Chris Prothro

Chris Prothro
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Eastern Kentucky
Conference	Ohio Valley
Record	0–0
Biographical details
Born	1982 (age 38–39); Shreveport, Louisiana
Playing career
2002	Northwestern State
2003	Crowder
2004–2005	Arkansas State
Position(s)	Catcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2006–2007	North Iowa Area CC (H/C/OF)
2008–2015	Nicholls State (H/C/P/OF/AHC/RC)
2016–2020	South Alabama (H/RC)
2021–present	Eastern Kentucky
Head coaching record
Overall	0–0
Tournaments	NCAA: 0–0

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.

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
Eastern Kentucky Colonels (Ohio Valley Conference) (2021–present)
2021	Eastern Kentucky	0–0	0–0
Eastern Kentucky:		0–0	0–0
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

Carolyn Noble (April 13, 2011). "Assistant head coach provides multiple roles for team". Retrieved October 4, 2020.
Cherish Simpson (October 1, 2020). "EKU hires Chris Prothro as new baseball head coach". www.easternprogress.com. Eastern Progress. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
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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[nicholls-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.