Jean Prioleau

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. 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. As a senior, Prioleau averaged 12.8 points per game and led Fordham to its fourth NCAA Tournament appearance in 1992. Prioleau earned second-team All-Patriot League honors in 1991 and 1992. He left the program second in career steals and fifth in career points. Prioleau graduated with a Bachelor of Science in physics. In 2000, Prioleau was inducted into the Fordham Athletics Hall of fame. ==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. 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. ==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. From 2000 to 2005, Prioleau was an assistant coach at Wichita State under Mark Turgeon. The new coaching staff inherited a program that had just one winning season in the entire 1990s. 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. 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. Coming off four straight losing seasons, Colorado improved to 24–11 and an NIT appearance. San Jose State (2017–2021) On August 4, 2017, Prioleau was hired as head coach at San Jose State. Previous head coach Dave Wojcik resigned the previous month following a 14–16 season. By the end of the month, top scorer Brandon Clarke transferred to Gonzaga. Prioleau's first season at San Jose State had a 4–27 record, with a 1–17 record in Mountain West Conference play. After the season, three starting players transferred. The 2018–19 season had the same win–loss record. The 2019–20 season began with an upset of defending Colonial Athletic Association regular season champion Hofstra in an away game. 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). In Prioleau's final season as head coach in 2020–21, San Jose State went 5–16 (2–12 MW). Multiple games were canceled or rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 12, 2021, Prioleau was fired. ==Head coaching record==