BOSTON, Mass. – 10^th year head coach Russell Turner was named a finalist for the 2020 Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award and the Hugh Durham Award.
 
The Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award is presented annually to those who not only achieve success on the basketball court but who also display moral integrity off it as well. Turner was named as one of 25 finalists from around the country.
 
Turner was also named as one of 25 finalists for the Hugh Durham Award, presented annually to the nation's top mid-major coach. This mark's the second-straight year he was named a finalist for the Hugh Durham Award. 
 
In his 10^th season at the helm, Turner became UCI's winningest coach in school history with a 209-139 record. He reached 200 wins to become the seventh coach in Big West history and 8^th coach to reach 100 Big West wins. He currently sits second in the Big West in active career wins.
 
Turner led the Anteaters to its sixth 20-win campaign over the last seven seasons and has averaged 20.9 wins a year over 10 seasons.
 
The 2019-20 Big West Coach of the Year led UCI to its fifth Big West regular season title in the last seven seasons. He amassed his second-straight and fourth overall Big West Coach of the Year honor after leading the 'Eaters to a 13-3 mark in conference play.
 
Under his leadership, UCI was nationally ranked third in rebound margin (9.4), 11^th in total rebounds (1,269), 12^th in field goal percentage defense (.388) and 18^th in defensive rebound (28.16). The 'Eaters also topped the Big West in five statistical categories including assists per game (14.8), steals per game (6.4) and field goal percentage (.473).
 
UCI concluded its season with a 21-11 overall record and 13-3 Big West mark. The 'Eaters were the No. 1 seed in the Big West Tournament before the event got canceled.
 
The Hugh Durham Award is presented annually to the nation's top mid-major
coach.  In eight seasons as the head coach at Jacksonville University,
Durham became the Dolphins' all-time winningest Division I coach (106
wins), making him the only coach in NCAA history to be the winningest
coach (pct. or wins) at three different Division I schools.
 
He built national programs at Florida State where he holds the record for
best winning percentage with a 230-95 (.708) record in 12 years. And at
Georgia where he is also the all-time winningest coach in the 99-year
history of the Bulldog program, having won 297 games in 17 seasons.
 
2020 HUGH DURHAM AWARD FINALISTS
Casey Alexander, Belmont
John Becker, Vermont
Randy Bennett, Saint Mary's
Jerrod Calhoun, Youngstown State
Dane Fischer, William & Mary
Steve Forbes, ETSU
Joe Gallo, Merrimack
John Groce, Akron
Shaheen Holloway, Saint Peter's
Ben Jacobson, Northern Iowa
Chris Jans, New Mexico State
James Jones, Yale
Mike Jones, Radford
Kyle Keller, Stephen F. Austin
Pat Kelsey, Winthrop
Ritchie McKay, Liberty
Matt McMahon, Murray State
Joe Mihalich, Hofstra
Scott Nagy, Wright State
David Patrick, UC Riverside
Mark Pope, BYU
Bob Richey, Furman
Byron Smith, Prairie View A&M
Russell Turner, UC Irvine
Darrell Walker, Little Rock
 
 
 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 of 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.
 
2020 SKIP PROSSER AWARD FINALISTS
Casey Alexander, Belmont
Steve Alford, Nevada
Chris Beard, Texas Tech
Tony Bennett, Virginia
Jerrod Calhoun, Youngstown State
Tim Craft, Gardner-Webb
Rick Croy, California Baptist
Steve Forbes, ETSU
John Gallagher, Hartford
Greg Gard, Wisconsin
Joe Golding, Abilene Christian
Anthony Grant, Dayton
Chris Holtmann, Ohio State
James Jones, Yale
Greg Lansing, Indiana State
Frank Martin, South Carolina
Ritchie McKay, Liberty
Matt McMahon, Murray State
Joe Mihalich, Hofstra
Steve Pikiell, Rutgers
Mark Prosser, Western Carolina
Pat Skerry, Towson
Damon Stoudamire, Pacific
Andy Toole, Robert Morris
Russell Turner, UC Irvine