SKIP PROSSER MAN OF THE YEAR AWARD

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

 

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 Skip Prosser award voting panel is made up of current division I coaches, athletic administrators, and senior College Insider staff members.  The recipient of the 2024-25 award will be announced in April, in San Antonio, TX site of the men's Division I NCAA Basketball Championship.

The Skip Prosser award is presented annually to a division I head coach who achieves success on the basketball court, while displaying great moral integrity off of the court as well, as voted on by the awards committee. 
 
The 10-member voting committee consists of current and former head coaches, as well as two senior staff members of collegeinsider.com.
 
The award is presented annually at the site of the men's Division I NCAA basketball championship. 

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