Steve Prohm

Steve Prohm (born July 12, 1974)

Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Murray State Racers
Current conference: Missouri Valley Conference (MVC)
Iowa State record: 97-95 (.505)
Murray State record: 133-64 (.675)
Overall record: 230-159 (.591)

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Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

2022-present Murray State
2015-2021 Iowa State
2011-2015 Murray State
2006-2011 Murray State (asst)
2005-2006 Tulane (asst)
1999-2005 Southeastern Louisiana (asst)
1998-1999 Centenary (vol. asst)

Steve Prohm Facts

  • Steven Marshall Prohm
  • Born July 12, 1974
  • Hometown: Vienna, Virginia
  • Alma Mater: University of Alabama (B.Ed., 1997)
  • First coaching jobs were under Billy Kennedy, first as a volunteer for one season at then-Division I Centenary (LA), then as a full-time assistant coach for six years at Southeastern Louisiana
  • Spent one season as an assistant to head coach Dave Dickerson at Tulane
  • Was an assistant at Murray State for five seasons under Kennedy before taking over as head coach
  • Hired as the new head coach at Iowa State in June 2015; went 97-95 over six seasons at the helm
    • Led the Cyclones to the NCAA Tournament in three of his first four seasons, winning two Big 12 Tournament crowns
      • As a result of that early success, the school signed Prohm to a contract extension in March 2019
    • After a historically bad 2020-21 season in which the Cyclones went 2-22 (0-18 Big 12), Prohm and Iowa State agreed to part ways
  • Returned to Murray State in March 2022 for a second stint as the Racers’ head coach

Steve Prohm Coaching Tree