BOSTON, Mass. – Head coach Greg Kampe was named by CollegeInsider.com as a finalist for the 2025-26 Skip Prosser Man of the Year award. The award is presented annually the Division I coach who wins with integrity on and off the court.

Kampe, who has been at the helm for 42 years at Oakland, is a staple in the community. He has helped the American Cancer Society raise over $500,000, spent time as a volunteer coach for eight days at Camp Arifjan-Kuwait leading a military team, helped with Boys and Girls Club of America, raised awareness for the Oakland County Shelter for Women in Need, and spends countless hours with Beyond Basics, education of inner city kids. The Defiance, Ohio native has amassed over 730 wins in over 1,300 collegiate games coached.
 
The Skip Prosser Man of the Year award honors those who not only achieve success on the basketball court but who display moral integrity on and off it as well.
 
In six years with the Deacons, Prosser posted a 126-68 record. For his career, he was 291-146 in 14 seasons including six as the head coach at Xavier and one year at Loyola (Md.).
 
At Wake Forest, Prosser's teams averaged 21 wins per season while playing in arguably the nation's most difficult league, the Atlantic Coast Conference. Prosser won 100 games at an ACC school quicker than all but two coaches in the 55-year history of the conference. He coached NBA stars Chris Paul and Josh Howard, led the Demon Deacons to the first No. 1 national ranking in school history and earned ACC Coach of the Year honors in 2003.
 
Prosser passed away of an apparent heart attack on July 26, 2007, in his office at Wake Forest. He had just returned from his morning jog.
 
The recipient of the annual award is determined by a 10-member voting committee, which consists of current and former head coaches, as well as two senior staff members of CollegeInsider.com.
 
The 2026 award will be announced in Indianapolis, the site of the men's Division I Basketball Championship.

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