Coach Steve Prest insists that Shaun Murphy's shock Embassy World Championship triumph will not be a one-off success for the 22-year-old.

Murphy became the first qualifier for 26 years to win snooker's biggest prise when he overcame Matthew Stevens in a gripping final in Sheffield.

It guaranteed Murphy a £250,000 pay cheque - more than 16 times his previous highest of £15,000 for reaching the first round at the Crucible two years ago.

While Murphy's success came out of the blue, Prest is adamant the Rotherham-based player can build on his fortnight of glory in which he disposed of three former world champions in John Higgins, Steve Davis and Peter Ebdon.

Prest said: ''We know that Shaun is going to be the player now that everyone wants to play - but whether they beat him or not is a different matter.

''They will all be out to beat the world champion, which is a big thing for a player to do at any time, but we will be ready for them.

''We are now going to have to experience a different kind of pressure with Shaun being world champion, it is going to be a big learning curve for both of us.

''You have to stay level-headed and if you are anything but that in sport, then you are not going to succeed. But what has happened won't be a one-off. We will make sure of that.

''To try and keep the way that Shaun has performed in the past fortnight on a consistent level is what we will work on in the summer to help us be ready for next season's challenges.''

Prest, a former professional player himself, gave up playing on the Challenge Tour to work full-time as Murphy's coach seven months ago.

He said: ''I had been dying to work with Shaun for the last five or six years.

''Everyone knew his potential and it was an easy decision for me to give up playing to coach him full-time.

''I've known him for quite a while as a friend and I met Shaun's father Tony who suggested we practised together.

''The chance arose seven months ago after Shaun phoned me up and we have not looked back.

''He used to come to my house, stay over, eat a whole fridge full of food - and then batter me on the snooker table!

''He has always had a superb cue action and we made a couple of changes to Shaun's game technically which we feel have enhanced his natural ability.

''We have worked on things like pack-splitting and the safety aspect of the game and everything came to fruition in this past fortnight.

''We have tried to take the best parts of a lot of players, put them together to create a complete player."