Two months after fans called for his firing, Wisconsin's Greg Gard has another award for his mantle.

Gard was named the National Association of Basketball Coaches District 7 coach of the year on Monday after his team finished as Big Ten Co-Champions and was poised for another conference tournament championship and a run in the NCAA Tournament. With a record of 12-9, fans decorated campus buildings calling for Gard's ouster. They went 9-1 after that, securing the Big Ten Tournament's top seed.