Skip Prosser

Quick Facts

Full Name	Skip Prosser
Occupation	Basketball Coach
Date Of Birth	Nov 3, 1950(1950-11-03)
Age	74
Date Of Death	July 26, 2007, Winston-Salem, NC
Birthplace	Pittsburgh
Country	United States
Birth City	Pennsylvania
Horoscope	Scorpio

Skip Prosser Biography

Skip Prosser is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Coach who was born on November 3, 1950 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.

George Edward “Skip” Prosser (November 3, 1950 – July 26, 2007) was an American college basketball coach who was head men’s basketball coach at Wake Forest University at the time of his death. He was the only coach in NCAA history to take three separate schools to the NCAA Tournament in his first year coaching the teams. In 21 years as a collegiate coach, he made 18 postseason appearances.

Prosser was born and raised in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania suburb of Carnegie and graduated from Carnegie High School, where he played football and basketball. He played basketball and rugby union at the United States Merchant Marine Academy where he earned a degree in nautical science in 1972.

Skip Prosser Net Worth

Skip Prosser is one of the richest Basketball Coach from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Skip Prosser 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Prosser stated, in an interview that aired just after his death, that his favorite quote was from Ralph Waldo Emerson: “He was a transcendentalist in America in the 1830s who said ‘Our chief want in life is someone who will make us do what we can.’ I thought that was a powerful statement that we need to be around people who challenge us to be as good as we can be.”

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Skip Prosser Dating?

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Prosser was the Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year in 2003.

Facts & Trivia

Steffen Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Coach. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Skip Prosser celebrates birthday on November 3 of every year.

On July 26, 2007, Prosser collapsed in his office around noon after jogging at the Kentner Stadium track adjacent to his office in the Manchester Athletic Center on Wake Forest’s campus. A staff member found him unresponsive around 12:45 pm; medical personnel performed CPR and used a defibrillator in efforts to revive Prosser. He was rushed to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 1:41 pm from an apparent “sudden massive heart attack”. He was 56 years old.

How old was Skip Prosser when he died?

56 years (1950–2007)

When was Skip Prosser at Wake Forest?

After seven seasons as head coach at Xavier, Skip Prosser was named head coach at Wake Forest in 2001. “He is a great basketball coach and beyond that he is a great person,” athletics director Ron Wellman said in announcing the hiring of Prosser.

Which Wake Forest basketball coach tragically passed away in 2007?

July 27, 2007 — — Wake Forest basketball coach Skip Prosser died Thursday, apparently from a heart attack. He was 56. Prosser was found slumped on his office couch and unresponsive by director of basketball operations Mike Muse shortly after returning from his noon jog, athletics director Ron Wellman said.

When was the last time Wake Forest made the NCAA Tournament?

Final Four Appearances: 1 (1962) Sweet Sixteen Appearances: 9 (1953, 1961, 1962, 1977, 1984, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2004) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 23 (1939, 1953, 1961, 1962, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2017)

Who coaches Wake Forest football?

Dave Clawson