Skip Prosser (Wake Forest Men's Basketball Coach) Collapses and Dies....

[The Great Escape]

http://www.sportsline.com/


Deepest sympathies to the Wake Forest community and the Prosser family.

[taterguy]

1. Thanks for the update, I'm stunned

I live in Winston and I really liked Prosser. I ran into him at a Dwight Yoakem show last year. He was a really nice guy. Even if you're not a sports fan, this guy was real, someone with, uh, soul.

Gonna shed a tear now.

[LostinVA]

4. OMFG -- I lived in Greensboro for almost ten years

:scared:

[jobycom]

2. Oh no! Condolences. nt

[Lance_Boyle]

3. That's sad. He was well liked in the ACC,

and it's a damn shame he won't get to see his last recruiting class perform for the Deacons. They'll be a force again soon.

[taterguy]

5. He was well liked in his community which is just as important

I took my dogs out for a walk after reading the news. All I could think about was that Prosser was the local Humane Society's host for their annual big fund raiser. They picked him because he was a bit of celeb but also he was a really good guy to hang around with. And he cared, which is a cliche but I can't think of a better phrase.

I'm taking this quite hard because my old dog that I cherished was from the Humane Society and I know that Prosser helped that particular organization.

I know a lot of people who read this site couldn't give a damn about sports but trust me, Prosser was one of the good guys. He used his position of fame to make his corner of the world a better place and he'll be sorely missed.

This is a bit out of character from my usual snarky persona but well, I wanted folks to know that there was more to him than just a guy that taught men how to dribble a basketball.