Steve Prohm

Steve Prohm
Sport(s) Basketball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Murray State
Record 13 Wins 0 Losses
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1998-99
1999–2005
2005–06
2006–11
2011–present		 Centenary (asst.)
Southeastern Louisiana (asst.)
Tulane (asst.)
Murray State (asst.)
Murray State

Steve Prohm is an American basketball coach who is the current head coach of the Murray State Racers men's basketball team.

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Early life

A native of Vienna, Virginia, Prohm attended high school at Northwest Whitfield High School and lettered in basketball for three years.[1]

He attended college at the University of Alabama where he worked as a student assistant coach and student manager for the Crimson Tide men's basketball team for five years. He graduated from Alabama in 1997 with a degree in education.[2]

Coaching career

Prohm began his coaching career in 1998-99 as an assistant to Billy Kennedy at Centenary College.[1] He followed Kennedy to Southeastern Louisiana University, where he spent five seasons as an assistant before leaving for Tulane.[2] In 2006 he rejoined Kennedy's coaching staff, this time at Murray State University.[2]Prohm has been a key part of one of the most successful periods of Racer Basketball from 2006-11 which included back-to-back Ohio Valley Conference regular-season championships in the 2009-10 and 2010-11 seasons. He was also part of MSU’s 14th appearance in the NCAA Tournament, where the Racers scored their second win in program history with a victory over Vanderbilt in 2010. MSU won a record 31 games and had the nation’s longest winning streak at 17. Last season, MSU made a back-to-back post-season appearance in 2011 by playing in the National Invitation Tournament. He was introduced as head coach on May 23, 2011, promoted after serving as an assistant coach for the last five seasons under Billy Kennedy, who became head coach at Texas A&M University. He has led Murray State in 2011 to its best start in 75 years.

Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Murray State (Ohio Valley Conference) (2011–present)
2011-2012 Murray State 13-0 1-0
Murray State: 13-0 1-0
Total:

      National champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference tournament champion
      Conference regular season & conference tournament champion       Conference division champion

References

  1. ^ a b "2011-12 Men's Basketball Coaching Staff". Murray State Racers. Murray State Athletics. http://www.goracers.com/coaches.aspx?rc=413&path=mbball. Retrieved 25 May 2011. 
  2. ^ a b c Grant, Michael (May 24, 2011). "Murray State hires assistant Steve Prohm as new head coach". The Courier-Journal. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/post/2011/05/murray-state-hires-assistant-steve-prohm-as-new-head-coach/1. Retrieved 25 May 2011. 
Current men's basketball head coaches of the Ohio Valley Conference