Peyton Prudhomme - Director of Video Operations - Men's Basketball Support Staff

Peyton Prudhomme

Title:
Director of Video Operations
Email:
peyton.prudhomme@gcu.edu
Alma mater:
Texas Wesleyan (2018)
Year at GCU:
5th season

Road to GCU
YEAR	SCHOOL	POSITION
2014-15	Northwestern State	Student-Athlete
2016-18	Texas Wesleyan	Student-Athlete
2018-20	Baylor	Grad. Asst.
2020-22	GCU	Dir. of Video
2022-23	GCU	Dir. of Ops
2023-24	GCU	Chief of Staff
2024-pres	GCU	Asst. Coach

Peyton Prudhomme is in his fifth season on the staff of the Grand Canyon men's basketball program for the 2024-25 season and begins his first season as an assistant coach. Prudhomme has previously held the roles of chief of staff for one season, director of operations for one season and director of video operations for two seasons.

In his first role on staff as the director of video operations, Prudhomme oversaw film exchange, breaking down game and practice film and creating player development edits and highlight packages for coaches, players and recruits. As director of operations and then chief of staff, he oversaw the day-to-day operations of the program and staff including scheduling, managers, equipment, video and more.

Prudhomme has been on head coach Bryce Drew's staff from Year 1 at GCU. During his tenure, the Lopes have won two WAC regular-season titles, three WAC Tournament titles and appeared in three NCAA tournaments. The program hit a new high in 2023-24, winning 30 games and winning the program's first NCAA tournament game, a victory over fifth-seeded Saint Mary's. GCU finished the year as a top-50 team in the NET rankings.

In his first season with the Lopes, Prudhomme helped lead GCU to its first WAC regular-season championship, first WAC tournament championship and first trip to the NCAA tournament. Prudhomme and the Lopes coaching staff inherited a 13-17 squad and went 17-7 in 2020-21.

The Lopes staff was charged with replacing GCU's two leading scorers heading into their second season. Behind the development of Jovan Blacksher Jr. and the addition of Holland Woods II, the Lopes posted a 23-8 mark in 2021-22. GCU's best win by metrics in its D-I program history came on Dec. 18 in the Colangelo Classic as GCU topped previously undefeated San Francisco.

In 2022-23, GCU made an improbable run through the 2023 WAC Tournament by winning four games in four days as the No. 5 seed to become the lowest seeded team to win the WAC Tournament since 2001. The Lopes made their second ever NCAA Tournament appearance and were paired up against Gonzaga.

Prior to GCU, Prudhomme spent two seasons as a graduate assistant on the Baylor men’s basketball staff, working under Bears head coach Scott Drew, the older brother of Bryce Drew. Prudhomme’s day-to-day responsibilities included cutting film, leading player development workouts, helping direct team camps, scouting opponents and compiling player highlights. In the 2019-20 season, the Bears’ held the nation’s longest No. 1 ranking at five weeks. Baylor was 26-4 and primed for a postseason run before cancellation.

Prudhomme’s playing career started with two years at Northwestern State (Natchitoches, Louisiana) before transferring to wrap at Texas Wesleyan (Forth Worth, Texas) for two years. He was a part of a Texas Wesleyan team that won the 2017 NAIA Division I National Championship.

He is the grandson of former LSU basketball head coach Dale Brown who resides in the College Basketball Hall of Fame after coaching the Tigers for 25 seasons and going to two Final Fours.

Prudhomme graduated with a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from Texas Wesleyan in 2018 and a master’s degree in sport pedagogy from Baylor in 2020.