Mark Prosser

Mark Prosser is an American college basketball coach and current head coach of the Winthrop Eagles men's basketball team.

Mark Prosser
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamWinthrop
ConferenceBig South
Record6–5 (.545)
Biographical details
BornWheeling, West Virginia
Alma materMarist ('02)
Playing career
1998–1999Marist
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999–2002Marist (student assistant)
2002–2003Wofford (assistant)
2003–2008Bucknell (assistant)
2008–2011Wofford (assistant)
2011–2012Brevard
2012–2018Winthrop (assistant)
2018–2021Western Carolina
2021–presentWinthrop
Head coaching record
Overall48–81 (.372)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards

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
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Brevard Tornados (South Atlantic Conference) (2011–2012)
2011–12 Brevard 5–234–148th
Brevard: 5–23 (.179)4–14 (.222)
Western Carolina Catamounts (Southern Conference) (2018–2021)
2018–19 Western Carolina 7–254–14T–8th
2019–20 Western Carolina 19–1210–8T–5th
2020–21 Western Carolina 11–164–139th
Western Carolina: 37–53 (.411)18–35 (.340)
Winthrop (Big South Conference) (2021–present)
2021–22 Winthrop 6–5
Winthrop: 6–5 (.545)0–0 (–)
Total:48–81 (.372)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References
  1. "Mark Prosser College Stats - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
  2. "Winthrop Eagles". www.winthropeagles.com.
  3. "Mark Prosser Profile - BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE".
  4. "Prosser resigns as Men?s Basketball Coach". 12 April 2012. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. "Mark Prosser Named Head Coach At Brevard College". woffordterriers.com.
  6. "Western Carolina Names Mark Prosser Head Men's Basketball Coach".
  7. https://catamountsports.com/news/2020/3/23/mens-basketball-mark-prosser-receives-skip-prosser-man-of-the-year-award.aspx=. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. "Prosser Tabbed As 7th Head Coach To Lead Men's Basketball Program". Winthrop University Athletics. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
  9. Zietlow, Alex (November 28, 2021). "Winthrop makes history! What win over Washington means to record books, Eagles future". The Herald.
  10. "Skip Prosser's son named head coach at Western Carolina".
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