Steve Prohm is returning as head coach of the Murray state men's basketball team, the school announced Friday. Prohm previously spent a decade on the program's staff from 2005–2015, including four as head coaches.
Prom replaces his former assistant Matt McMahon, who was named head coach at LSU this week, replacing Will Wade.
After his first stint as head coach—in which he went 104–29—Prohm left for Iowa State, where he served as head coach from 2015–2021, winning the Big 12 tournament twice and three NCAA tournaments. participated in. He was fired by Iowa State, who joined coach T.J. on Friday night's Sweet 16. Oetzelberger, after leading 2–22 in his final season with zero conference wins.
Prohm's Murray State teams had previously won two Ohio Valley Conference regular-season titles (2012 and 2015) and one game in the 2012 NCAA Tournament. The team of 2014-15 reached the quarter finals of NIT.
Murray State advanced to the second round of this year's NCAA Tournament before falling to St. Peter's. The school is going to the Missouri Valley convention on July 1.