| 2012-13
2011–12 | | R.W. Godfrey
T. H. Welsh, Jr. | | University of the Virgin Islands
Texas A&M University |
| 2010–11 | | M.H. Poore | | North Carolina State University |
| 2009–10 | | D.G. Morrison | | Louisana State University Agricultural Center |
| 2008–09 | | E. B. Kegley | | University of Arkansas |
| 2007–08 | | C. C. Chase, Jr | | USDA, ARS, STARS |
| 2006–07 | | D. A. Coleman | | Auburn University |
| 2005–06 | | R. D. Randel | | Texas A&M University |
| 2003–05 | | K. L. Esbenshade | | NC State University |
| 2002–03 | | D. K. Aaron | | University of Kentucky |
| 2001–02 | | T. R. Troxel | | University of Arkansas |
| 2000–01 | | L. L. Southern | | Louisiana State University |
| 1999–00 | | R. P. Wettemann | | Oklahoma State University |
| 1998–99 | | J. D. Armstrong | | Purdue University |
| 1997–98 | | D.G. Ely | | University of Kentucky |
| 1996–97 | | P.R. Harms | | Texas A&M University |
| 1995–96 | | P.R. Utley | | University of Georgia |
| 1994–95 | | D.S. Buchanan | | Oklahoma State University |
| 1993–94 | | P.R. Nolan | | University of Arkansas |
| 1992–93 | | D.R. Marple | | Auburn University |
| 1991–92 | | R.W. Harvey | | NC State University |
| 1990–91 | | D.E. Franke | | Louisiana State University |
| 1989–90 | | A.L. Eller, Jr. | | VPI & SU |
| 1988–89 | | C.R. Long | | Texas A&M University |
| 1987–88 | | D.G. Spruill | | University of Georgia |
| 1986–87 | | G.L. Cromwell | | University of Kentucky |
| 1985–86 | | B. Baker, Jr. | | Mississippi State University |
| 1984–85 | | C.B. Ammerman | | University of Florida |
| 1983–84 | | W.G. Luce | | Oklahoma State University |
| 1982–83 | | J.R. Hill | | Clemson University |
| 1981–82 | | J.W. Turner | | Louisiana State University |
| 1980–81 | | A.M. Sorenson | | Texas A&M University |
| 1979–80 | | W.C. McCormick | | University of Georgia |
| 1978–79 | | E.R. Barrick | | NC State University |
| 1977–78 | | R.L. McGuire | | Auburn University |
| 1976–77 | | J.J. Guenther | | Oklahoma State University |
| 1975–76 | | C.J. Brown | | University of Arkansas |
| 1974–75 | | S.L. Hansard | | University of Tennessee |
| 1973–74 | | M. Koger | | University of Florida |
| 1972–73 | | J.P. Fontenot | | VPI & SU |
| 1971–72 | | G.E. Mitchell, Jr. | | University of Kentucky |
| 1970–71 | | L.S. Pope | | Texas A&M University |
| 1969–70 | | L.C. Ulberg | | NC State University |
| 1968–69 | | R.C. Carter | | VPI & SU |
| 1967–68 | | G.L. Robertson | | Louisiana State University |
| 1966–67 | | C.E. Lindley | | Mississippi State University |
| 1965–66 | | R.F. Sewell | | University of Georgia |
| 1964–65 | | W.M. Warren | | Auburn University |
| 1963–64 | | R.F. Wheeler | | Clemson University |
| 1962–63 | | E.J. Warrick | | USDA |
| 1961–62 | | G.K. Davis | | University of Florida |
| 1960–61 | | W. Gifford | | University of Arkansas |
| 1959–60 | | J.A. Whatley | | Oklahoma State University |
| 1957–58 | | B.L. Southwell | | University of Georgia |
| 1956–57 | | W.P. Garrigus | | University of Kentucky |
| 1955–56 | | J.C. Miller | | Texas A&M University |
| 1954–55 | | R.A. Damon | | Louisiana State University |
| 1953–54 | | A.E. Cullison | | University of Georgia |
| 1952–53 | | C.M. Kincaid | | VPI & SU |
| 1951–52 | | R.S. Glasscock | | University of Florida |
| 1950–51 | | H.H. Levek | | Mississippi State University |
| 1949–50 | | J.E. Foster | | University of Maryland |
| 1948–49 | | H.M. Briggs | | Oklahoma State University |
| 1947–48 | | E.C. Godbey | | Clemson University |
| 1946–47 | | J.C. Grimes | | Auburn University |
| 1941–42 | | R.E. Hunt | | VPI & SU |
| 1940–41 | | M.G. Snell | | Louisiana State University |
| 1939–40 | | L.E. Richardson | | University of Tennessee |
| 1938–39 | | E.W. Sheets | | USDA |
| 1937–38 | | L.I. Case | | NC State University |
| 1936–37 | | M.P. Jarnigan | | University of Georgia |
| 1935–36 | | J.B. Francioni | | Louisiana State University |
| 1934–35 | | A.L. Shealy | | University of Florida |
| 1933–34 | | L.V. Starkey | | Clemson University |
| 1932–33 | | W.L. Blizzard | | Oklahoma State University |