Jean Prioleau

Jean Prioleau
Prioleau at a fundraising event for San Jose State in 2017.
Current position
TitleAssistant coach
TeamStephen F. Austin
ConferenceSouthland
Biographical details
Born (1970-03-30) March 30, 1970 (age 54)
New York City, U.S.
Playing career
1988–1992Fordham
1992, 1993Long Island Surf
1992–1993Yakima Sun Kings
1993Grand Rapids Hoops
1993–1994Sioux Falls Skyforce
1997–1999Sicc BPA Jesi
Position(s)Guard / point guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999–2000Fordham (assistant)
2000–2005Wichita State (assistant)
2005–2006Marquette (assistant)
2006–2008Iowa State (assistant)
2008–2010TCU (assistant)
2010–2013Colorado (assistant)
2013–2017Colorado (assoc. Head Coach)
2017–2021San Jose State
2023–presentStephen F. Austin (assistant)

Jéan-Edúard Prioleau (born March 30, 1970) is an American college basketball coach. He is currently assistant coach at Stephen F. Austin State University. Previously, he was head men's basketball coach at San Jose State from 2017 to 2021.

Prioleau grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey, and graduated from Teaneck High School. played college basketball at Fordham, where he was a two-time all-Patriot League honoree and helped Fordham qualify for the NCAA tournament for the first time in over 20 years. From 1992 to 1999, Prioleau played professional basketball for the Continental Basketball Association in the U.S. and various European leagues.

In 1999, Prioleau began his basketball coaching career at Fordham. He subsequently had assistant coaching positions at Wichita State under Mark Turgeon, Marquette under Tom Crean, Iowa State under Greg McDermott, TCU under Jim Christian, and Colorado under Tad Boyle. After 18 years as an assistant coach, Prioleau got his first head coaching position at San Jose State in 2017.

Early life and college basketball career

Prioleau was born in New York City and raised in Teaneck, New Jersey. At Teaneck High School, Prioleau was named all-state third team and all-league as well as all-county first team.[1]

At Fordham University, Prioleau played at guard for the Fordham Rams from 1988 to 1992.[2][3] In the 1991 Patriot League men's basketball tournament title game, Prioleau the winning three at the buzzer in Fordham's 84–81 win over Holy Cross.[2] As a senior, Prioleau averaged 12.8 points per game and led Fordham to its fourth NCAA Tournament appearance in 1992.[2][3] Prioleau earned second-team All-Patriot League honors in 1991 and 1992.[2] He left the program second in career steals and fifth in career points. Prioleau graduated with a Bachelor of Science in physics.[4] In 2000, Prioleau was inducted into the Fordham Athletics Hall of fame.[2]

Pro basketball career

Following his college career, Prioleau played two seasons in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) for the Yakima Sun Kings, the Grand Rapids Hoops and the Sioux Falls Skyforce. In 55 games, his CBA career averages were 3.7 points and 1.8 assists per game.[5]

Prioleau played for a Swiss team in 1994–95 and Turkish team in 1995–96. Then from 1997 to 1999, Prioleau played for Italian team Sicc BPA Jesi.[1]

Coaching career

Early coaching career (1999–2010)

Prioleau returned to Fordham to begin his coaching career as an assistant under new coach Bob Hill in 1999.[1] Fordham went 14–15 (7–9 in Atlantic 10 Conference games), a two-game improvement overall and in conference from the last season.[6]

From 2000 to 2005, Prioleau was an assistant coach at Wichita State under Mark Turgeon.[1][4] The new coaching staff inherited a program that had just one winning season in the entire 1990s.[7] Wichita State qualified for the National Invitation Tournament three straight seasons from 2003 to 2005; Prioleau helped build some of the best recruiting classes in program history.[8]

In the 2005–06 season, Prioleau was an assistant coach at Marquette under Tom Crean. Marquette went 20–11 and qualified for the NCAA tournament.[9]

From 2006 to 2008, Prioleau was an assistant coach at Iowa State under Greg McDermott. Iowa State went 15–16 and 2006–07 and 14–18 in 2007–08.[9] Then from 2008 to 2010, Prioleau was an assistant coach at TCU under Jim Christian. TCU went 14–17 and 13–19 in Prioleau's two seasons on staff.[9]

Colorado assistant (2010–2017)

On May 12, 2010, new head coach Tad Boyle hired Prioleau as an assistant coach on his staff at Colorado.[10] Coming off four straight losing seasons, Colorado improved to 24–11 and an NIT appearance.[11][9] Prioleau was promoted to associate head coach in 2013 and would remain on staff through the 2016–17 season; Colorado had winning records and postseason appearances every season including four NCAA Tournament appearances (2012–14 and 2016).[9][12]

San Jose State (2017–2021)

On August 4, 2017, Prioleau was hired as head coach at San Jose State.[9] Previous head coach Dave Wojcik resigned the previous month following a 14–16 season.[13][14] By the end of the month, top scorer Brandon Clarke transferred to Gonzaga.[13] Prioleau's first season at San Jose State had a 4–27 record, with a 1–17 record in Mountain West Conference play.[15] After the season, three starting players transferred.[16] The 2018–19 season had the same win–loss record.[17]

The 2019–20 season began with an upset of defending Colonial Athletic Association regular season champion Hofstra in an away game.[18] San Jose State had a 2–3 start in Mountain West play after wins over New Mexico and defending Mountain West regular season champion Nevada in the first two weeks of January. However, San Jose State finished only marginally better than last season with a 7–24 (3–15 MW).[19]

In Prioleau's final season as head coach in 2020–21, San Jose State went 5–16 (2–12 MW).[20] Multiple games were canceled or rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 12, 2021, Prioleau was fired.[21]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
San Jose State Spartans (Mountain West Conference) (2017–2021)
2017–18 San Jose State 4–26 1–17 11th
2018–19 San Jose State 4–27 1–17 11th
2019–20 San Jose State 7–24 3–15 10th
2020–21 San Jose State 5–16 3–13 9th
San Jose State: 20–93 (.177) 8–62 (.114)
Total: 20–93 (.177)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Men's Basketball: Coaches". GoShockers.com. Wichita State University. Archived from the original on February 16, 2001. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Hall of Fame: Jean-Eduard Prioleau". Fordham University Athletics. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "1991-92 Fordham Rams Roster and Stats".
  4. ^ a b "Jean Prioleau". San Jose State University. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
  5. ^ "Jean Prioleau". State Crew. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
  6. ^ "1999-00 Fordham Rams Roster and Stats".
  7. ^ "Wichita State Shockers Index".
  8. ^ "Jean Prioleau". Iowa State University. Archived from the original on February 25, 2009. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
  9. ^ a b c d e f "Jean Prioleau Named San José State University Men's Basketball Head Coach". San José State University. August 4, 2017. Archived from the original on August 5, 2017. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
  10. ^ "Prioleau & Rohn Join Men's Basketball Staff". CUBuffs.com. University of Colorado Boulder. May 11, 2010. Archived from the original on May 19, 2010. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
  11. ^ "Colorado Buffaloes Index".
  12. ^ "2013-14 Men's Basketball Roster".
  13. ^ a b Meehan, Jim (August 30, 2017). "San Jose State transfer Brandon Clarke commits to Gonzaga". The Spokesman-Review. Archived from the original on August 31, 2017. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
  14. ^ "2016-17 San Jose State Spartans Roster and Stats".
  15. ^ "2017-18 San Jose State Spartans Roster and Stats".
  16. ^ Boyd, Lindsey; Gonzalez, Ernie (March 16, 2018). "Welage, Hillsman, Fisher III all leaving SJSU". The Spear. San Jose State University. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
  17. ^ "2018-19 San Jose State Spartans Roster and Stats".
  18. ^ "Spartans Stun Hofstra In Season Opener With 79-71 Victory". San Jose State University. November 6, 2019. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
  19. ^ "2019-20 San Jose State Spartans Schedule and Results".
  20. ^ "2020-21 San Jose State Spartans Schedule and Results".
  21. ^ "San José State Announces Change of Leadership For Men's Basketball". San Jose State University. March 12, 2021. Retrieved May 21, 2021.

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