Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award explained

The Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award is an award given annually to the nation's men's head basketball coach in NCAA Division I competition who also exhibits strong moral character. The award was established in 2008 and is named for head coach Skip Prosser, who spent most of his coaching tenure at Xavier and Wake Forest.^[1] Prosser is the only coach in NCAA history to lead three separate teams to the NCAA Tournament in his first season with the team.^[2] Prosser died from a heart attack on July 26, 2007, at age 56.^[2]

Winners

	Awarded the Naismith College Coach of the Year the same season
Coach (X)	Denotes the number of times the coach has been awarded the Skip Prosser Award

Year	Coach	School	Record	class=unsortable	Reference
2007–08		Notre Dame		[3]
2008–09				[4]
2009–10		Sam Houston State		[5]
2010–11		Xavier		[6]
2011–12		Loyola (MD)		[7]
2012–13		Niagara		[8]
2013–14		Green Bay		[9]
2014–15		Central Michigan		[10]
2015–16		Army		[11]
2016–17		Wake Forest
2017–18	Casey Alexander	Lipscomb		[12]
2018–19		Norfolk State		[13]
2019–20		Western Carolina		[14]
2020–21		UTRGV		[15]
2021–22		Wofford		[16]
2022–23		Towson		[17]
2023–24		Colorado State		[18]

Winners by school

School	Winners	Years
Army	1	align=left	2016
Central Michigan	1	align=left	2015
The Citadel	1	align=left	2009
Colorado State	1	align=left	2024
Green Bay	1	align=left	2014
Lipscomb	1	align=left	2018
Loyola (MD)	1	align=left	2012
Niagara	1	align=left	2013
Norfolk State	1	align=left	2019
Notre Dame	1	align=left	2008
Sam Houston State	1	align=left	2010
Towson	1	align=left	2023
UTRGV	1	align=left	2021
Wake Forest	1	align=left	2017
Wofford	1	align=left	2022
Xavier	1	align=left	2011
Western Carolina	1	align=left	2020

See also

• Kay Yow Award – an annual award given to an NCAA Division I women's basketball coach who exhibits moral character both on and off the court; the award is also presented by CollegeInsider.com

References

General

• Web site: Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award . CollegeInsider.com . 9 April 2010.

Specific

Notes and References

1. Web site: Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award . CollegeInsider.com . 2010 . 9 April 2010.
2. Web site: Skip Prosser . Coach biography . . 2009 . 9 April 2010.
3. Web site: Wake Forest: Inaugural Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award Goes to Mike Brey . CollegeInsider.com . . 10 April 2008 . Press release . 9 April 2010.
4. Web site: Ed Conroy Named 2009 Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award Winner . . 3 April 2009 . Press release . 9 April 2010.
5. Web site: Berman . Mark . Coach Bob Marlin Wins Major Award . . 2 April 2010 . 9 April 2010.
6. Web site: Xavier's Chris Mack Named 2011 Skip Prosser Man Of The Year Award Winner . Xavier University . 2 April 2010 . 2 April 2010.
7. Web site: Patsos Wins Skip Prosser Man Of Year Award . WBAL TV . 30 March 2012 . https://archive.today/20120917221038/http://www.wbaltv.com/r/30805801/detail.html . dead . 17 September 2012 . 2 April 2012 .
8. Web site: Mihalich Named Skip Prosser Man Of The Year By CollegeInsider.com. NU News. 6 April 2013 . 6 April 2013.
9. Web site: Brian Wardle Named 2014 Skip Prosser Man of the Year. University of Wisconsin–Green Bay. 6 April 2014 . 7 April 2014.
10. Web site: Davis Receives 2015 Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award. Central Michigan University . 3 April 2015 . 7 April 2015.
11. Web site: Spiker Named Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award Winner. Drexel University . 4 April 2016 . 2 April 2017.
12. News: Alexander named 2018 Skip Prosser Man of the Year. Lipscomb University. 2018-05-29. en.
13. News: NSU coach Robert Jones receives Skip Prosser Man of the Year award . 8 April 2019 . Virginian Pilot . 5 April 2019.
14. News: Mark Prosser Receives Skip Prosser 'Man of the Year' Award . 30 March 2020. CatamountSports.com . 23 March 2020.
15. UTRGV's Hill Named Skip Prosser Man of the Year. Western Athletic Conference . April 1, 2021 . April 2, 2021.
16. Wofford's McAuley claims Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award. Southern Conference . April 1, 2022 . April 1, 2022.
17. Web site: Towson’s Pat Skerry is the recipient of the 2023 Skip Prosser Man of the Year award. .
18. Web site: CSU Rams coach Niko Medved wins national award . Denver Gazette .