Post by The Cats on Apr 30, 2020 8:21:32 GMT -5
Western Carolina men's basketball head coach Mark Prosser today announced the addition of Ben Betts to the Catamount coaching staff. Betts, a Madison Heights, Va. native, has 30 years of coaching experience including three years as a Division I head coach at South Carolina State.
Betts arrives in Cullowhee after spending the previous five seasons as an assistant coach at former Southern Conference member Georgia Southern. The Eagles compiled three-straight 20-win seasons over the last three years along with 10 All-Sun Belt players including 2019 Sun Belt Player of the Year and Honorable Mention All-America Tookie Brown. Before arriving in Statesboro, Betts spent one season as an assistant at IUPUI preceded by three seasons as an assistant at Tennessee State. Prior to joining the staff at Tennessee State, Betts spent the 2011-12 season as Director of Basketball at the Spectrum Sports Academy in Roanoke, Va. From 2006-11, he served as an assistant coach at Oklahoma where he mentored 2009 NBA No. 1 overall pick Blake Griffin and helped direct the Sooners to the NCAA Tournament in 2008 and 2009.
