Chris Prothro

Chris Prothro is an American baseball coach and former catcher, who is the current head baseball coach of the Eastern Kentucky Colonels. He played college baseball at Northwestern State, Crowder College and Arkansas State for coach Keith Kessinger from 2004 to 2005.

Chris Prothro
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamEastern Kentucky
ConferenceOhio Valley
Record0–0
Biographical details
Born1982 (age 3839)
Shreveport, Louisiana
Playing career
2002Northwestern State
2003Crowder
2004–2005Arkansas State
Position(s)Catcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2006–2007North Iowa Area CC (H/C/OF)
2008–2015Nicholls State (H/C/P/OF/AHC/RC)
2016–2020South Alabama (H/RC)
2021–presentEastern Kentucky
Head coaching record
Overall0–0
TournamentsNCAA: 0–0

Coaching career

After his playing career ended, Prothro became an assistant baseball coach at North Iowa Area Community College, where he worked with hitters, catchers and outfielders.[1] Following two seasons at North Iowa, he joined the coaching staff of the Nicholls State Colonels where he was on the staff of his former head coach at Crowder, Chip Durham.[1] In July, 2015, Prothro was hired as the recruiting coordinator at South Alabama.[2]

On September 30, 2020, Prothro was named the 8th head coach in the history of Eastern Kentucky.[3]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Eastern Kentucky Colonels (Ohio Valley Conference) (2021–present)
2021 Eastern Kentucky 0–00–0
Eastern Kentucky: 0–00–0
Total:0–0

      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. Carolyn Noble (April 13, 2011). "Assistant head coach provides multiple roles for team". Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  2. Cherish Simpson (October 1, 2020). "EKU hires Chris Prothro as new baseball head coach". www.easternprogress.com. Eastern Progress. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  3. Keith Farmer (September 30, 2020). "EKU names Chris Prothro as its new head baseball coach". www.lex18.com. Scripps Local Media. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
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