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Skip Prosser
American basketball player and coach / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
George Edward "Skip" Prosser (November 3, 1950 – July 26, 2007) was an American college basketball coach who was head men's basketball coach at Wake Forest University at the time of his death. He was the only coach in NCAA history to take three separate schools to the NCAA tournament in his first year coaching the teams.[1] In 21 years as a collegiate coach, he made 18 postseason appearances.[1]
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Biographical details | |
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Born | (1950-11-03)November 3, 1950 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | July 26, 2007(2007-07-26) (aged 56) Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1969–1972 | Merchant Marine |
Position(s) | Guard |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1977–1979 | Linsly Military Institute |
1979–1985 | Wheeling Cent. Catholic HS |
1985–1993 | Xavier (assistant) |
1993–1994 | Loyola (MD) |
1994–2001 | Xavier |
2001–2007 | Wake Forest |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 291–146 |
Tournaments | 6–9 (NCAA Division I) 5–3 (NIT) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
MAAC tournament (1994) MCC regular season (1995) Atlantic 10 regular season (1997) Atlantic 10 tournament (1998) ACC regular season (2003) | |
Awards | |
ACC Coach of the Year (2003) MCC Coach of the Year (1995) | |
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Previously, he coached Xavier University for seven seasons, where he achieved great success. He spent his first year coaching at the collegiate level at Loyola College in Maryland, taking the Greyhounds to the team's first modern-day NCAA Tournament appearance.
Prosser was the Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year in 2003.