Mark Prosser

Mark Prosser is an American college basketball coach and current head coach of the Western Carolina Catamounts men's basketball team.[1]

Mark Prosser
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamWestern Carolina
ConferenceSoCon
Record26–37
Biographical details
BornWheeling, West Virginia
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–presentWestern Carolina
Head coaching record
Overall31–60
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
  • Skip Prosser Award (2020)

Playing career

Prosser played one season of basketball at Marist before injuries stopped a playing career.[2] He continued on with the Red Foxes as a student assistant coach until his graduation in 2002.[3]

Coaching career

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.[4]

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.[5][6]

On March 27, 2018 Prosser became the 18th head coach in Western Carolina history, replacing Larry Hunter.[1]

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]

In addition, he received the 2020 Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award, CollegeInsider.com announced. The award, which is named after Mark's father, Skip Prosser, is presented annually to those who not only achieve success on the basketball court but who also display moral integrity off of it as well. [8]

Personal life

Prosser is the son of the late Skip Prosser, the former head coach at Xavier and Wake Forest.[9]

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–present)
2018–19 Western Carolina 7–254–14T–8th
2019–20 Western Carolina 19–1210–8T–5th
Western Carolina: 26–37 (.413)14–22 (.389)
Total:31–60 (.341)

References
  1. "Western Carolina Names Mark Prosser Head Men's Basketball Coach".
  2. "Mark Prosser College Stats - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
  3. "Winthrop Eagles". www.winthropeagles.com.
  4. "Mark Prosser Profile - BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE".
  5. "Prosser resigns as Men?s Basketball Coach". 12 April 2012.
  6. "Mark Prosser Named Head Coach At Brevard College". woffordterriers.com.
  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. 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)
  9. "Skip Prosser's son named head coach at Western Carolina".
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