Wake Forest head coach Skip Prosser is dead at 56, according to the Winston-Salem Journal.
Prosser collapsed while jogging pn campus and was taken to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center on Thursday. .
Prosser's career record was 291-146 (.666). He left Xavier after seven years and took the job at Wake Forest in 2001, where he coached seven seasons and won ACC Coach of the Year in 2003. Prosser led Xavier to three NCAA Tournament appearances in seven seasons. He took Wake to the Sweet 16, and Loyola (Md.) into the NCAAs.
He was the only coach in NCAA Tournament history to lead three different schools to the tournament in his first season at the school.
Prosser's three-player recruiting class for 2008 is rated by some in the top three. His class features three top 13 prospects - Al-Farouq Aminu, considered the best small forward in his class, Tony Woods and Ty Walker.
Prosser collapsed while jogging pn campus and was taken to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center on Thursday. .
Prosser's career record was 291-146 (.666). He left Xavier after seven years and took the job at Wake Forest in 2001, where he coached seven seasons and won ACC Coach of the Year in 2003. Prosser led Xavier to three NCAA Tournament appearances in seven seasons. He took Wake to the Sweet 16, and Loyola (Md.) into the NCAAs.
He was the only coach in NCAA Tournament history to lead three different schools to the tournament in his first season at the school.
Prosser's three-player recruiting class for 2008 is rated by some in the top three. His class features three top 13 prospects - Al-Farouq Aminu, considered the best small forward in his class, Tony Woods and Ty Walker.
Skip Prosser's son, Mark, is an assistant at Bucknell. He is survived by his wife, Nancy, and his two sons in their 20s: Scott and Mark.
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