HEAD COACH STEVE PROHM

Murray State Head Coach

► Introduced as the Racers’ 17th head coach on March 28, 2022.
► Prohm’s return for a second era at Murray State was presented when Coach Matt McMahon became head coach at LSU.
► Prohm leads the Murray State program into its first season as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference in 2022-23.
► It will be his 24th overall season in college basketball and 11th as a head coach in 2022-23.

Murray State Head Coach

► Prohm’s first run as Racer head coach produced an amazing 104-29 record in four seasons from 2011-15.
► MSU teams won two Ohio Valley Conference regular season titles in 2012 and 2015 and a game in the 2012 NCAA Tournament.
► 2011-12 team established the Racers as the final undefeated team in the nation at 23-0 with a top-10 national ranking and set the OVC record with 31 wins.
► 2013-14 team won the CollegeInsider.com Tournament (CIT) and were one of only four teams that finished the season with a win. The others were NCAA champion UConn, NIT winner Minnesota and College Basketball Invitational (CBI) winner Siena.
► 2014-15 team went undefeated in the OVC play, won a conference record 25 consecutive games, and advanced to the quarterfinals of the NIT.
► Prohm was voted twice OVC Coach of the Year and was named Basketball Times National Coach of the Year in 2012.
► During his 10 seasons at Murray State, Prohm coached All-OVC players including Ivan Aska, Isaiah Canaan, Bruce Carter, Ed Daniel, Tony Easley, B.J. Jenkins, Jewuan Long, Isacc Miles, Cameron Payne, Donte Poole, Danero Thomas, Jarvis Williams, Shawn Witherspoon
► NBA draft selections, Isaiah Canaan and Cameron Payne combined to win three OVC Player of the Year awards between 2012-15 and each earned All-America honors.
► Prohm was the first MSU coach to start his career with 20 wins in three straight seasons.
► Was fastest MSU coach to 75 victories.
► Helped keep MSU’s streak of consecutive winning seasons that eventually went to 29 seasons in a row.
► With Coach Kennedy and Prohm, the Racers had five straight 20-win seasons.