March 6, 2025
FINALISTS FOR 2024-25 SKIP PROSSER MAN OF YEAR AWARD
Honors those who win with integrity on and off the court
BOSTON, MA -- CollegeInsider.com has announced the finalists for the 2024-25 Skip Prosser Man of the Year award. The award is presented annually the division I coach who wins with integrity on and off the court.
The Skip Prosser Man of the Year award honors those who not only achieve success on the basketball court but who display moral integrity on and off 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 annual award is determined by a 10-member voting committee, which consists of current and former head coaches, as well as two senior staff members of collegeinsider.com.
The 2025 award will be announced in San Antonio, TX, site of the men’s Division I Basketball Championship.
SKIP PROSSER AWARD FINALISTS
Rick Barnes |
Tennessee |
Brian Barone |
SIU Edwardsville |
Chris Beard |
Ole Miss |
Brad Brownell |
Clemson |
Shane Burcar |
Northern Arizona |
Mark Byington |
Vanderbilt |
John Dunne |
Marist |
Steve Forbes |
Wake Forest |
Jason Hooten |
New Mexico State |
Ben Jacobsen |
Northern Iowa |
Robert Jones |
Norfolk State |
Billy Lange |
Saint Joseph’s |
Grant Leonard |
Queens |
Bart Lundy |
Milwaukee |
Niko Medved |
Colorado State |
Ryan Odom |
VCU |
Kelvin Sampson |
Houston |
Jon Scheyer |
Duke |
Patrick Sellers |
Central Connecticut State |
Duane Simpkins |
American |
Pat Skerry |
Towson |
Tony Skinn |
George Mason |
Shaka Smart |
Marquette |
Billy Taylor |
Elon |
Stan Waterman |
Delaware State |
2024: Niko Medved, Colorado State
2023: Pat Skerry, Towson
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