Byrd & McMahon Are Finalists for Prosser Award

Editor: The following is part of a press release from skipprosseraward.com.

(Boston, MA) – The finalists for the 2019 Skip Prosser Man of the Year award have been announced.

Named after the late Skip Prosser, who died suddenly in 2007 while the head coach at Wake Forest, the award 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.

In six years with the Deacons, Prosser posted a 126-68 record. For his career, he was 291-146 in 14 seasons including six as the head coach at Xavier and one year at Loyola (Md.).

At Wake Forest, Prosser’s teams averaged 21 wins per season while playing in arguably the nation’s most difficult league, the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The recipient of the 2019 Skip Prosser award will be anounced on April 5 at the College Insider Awards Event, in Minneapolis, site of the 2019 NCAA division I basketball chamionship.

Editor: Rick Byrd (Belmont) and Matt McMahon (Murray State) who coached their teams to a co-championship of the Ohio Valley Conference are two of the twenty-five finalists.