Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award

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]

Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award

Awarded for	the nation's men's head basketball coach in NCAA Division I competition who also exhibits strong moral character
Country	United States
Presented by	Collegeinsider.com
History
First award	2008
Most recent	Mark Byington, Vanderbilt
Website	Official website

Key

*	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

Winners

Year	Coach	School	Record	Reference
2007–08	Mike Brey	Notre Dame	25–8	[3]
2008–09	Ed Conroy	The Citadel	20–13	[4]
2009–10	Bob Marlin	Sam Houston State	25–8	[5]
2010–11	Chris Mack	Xavier	24–8	[6]
2011–12	Jimmy Patsos	Loyola (Maryland)	24–9	[7]
2012–13	Joe Mihalich	Niagara	19–14	[8]
2013–14	Brian Wardle	Green Bay	24–7	[9]
2014–15	Keno Davis	Central Michigan	23–9	[10]
2015–16	Zach Spiker	Army	19–14	[11]
2016–17	Danny Manning	Wake Forest	19–14
2017–18	Casey Alexander	Lipscomb	23–10	[12]
2018–19	Robert Jones	Norfolk State	22–14	[13]
2019–20	Mark Prosser	Western Carolina	19–12	[14]
2020–21	Lew Hill	UTRGV	8–4	[15]
2021–22	Jay McAuley	Wofford	19–13	[16]
2022–23	Pat Skerry	Towson	21–12	[17]
2023–24	Niko Medved	Colorado State	25–11	[18]
2024–25	Mark Byington	Vanderbilt	20–13	[19]

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