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Wake, Xavier to Play Prosser Memorial

Skip Prosser will always be remembered on the campuses of Wake Forest and Xavier for the work as a coach he did in each location before passing suddenly from a heart attack.Instead of just living on in the memories of players and coaches, there will now be a special day to recognize the work Prosser did with...

Xavier-Cincinnati 'Crosstown Shootout' Has Lost a Lot of Sparkle

When I first moved to the Cincinnati area (which, by the way, was exactly one decade ago today), I would be told that the Xavier-Cincinnati basketball rivalry was up there with Duke-UNC. I just moved from Charlotte and shot that down immediately.It is a neat little rivalry that has fallen on some hard times. The event that...

State of Wake Forest's Program One Year After the Passing of Skip Prosser

Today ... July 26th ... is my birthday. That fact is one of the reasons I will always remember Wake Forest head coach Skip Prosser, who passed away one year ago today.I have such respect for Skip ... so much so that it pained me to see his program struggle mightily in his final few seasons at the helm. He was on the...

Dino Guadio Replaces Skip Prosser as Wake Forest Men's Basketball Coach

Wake Forest has hired assistant coach Dino Guadio as its new head basketball coach, succeeding the late Skip Prosser two weeks after Prosser died of a heart attack.The school introduced Gaudio at a news conference today, and the administration gave him a vote of confidence by signing him to a five-year contract. The...

Skip Prosser's Legacy Will Include Great 2008 Recruiting Class

Compared to the loss suffered by the family of Wake Forest coach Skip Prosser, who died today at 56, this is a minor point. But Prosser had landed an outstanding recruiting class for 2008, and it's a real shame that he'll never get to coach those players. With forward Al-Farouq Aminu and centers Ty Walker and Tony Woods...

Skip Prosser News From the Web

05/04/12 Kelsey eager to bring Prosser's values to Eagles Source: The Daily Reflector - Greenville NC New Winthrop coach Pat Kelsey knows in his heart he was meant to teach young people like his mentor, coach and friend, the late Skip Prosser.
04/12/12 Brevard College's Prosser hired by Winthrop Source: Times-News - Hendersonville NC
Brevard College announced on Thursday afternoon that men's basketball coach Mark Prosser, son of the late Skip Prosser, has resigned to take the assistant coach position at Winthrop in Rock Hill, S.C., to work under Pat Kelsey, who was one of his father's former assistants at Wake Forest.
"I've enjoyed every day walking into Boshamer Gymnasium and walking into that office. It's a wonderful place with great people, staff, student-athletes, faculty and staff," said Prosser in a press release sent out by Brevard College.
04/05/12 Kelsey wants to lead Winthrop to more NCAA berths Source: Herald-Journal - Spartanburg SC The school introduced the 36-year-old former Xavier and Wake Forest assistant Thursday.
03/30/12 M. Basketball. Patsos Named Skip Prosser Man Of The... Source: LoyolaGreyhounds.com Loyola University Maryland head men's basketball coach Jimmy Patsos was named the 2012 recipient of the Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award on Friday night at an awards banquet hosted by CollegeInsider.com at the NCAA Final Four. The award is named in honor and memory of the late Prosser who was the head coach at Loyola, Xavier and Wake Forest before passing away in July 2007.

Background on Skip Prosser

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.

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