April 1, 2022
JAY MCAULEY WINS 2022 AWARD
NEW ORLEANS, LA -- Wofford coach Jay McAuley has been named the 2022 recipient of the Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award, which honors those who not only achieve success on the basketball court but who display moral integrity off the floor as well.
McAuley just completed his third season as the Terriers’ head coach. He replaced his former boss Mike Young prior to the 2018-19 season and has guided the program to a 53-38 record during his tenure, including 19 wins this season.
McAuley, 38, also worked for highly regarded coaches Niko Medved and Chris Holtmann before he joined Young’s staff as associate head coach in 2017.
The Skip Prosser Man of the Year award honors those who not only achieve success on the basketball court but who display moral integrity off the floor 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. Prosser won 100 games at an ACC school quicker than all but two coaches in the 55-year history of the conference. He coached NBA stars Chris Paul and Josh Howard, led the Demon Deacons to the first No. 1 national ranking in school history and earned ACC Coach of the Year honors in 2003.
Prosser passed away of an apparent heart attack on July 26, 2007 in his office at Wake Forest. He had just returned from his morning jog.
2021-22 SKIP PROSSER MAN OF THE YEAR AWARD FINALISTS
Chris Beard |
Texas |
Kenny Blakeney |
Howard |
Mike Brey |
Notre Dame |
Ed Cooley |
Providence |
Hubert Davis |
North Carolina |
Dave Dickerson |
USC Upstate |
Joe Golding |
UTEP |
Shaheen Holloway |
Saint Peter’s |
Jason Hooten |
Sam Houston |
Justin Hutson |
Fresno State |
James Jones |
Yale |
Robert Jones |
Norfolk State |
Tod Kowalczyk |
Toledo |
JAY MCAULEY |
WOFFORD |
Matt McMahon |
Murray State |
Matt Painter |
Purdue |
Rob Senderoff |
Kent State |
Todd Simon |
Southern Utah |
Pat Skerry |
Towson |
Mark Slessinger |
New Orleans |
2023: Pat Skerry, Towson
2022: Jay McAuley, Wofford
2021: Lew Hill, UTRGV
2020: Mark Prosser, Western Carolina
2019: Robert Jones, Norfolk State
2018: Casey Alexander, Lipscomb
2017: Danny Manning, Wake Forest
2016: Zack Spiker, Army
2015: Keno Davis, Central Michigan
2014: Brian Wardle, Green Bay
2013: Joe Mihalich, Niagara
2012: Jimmy Patsos, Loyola MD
2011: Chris Mack, Xavier
2010: Bob Marlin, Sam Houston State
2009: Ed Conroy, The Citadel
2008: Mike Brey, Notre Dame