Benny Dees
Alma Mater:
Class of:
Hometown:
Alston, GA
- Guided Wyoming to 1988 WAC Tournament title
- Head coach at Abraham Baldwin Junior College (GA)
- Assistant coach at Western Kentucky under John Oldham and Jim Richards for three seasons from 1970-71 through 1972-73, at Georgia Tech under Dwane Morrison for four seasons from 1977-78 through 1980-81, and at Alabama under Wimp Sanderson for four seasons from 1981-82 through 1984-85
- Made one of 12 field-goal attempts in 11 games under Everett Shelton
- Final Top 20 Rankings (two: AP/UPI/USA)--1987 (16/19/NR) and 1988 (13/14/NR)
- All-Americans (one): Wyoming's Fennis Dembo (1988).
Record:
Season | School | Overall | League | Finish | Conference (Division) | Postseason (Record) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12-11 | DNP | |||||
13-10 | DNP | |||||
New Orleans | 16-12 | DNP | ||||
New Orleans | 26-4 | NCAA (1-1) | ||||
26-6 | 11-5 | T-2nd | NCAA (0-1) | |||
14-17 | 6-10 | T-6th | DNP | |||
15-14 | 7-9 | T-6th | DNP | |||
20-12 | 8-8 | 4th | NIT (1-1) | |||
16-13 | 8-8 | T-6th | DNP | |||
13-15 | 7-11 | T-7th | DNP | |||
12-16 | 8-10 | 6th | DNP | |||
14-14 | 8-6 | 2nd | SC (South) | DNP |
- 12-Year Coaching Record: 197-144 (.578) overall
- 25-21 (.543) in two years at Virginia Commonwealth
- 42-16 (.724) in two years at New Orleans
- 104-77 (.575) in six years at Wyoming
- 26-30 (.464) in two years at Western Carolina
- 43-51 (.457) in Western Athletic Conference
- 16-16 (.500) in southern Conference
- 4-5 (.444) in WAC Tournament
- 3-2 (.600) in southern Conference Tournament
- 1-2 (.333) in NCAA Tournament
- 1-1 (.500) in NIT