March 6, 2023
THE 2023 AWARD FINALISTS
BOSTON, MA -- The finalists for the 2022-23 Skip Prosser Man of the Year award were announced on Monday.
The Skip Prosser Man of the Year award honors those who not only achieve success on the basketball court but who display moral integrity off of it as well.
In six years with the Deacons, Prosser posted a 126-68 record. For his career, he was 291-146 in 14 seasons including six as the head coach at Xavier and one year at Loyola (Md.).
At Wake Forest, Prosser's teams averaged 21 wins per season while playing in arguably the nation's most difficult league, the Atlantic Coast Conference. Prosser won 100 games at an ACC school quicker than all but two coaches in the 55-year history of the conference. He coached NBA stars Chris Paul and Josh Howard, led the Demon Deacons to the first No. 1 national ranking in school history and earned ACC Coach of the Year honors in 2003.
Prosser passed away of an apparent heart attack on July 26, 2007 in his office at Wake Forest. He had just returned from his morning jog.
The recipient of the 2023 award will be announced in March, in Houston site of the men's NCAA Basketball Championship.
2022-23 SKIP PROSSER AWARD FINALISTS
Griff Aldrich |
Longwood |
Casey Alexander |
Belmont |
Michael Boynton |
Oklahoma State |
A.W. Hamilton |
Eastern Kentucky |
Jason Hooten |
Sam Houston |
Donte' Jackson |
Grambling |
Donnie Jones |
Stetson |
James Jones |
Yale |
Robert Jones |
Norfolk State |
Tod Kowalczyk |
Toledo |
Steve Lutz |
Texas A&M Corpus Christi |
Bob Marlin |
Louisiana |
Paul Mills |
Oral Roberts |
Ryan Odom |
Utah State |
Matt Painter |
Purdue |
Steve Pikiell |
Rutgers |
Bob Richey |
Furman |
Rob Senderoff |
Kent State |
Josh Schertz |
Indiana State |
Jon Scheyer |
Duke |
Takayo Siddle |
UNCW |
Todd Simon |
Southern Utah |
Pat Skerry |
Towson |
Jerry Stackhouse |
Vanderbilt |
Brian Wardle |
Bradley |
2022: Jay McAuley, Wofford
2021: Lew Hill, UTRGV
2020: Mark Prosser, Western Carolina
2019: Robert Jones, Norfolk State
2018: Casey Alexander, Lipscomb
2017: Danny Manning, Wake Forest
2016: Zack Spiker, Army
2015: Keno Davis, Central Michigan
2014: Brian Wardle, Green Bay
2013: Joe Mihalich, Niagara
2012: Jimmy Patsos, Loyola MD
2011: Chris Mack, Xavier
2010: Bob Marlin, Sam Houston State
2009: Ed Conroy, The Citadel
2008: Mike Brey, Notre Dame