BOSTON – Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball coach Bob Marlin was one of 16 Division I coaches named as finalists for the 2018 Skip Prosser Man of the Year award in an announcement on Friday.
Marlin, in his eighth season at Louisiana, guided the Ragin' Cajuns to a school-record 27 wins in 2017-18 and the school's first outright Sun Belt Conference regular-season title since 1991-92. He earned Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year honors and was the NABC District 24 Coach of the Year.
During the 2017-18 season, Louisiana reeled off a 16-2 record in Sun Belt Conference play – the most league wins for the Ragin' Cajuns in school history – and led the SBC in scoring offense (83.