University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Jack Trosper Named Assistant Head Coach for Lady Eagles Basketball
7/22/2019 4:45:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Trosper comes to Southern Miss from Wabash Valley College.
Jack Trosper
"I want to thank Mr. Jeremy McClain and Coach McNelis for the opportunity to be a part of such a great athletic program! It's been dream of mine to coach at the division 1 level while helping to impact young lives for the better and I could not have asked for a better situation to come in to."
Head Coach Joye Lee-McNelis
"We are excited about Jack Trosper joining our Lady Eagle family. He brings energy, enthusiasm, and strong values of discipline which has allowed his teams to enjoy much success at the junior college level. He brings knowledge of the game and adds a different dimension in our recruiting that is needed to help us continue to compete for championships. He shares in the belief that passion, work ethic and sacrifice starts within staff and flows through the team. As a head junior college coach, he has held many responsibilities and one that he enjoys is being an active part of public relations, community-campus involvement while sharing the vision of the program. Last season, his team was ranked No. 1 in the country and played with the stated description of what he brings to our program."
For the 2018-19 season, Trosper served as the head women's basketball coach at Wabash Valley College and led his Warriors to a 32-1 finish. At one point during the season, the team was ranked No. 1 in all of the NJCAA for the first time in school history. The Warriors went 18-0 in conference play, being named the Great Rivers Athletic Conference Regular Season Champion. He and his team went into the NJCAA Championships as the No. 1 seed, and made it through to the quarterfinals where they lost to the eventual-runner up, New Mexico. He also coached sophomore guard Alexis Thomas and freshman guard Keya Patton to earn All-American accolades at the end of the season, bringing his all-time total to three. Trosper earned himself some accolades as well, being named the 2019 GRAC, District P and IBCA Coach of the Year.
Trosper was an assistant under former head coach Luke Scheidecker for the 2017-18 season and helped lead the Lady Warriors to a 30-3 record.
Previously to Wabash Valley, Trosper was the head coach at Southeastern Illinois College for three seasons. Coach Trosper turned around a women's program with a previous three-year record of 16-71 into a record of 55-37 with a second place finish in the Great Rivers Athletic Conference. In his third season, they were fortunate to finish 26-6 and be recognized in the NJCAA Top 25 rankings for the first time in 10 years at SIC. They also competed in the District P Championship, falling short to No. 13 Wabash Valley 67-69. Trosper has coached three Freshmen of the Year, one Player of the Year, one All-American and several All-Conference and All-Region selections. He was named the Region 24 and GRAC Coach of the Year in 2017.
Some of Coach Trosper's previous work experience includes being the men's assistant at Southeastern Illinois College, men's assistant at Eastern New Mexico University and boys' varsity assistant at Madisonville High School in Texas.
Coach Trosper attended Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi and received a bachelor's degree in Kinesiology. While at TAMUCC, he was also a student assistant for the men's basketball program that won the 2007 Southland Conference Regular Season and Tournament Championships. TAMUCC also competed in the NCAA Tournament against the No. 2 seeded Wisconsin, which has been the only national tournament appearance in school history to date.
