BOSTON – The finalists for the 2022 Skip Prosser Man of the Year award were announced on Tuesday afternoon, as Wofford head men's basketball coach Jay McAuley is one of 20 head coaches that span across mid-major and Power Five conferences to be named a finalist.
 
The Skip Prosser Man of the Year award honors those who not only achieve success on the basketball court but who display moral integrity off the floor as well.
 
Additionally, McAuley is the lone Southern Conference head coach to be named amongst the contingent.
 
In his third year at the helm, Wofford finished the season 19-13 overall, including a Nov. 28 win over the SEC's Georgia in Athens, while landing at least two All-Southern Conference selections for the third straight year. The team has achieved 19 wins twice in three years under McAuley, while having recorded winning seasons each year under his direction.
 
Well-respected among the coaching community, McAuley was featured in The Athletic's annual 40-under-40 publication, tabbed No. 17 on the list of 40 influential people in men's college basketball who are under the age of 40.
 
McAuley was also named a finalist for the 2019-20 Joe B. Hall Award, which is presented each year to the nation's top first-year coach in Division I basketball.
 
In his first year, McAuley led Wofford to 19 wins, including a Dec. 15 victory over then-No. 17 North Carolina in Chapel Hill for Wofford's second win over an AP Top 25 team in school history.
 
McAuley also guided the Terriers to a SoCon tournament run that featured an upset of No. 2 seed Furman and a win over No. 6 seed Chattanooga to send Wofford to its second consecutive SoCon Championship game. His 19 wins in his debut season as a head coach rank first all-time at Wofford, topping both Richard Johnson and former Wofford great Mike Young, while having earned invitations to multiple postseason tournaments over the past three seasons.
 
Additionally, student-athletes that have exhausted their eligibility under McAuley have graduated, producing an emphasis on academic excellence in landing three Academic All-SoCon and 17 SoCon Academic Honor Roll selections since 2019.
 
 
SKIP PROSSER MAN OF THE YEAR AWARD FINALISTS
Chris Beard, Texas
Kenny Blakeney, Howard
Mike Brey, Notre Dame
Ed Cooley, Providence
Hubert Davis, North Carolina
Dave Dickerson, USC Upstate
Joe Golding, UTEP
Shaheen Holloway, Saint Peter's
Jason Hooten, Sam Houston
Justin Hutson, Fresno State
James Jones, Yale
Robert Jones, Norfolk State
Tod Kowalczyk, Toledo
Jay McAuley, Wofford
Matt McMahon, Murray State
Matt Painter, Purdue
Rob Senderoff, Kent State
Todd Simon, Southern Utah
Pat Skerry, Towson
Mark Slessinger, New Orleans