, who has earned $40,000 in incentive bonuses prior to this announcement, is set to earn another $10,000 bonus for this accolade, per his contract. 

The former Wichita State assistant has taken the league and region over by storm since his hiring in 2017, going 55-10 in his time with the Aggies. NM State has beaten rival UNM in all four meetings in Jans’ tenure, including a 35-point beatdown in their last meeting inside the Pan American Center.

Two sweeps of UTEP, a 5-0 record against Grand Canyon and two wins this season against the Pac-12’s Washington State have put Jans in the conversation of one of the most successful NM State head coaches in program history despite his tenure barely getting underway. 

The top-seeded Aggies are set to begin their quest for a third-straight WAC tournament title on Thursday afternoon against Chicago State inside Las Vegas’ Orleans Arena.