Mark Prosser
Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Winthrop |
Conference | Big South |
Record | 17–8 (.680) |
Biographical details | |
Born | Wheeling, West Virginia |
Alma mater | Marist ('02) |
Playing career | |
1998–1999 | Marist |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1999–2002 | Marist (student assistant) |
2002–2003 | Wofford (assistant) |
2003–2008 | Bucknell (assistant) |
2008–2011 | Wofford (assistant) |
2011–2012 | Brevard |
2012–2018 | Winthrop (assistant) |
2018–2021 | Western Carolina |
2021–present | Winthrop |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 59–84 (.413) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
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Mark Prosser is an American college basketball coach and current head coach of the Winthrop Eagles men's basketball team.
Playing career[]
Prosser played one season of basketball at Marist before injuries stopped a playing career.[1] He continued on with the Red Foxes as a student assistant coach until his graduation in 2002.[2]
Coaching career[]
Coaching Beginnings[]
After graduation, Prosser landed his first assistant coaching position at Wofford under Mike Young, where he stayed for one season before heading to Bucknell for a six-year stint as an assistant for Pat Flannery, where he was part of the Bison staff when the team upset Kansas during the 2005 NCAA Tournament.[3] Prosser returned to Wofford in 2008 where he stayed until 2011 when he accepted the head coaching job at Division II Brevard College. In one season at Brevard, Prosser recorded a 5-23 record, and subsequently resigned his position to accept a coaching position under Pat Kelsey at Winthrop.[4][5]
Western Carolina[]
On March 27, 2018, Prosser became the 18th head coach in Western Carolina history, replacing Larry Hunter.[6]
2018-19: First season[]
Prosser led the Catamounts to a 7-25 record (4-14 in the Southern Conference) in his first season.
2019-20: 12 win improvement[]
In his second season at Western Carolina, Prosser guided the Catamounts to a 19-12 record as WCU finished with the second-most improved mark across NCAA Division I men's basketball. The Catamounts reached the SoCon Tournament semifinals for the first time since the 2015-16 season, and had a pair of First Team All-Southern Conference and NABC All-District players in senior forward Carlos Dotson and redshirt junior guard Mason Faulkner.[7] College Insider recognized Prosser's achievement as he was honored with the Skip Prosser 'Man of the Year' Award, named after his father.
2020-21: COVID struggles[]
Coming into 2020-21 looking to continue off last season's success, Prosser led the team to an 11-16 record (4-13 in Southern Conference). After a 7-2 start, the Catamounts struggled in conference play, winning just 4 of their next 17 games and losing in the first round of the Southern Conference tournament.
Winthrop[]
On April 2, 2021, Prosser's return to Winthrop was made official, as he replaced Pat Kelsey as head coach. Prosser previously served as Associate Head Coach for the team from 2013–2018.[8] Six games into his first season, the Eagles beat the University of Washington to notch Prosser's first win as head coach at WU against a Power 5 conference and Winthrop's first win ever against a PAC-12 team.[9]
Personal life[]
Prosser is the son of the late Skip Prosser, the former head coach at Xavier and Wake Forest.[10]
Head coaching record[]
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Brevard Tornados (South Atlantic Conference) (2011–2012) | |||||||||
2011–12 | Brevard | 5–23 | 4–14 | 8th | |||||
Brevard: | 5–23 (.179) | 4–14 (.222) | |||||||
Western Carolina Catamounts (Southern Conference) (2018–2021) | |||||||||
2018–19 | Western Carolina | 7–25 | 4–14 | T–8th | |||||
2019–20 | Western Carolina | 19–12 | 10–8 | T–5th | |||||
2020–21 | Western Carolina | 11–16 | 4–13 | 9th | |||||
Western Carolina: | 37–53 (.411) | 18–35 (.340) | |||||||
Winthrop (Big South Conference) (2021–present) | |||||||||
2021–22 | Winthrop | 17–8 | 10–2 | ||||||
Winthrop: | 17–8 (.680) | 10–2 (.833) | |||||||
Total: | 59–84 (.413) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References[]
- ^ "Mark Prosser College Stats - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
- ^ "Winthrop Eagles". www.winthropeagles.com.
- ^ "Mark Prosser Profile - BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE".
- ^ "Prosser resigns as Men?s Basketball Coach". 12 April 2012.
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(help) - ^ "Mark Prosser Named Head Coach At Brevard College". woffordterriers.com.
- ^ "Western Carolina Names Mark Prosser Head Men's Basketball Coach".
- ^ https://catamountsports.com/news/2020/3/23/mens-basketball-mark-prosser-receives-skip-prosser-man-of-the-year-award.aspx=.
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(help) - ^ "Prosser Tabbed As 7th Head Coach To Lead Men's Basketball Program". Winthrop University Athletics. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
- ^ Zietlow, Alex (November 28, 2021). "Winthrop makes history! What win over Washington means to record books, Eagles future". The Herald.
- ^ "Skip Prosser's son named head coach at Western Carolina".
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