Mark Prosser
Mark Prosser (born October 10, 1978)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Winthrop Eagles
Current conference: Big South Conference
Brevard College record: 5-23 (.179)
Western Carolina record: 37-53 (.411)
Winthrop record: 55-41 (.573)
Overall record^: 97-117 (.453)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- Big South Regular Season Champion: 1 (2022)
- Big South Tournament Champion: 0
Awards:
- Skip Prosser Man of the Year: 1 (2020)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2021-present | Winthrop |
| 2018-2021 | Western Carolina |
| 2013-2018 | Winthrop (assoc. HC) |
| 2012-2013 | Winthrop (asst) |
| 2011-2012 | Brevard College |
| 2007-2011 | Wofford (asst) |
| 2003-2007 | Bucknell (asst) |
| 2002-2003 | Wofford (asst) |
| 2000-2002 | Marist (student asst) |
Mark Prosser Facts
- Mark Prosser
- Born October 10, 1978
- Hometown: Wheeling, West Virginia
- Alma Mater: Marist College (BA, 2002)
- Son of the late Skip Prosser, who served as head coach at Wake Forest, Xavier and Loyola (MD)
- Attended Marist but a knee injury ended his playing career; stayed at Marist as a student assistant under Dave Magarity, graduating in 2002
- Started his coaching career right away as an assistant under Mike Young at Wofford
- Spent four seasons as an assistant at Bucknell under Pat Flannery before returning to Wofford to work as one of Young‘s assistants for another four years
- Was the head coach for one season at Division III Brevard College in Brevard, NC, finishing 5-23 (4-14)
- Joined Pat Kelsey‘s staff at Winthrop in 2012 as an assistant and was elevated to associate head coach a year later; Kelsey had previously been an assistant under Skip Prosser
- Hired in March 2018 to be the new head coach at Western Carolina of the SoCon
- After winning just 7 games in Prosser’s first year, the Catamounts went 19-12 (10-8) in the 2019-20 season
- Named 2020 Skip Prosser Man of the Year by CollegeInsider, an award named after and exemplifying his father
- Returned to Winthrop in April 2021 when he was hired to replace Kelsey as the Eagles’ head coach
- Won the Big South title (South Division) in his first year, continuing a three-year title streak for the program
Mark Prosser Coaching Tree
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^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the NCAA Division I and Division III levels