| 1968 | Orville Harrod* | Frankfort |
| 1969 | Wayne Cisney | Greenville |
| 1970 | John R. Cooke* | Lexington |
| 1971 | Allan R. Rhodes | Paducah |
| 1972 | Sam Miles* | Hopkinsville |
| 1973 | Allene Craddock | Radcliff |
| 1974 | Ed Venters* | Pikeville |
| 1975 | Gillie Hyde* | Glasgow |
| 1976 | John E. Cronin* | Covington |
| 1977 | Paul E. Miller* | Lexington |
| 1978 | Pike Conway* | Bardstown |
| 1979 | Ernie Bates* | Elizabethtown |
| 1980 | F. W. “Bill” Swope* | Elizabethtown |
| 1981 | Sam Boden* | Frankfort |
| 1982 | J. R. Robinette* | Harlan |
| 1983 | John Haggin Cooper* | Georgetown |
| 1984 | Joe L. Goodman, Jr. | Glasgow |
| 1985 | Pat Halloran* | Lexington |
| 1986 | Jack Kain | Versailles |
| 1987 | Joy F. Griffiths | Ashland |
| 1988 | Thomas D. Muncie* | Winchester |
| 1989 | William E. Simon* | Newport |
| 1990 | Elmer Gambrel* | Corbin |
| 1991 | Don Hall* | Ashland |
| 1992 | Neil Huffman* | Louisville |
| 1993 | Les Pinkham* | Elizabethtown |
| 1994 | Robert M. Pearce | Shelbyville |
| 1995 | William H. Collins | Louisville |
| 1996 | Proctor Brown* | Paintsville |
| 1997 | Bill Roberts* | Owensboro |
| 1998 | Jim Johnson | Bowling Green |
| 1999 | Danny Renshaw | Bowling Green |
| 2000 | Ken Blanton | Ashland |
| 2001 | Stuart Powell* | Danville |
| 2002 | Cornelius Martin* | Bowling Green |
| 2003 | Albert Sisk* | Hopkinsville |
| 2004 | Bill Conway | Bardstown |
| 2005 | Mike Hyde | Glasgow |
| 2006 | Steve Pinkham | Elizabethtown |
| 2007 | Gary Haupt | Buckner |
| 2008 | Paul Cleaver | Lexington |
| 2009 | Larry Stovesand | Paducah |
| 2010 | Joe Goodman III | Glasgow |
| 2011 | Bill Leachman | Bowling Green |
| 2012 | Dick Heaton | Bardstown |
| 2013 | Dick Swope | Louisville |
| 2014 | Bob Hook Jr. | Louisville |
| 2015 | Don P. Moore III | Owensboro |
| 2016 | Larry J. Craig | Crestwood |
| 2017 | Carl Swope | Elizabethtown |
| 2018 | Ray Cottrell, Sr.* | Brandenburg |
| 2019 | Mark Pogue | Powderly |
| 2020 | David Daunhauer | Louisville |
| 2021 | Steve Gates | Richmond |
| 2022 | Jack Kain, Sr. | Versaille |
