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April
2, 2010
Bob Marlin recipient of 2010 Skip Prosser Man of the
Year Award
 INDIANAPOLIS
(IN) -- Bob Marlin has flown under the radar
for much of his coaching career, but the sustained
excellence he’s generated and the classy way he’s
gone about doing it made him an easy choice for the
2010 Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award.
In 12 years at Sam Houston State, Marlin logged a
225-131 record, six 20-win seasons and two NCAA
Tournament appearances. He is one of only two
coaches in the history of the Southland Conference
to post more than 200 coaching victories.
Under Marlin this past season, Sam Houston clinched
the Southland Conference regular season and league
tournament titles to advance to the NCAA Tournament
as well as winning a school-record 25 games. His
Bearkats gave eventual Elite Eight team Baylor all
it could handle in the first round of the NCAAs
before succumbing by a 68-59 count.
The other finalists were Northwestern’s Bill Carmody,
Pittsburgh’s Jamie Dixon, Portland's Eric Reveno,
Temple’s Fran Dunphy, Xavier’s Chris Mack, Utah
State’s Stew Morrill, BYU’s Dave Rose, Vanderbilt’s
Kevin Stallings, Maine’s Ted Woodward, East
Tennessee State’s Murry Bartow, Oakland’s Greg Kampe,
Murray State’s Billy Kennedy, Butler’s Brad Stevens
and Wofford’s Mike Young.
The Skip Prosser Award was established last year to
honor recipients who not only achieve success on the
basketball court but who display moral integrity off
of it as well. Prosser posted a career record of
291-146 in 14 seasons as a head coach. During his
time at Wake Forest, his teams averaged 21 wins per
season while playing in arguably the nation’s most
difficult league, the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Citadel’s Ed Conroy was the winner of the 2009
award and Notre Dame's Mike Brey won the inaugural
award in 2008. This year’s award will be presented
on April 2 in Indianapolis.
SKIP PROSSER MAN OF THE YEAR AWARD SELECTION
COMMITTEE
Jay Bilas (ESPN College Basketball Analyst)
Mike Bobinski (Director of Athletics, Xavier)
Joe Boylan (Director of Athletics, Loyola College)
Chris Carlin (Sports Talk Host, WFAN Radio)
Dave Cottle (Head Men's Lacrosse Coach, University of
Maryland)
Ed DeChellis (Head Men's Basketball Coach, Penn State
University)
Matt Drake (Senior Analyst, CollegeInsider.com)
Joe Dwyer (Co-Founder, CollegeInsider.com)
Fran Fraschilla (ESPN College Basketball Analyst)
Dino Gaudio (Head Men's Basketball Coach, Wake Forest
University)
Brad Holland (Assistant Men's Basketball, University
of Cal Santa Barbara)
Angela Lento (Co-Founder, CollegeInsider.com)
Kyle Macy (Former Head Men's Basketball Coach Morehead
State University)
Dave Magarity (Head Women's Basketball Coach, West
Point)
Reggie Minton (Deputy Executive Director, National
Association of Basketball Coaches)
Mark Prosser (Associate Head Coach, Wofford
University)
Mark Schmidt (Head Men's Basketball Coach, St.
Bonaventure University)
Steve Shutt (Assistant Athletic Director, Wake Forest
University)
Ron Wellman (Director of Athletics, Wake Forest
University)
Dave Wojcok (Associate Head Men's Basketball Coach
Tulsa University)
Doug Wojcik (Head Men's Basketball Coach, Tulsa
University)
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