FINALISTS FOR 2025-26 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 2025-26 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 2026 award will be announced in Indianapolis, IN, site of the men’s Division I Basketball Championship.

 

SKIP PROSSER AWARD FINALISTS
 

Lennie Acuff	Samford
Casey Alexander	Belmont
Jase Coburn	Portland State
Johnny Dawkins	UCF
Mike DeGeorge	Cal Poly
Greg Gard	Wisconsin
Kyle Gerdeman	Lindenwood
Chris Holtmann	DePaul
Donte' Jackson	Alabama A&M
James Jones	Yale
Greg Kampe	Oakland
Eric Konkol	Tulsa
Mark Madsen	California
Mike Magpayo	Fordham
Gerry McNamara	Siena
Paul Mills	Wichita State
Dave Moore	West Georgia
Ryan Odom	Virginia
Antoine Pettway	Kennesaw State
Brett Reed	Lehigh
Ryan Ridder	Mercer
Patrick Sellers	Central Connecticut State
Duane Simpkins	American
Zach Spiker	Drexel
Dedrique Taylor	Cal State Fullerton

 

 

PREVIOUS AWARD WINNERS

Mark Byington, Vanderbilt (2025); Niko Medved, Colorado State (2024); Pat Skerry, Towson (2023); Jay McAuley, Wofford (2022); Lew Hill, UTRGV (2021); Mark Prosser, Western Carolina (2020); Robert Jones, Norfolk State (2019); Casey Alexander, Lipscomb (2018); Danny Manning, Wake Forest (2017); Zack Spiker, Army (2016); Keno Davis, Central Michigan (2015); Brian Wardle, Green Bay (2014); Joe Mihalich, Niagara (2013); Jimmy Patsos, Loyola MD (2012); Chris Mack, Xavier (2011); Bob Marlin, Sam Houston State (2010); Ed Conroy, The Citadel (2009); Mike Brey, Notre Dame (2008).

 

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