 Prioleau at a fundraising event for San Jose State in 2017. | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Assistant coach |
| Team | Stephen F. Austin |
| Conference | Southland |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | (1970-03-30)March 30, 1970 (age 55) New York City, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1988–1992 | Fordham |
| 1992, 1993 | Long Island Surf |
| 1992–1993 | Yakima Sun Kings |
| 1993 | Grand Rapids Hoops |
| 1993–1994 | Sioux Falls Skyforce |
| 1997–1999 | Sicc BPA Jesi |
| Position | Guard /point guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1999–2000 | Fordham (assistant) |
| 2000–2005 | Wichita State (assistant) |
| 2005–2006 | Marquette (assistant) |
| 2006–2008 | Iowa State (assistant) |
| 2008–2010 | TCU (assistant) |
| 2010–2013 | Colorado (assistant) |
| 2013–2017 | Colorado (assoc. Head Coach) |
| 2017–2021 | San Jose State |
| 2023–present | Stephen F. Austin (assistant) |
Jéan-Edúard Prioleau (born March 30, 1970) is an Americancollege basketball coach. He is currently assistant coach at Stephen F. Austin State University. Previously, he was head men's basketball coach atSan Jose State from 2017 to 2021.
Prioleau grew up inTeaneck, New Jersey, and graduated fromTeaneck High School. played college basketball atFordham, where he was a two-time all-Patriot League honoree and helped Fordham qualify for theNCAA tournament for the first time in over 20 years. From 1992 to 1999, Prioleau played professional basketball for theContinental 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 atWichita State underMark Turgeon,Marquette underTom Crean,Iowa State underGreg McDermott,TCU underJim Christian, andColorado underTad Boyle. After 18 years as an assistant coach, Prioleau got his first head coaching position atSan Jose State in 2017.
Prioleau was born in New York City and raised inTeaneck, New Jersey. AtTeaneck High School, Prioleau was named all-state third team and all-league as well as all-county first team.[1]
AtFordham University, Prioleau played atguard for theFordham Rams from 1988 to 1992.[2][3] In the 1991Patriot League men's basketball tournament title game, Prioleau the winning three at the buzzer in Fordham's 84–81 win overHoly Cross.[2] As a senior, Prioleau averaged 12.8 points per game and led Fordham to its fourth NCAA Tournament appearance in1992.[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 aBachelor of Science inphysics.[4] In 2000, Prioleau was inducted into theFordham Athletics Hall of fame.[2]
Following his college career, Prioleau played two seasons in theContinental Basketball Association (CBA) for theYakima Sun Kings, theGrand Rapids Hoops and theSioux 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 teamSicc BPA Jesi.[1]
Prioleau returned to Fordham to begin his coaching career as an assistant under new coachBob Hill in 1999.[1] Fordham went 14–15 (7–9 inAtlantic 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 atWichita State underMark 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 theNational 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 atMarquette underTom Crean. Marquette went 20–11 and qualified for theNCAA tournament.[9]
From 2006 to 2008, Prioleau was an assistant coach atIowa State underGreg McDermott. Iowa State went 15–16 in 2006–07 and 14–18 in 2007–08.[9] Then from 2008 to 2010, Prioleau was an assistant coach atTCU underJim Christian. TCU went 14–17 and 13–19 in Prioleau's two seasons on staff.[9]
On May 12, 2010, new head coachTad Boyle hired Prioleau as an assistant coach on his staff atColorado.[10] Coming off four straight losing seasons, Colorado improved to 24–11 and anNIT 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]
On August 4, 2017, Prioleau was hired as head coach atSan Jose State.[9] Previous head coachDave Wojcik resigned the previous month following a 14–16 season.[13][14] By the end of the month, top scorerBrandon Clarke transferred toGonzaga.[13] Prioleau's first season at San Jose State had a 4–27 record, with a 1–17 record inMountain 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 defendingColonial Athletic Association regular season championHofstra in an away game.[18] San Jose State had a 2–3 start in Mountain West play after wins overNew Mexico and defending Mountain West regular season championNevada 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]
| 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 | |||||||||