MANHATTAN, Kan. – After leading Kansas State to its second Big 12 title in his tenure, head coach Bruce Weber was recently named a finalist for the Skip Prosser Man of the Year and Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year honors, as announced by their respective organizations.

 

The Skip Prosser Man of the Year is presented annually to head coach who not only achieve success on the court but who also display moral integrity off it as well. It is named for the late Skip Prosser, who died suddenly in 2007 while the head coach at Wake Forest and won nearly 300 games at Loyola, Xavier and Wake Forest.

 

Weber is joined on the Prosser Man of the Year list by 24 other coaches nationally, including UCF’s Johnny Dawkins, Temple’s Fran Dunphy, Murray State’s Matt McMahon, Buffalo’s Nate Oats, UMBC’s Ryan Odom, Purdue’s Matt Painter, Southern Miss’ Doc Sadler and Wofford’s Mike Young.

 

The Jim Phelan Award is presented annually to the top coach in Division I. It is named for legendary Mount St. Mary’s head coach Jim Phelan, who amassed 830 wins in all divisions.

 

Weber is joined on the Phelan Award list by 24 other coaches nationally, including Tennessee’s Rick Barnes, Texas Tech’s Chris Beard, Michigan’s John Beilein, Virginia’s Tony Bennett, Gonzaga’s Mark Few, Michigan State’s Tom Izzo, Nevada’s Eric Musselman, Oats, Painter, Houston’s Kelvin Sampson and North Carolina’s Roy Williams.

 

Weber, who became the first K-State head coach to win 25 games in consecutive season, led the Wildcats to their second Big 12 title in 2018-19 as the squad tied No. 7/6 Texas Tech with identical 14-4 league records. K-State is currently 25-8 overall entering its anticipated NCAA Tournament selection. He became the third K-State head coach (Fred “Tex” Winter and Jack Hartman) to win 150 games at the school in the 70-61 win over TCU in the tournament quarterfinals on Thursday.

 

Weber was recently named the U.S. Basketball Writers Association District VI Coach of the Year.

 

Both awards will be announced on April 5 at the College Insider Awards Event at the Final Four in Minneapolis.

 

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TOM GILBERT
Director for Men’s Basketball Communications | K-State Athletics