<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Wake Forest basketball coach Skip Prosser died, multiple sources said Thursday. He was 56. Wake Forest coach Skip Prosser during a May tour with the USO. Prosser collapsed while jogging, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. He was taken to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, an athletic department official told the newspaper. Prosser left Orlando, where the AAU national tournament is being held, this morning at 6 a.m. to return to Wake Forest for a basketball camp. Mark Prosser, Skip Prosser's son and a Bucknell assistant coach, received a phone call at about 2:40 p.m. ET this afternoon while watching games at the Milkhouse in Orlando. He was visible shaking and crying and left the gym immediately. Prosser took over at Wake Forest in 2001 after coaching at Xavier for seven seasons, including five straight NCAA Tournament bids. He coached for one season at Loyola (Md.) in 1993-94. Prosser's career record was 291-146 (.666). He was the 2003 ACC coach of the year. Prosser was 126-68 in six seasons at Wake Forest. Last season, Wake Forest was 15-16 and lost to Virginia Tech in the second round of the ACC Tournament. In 2006, the Demon Deacons lost in the first round of the NIT. In 2005, Wake Forest was a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament, but lost to West Virginia 111-105 in double overtime. It was Chris Paul's final game at Wake Forest. The 2004 team reached the East Region semifinals, losing to St. Joseph's. The year before, Wake lost to Auburn in the second round of the NCAA Tournament after winning the ACC regular-season title. Prosser is survived by his wife, Nancy, and two sons: Scott and Mark, both in their 20s. </div> <div align="center">Source: ESPN</div>
This is sad news indeed, and I send my best wishes to the Prosser family. He was a good coach but Wake was on some down years right now, so this is bad news for the school.
Apparently he died of a massive heart attack. Unfortunately, Wake Forest had one of the best recruiting classes in the country coming in and this happened.
This is so sad, Skip Prosser was one of the more well-known head coaches in NCAA basketball despite Wake Forest's awful record. R.I.P.
Having had the opportunity to know Skip I am deeply saddened by his death. My old college coach, Dino Gaudio, is his top assistant and he is absolutely devastated right now. There is a good possibility that he may end up being named the interim head coach. Sad times for all of sports. Skip Prosser truly represents everything that is good in collegiate athletics.
Wow, he was still pretty young and was going to coach for some time to come. This was awful. R.I.P. Skip Prosser
