Benny Dees

Benny Dees (born December 29, 1936) is an American retired college basketball coach. He was head coach of the University of New Orleans Privateers team from 1985 to 1987, the University of Wyoming team from 1987 to 1993 and Western Carolina University from 1993 to 1995. Additionally, Dees served as assistant coach at Georgia Tech, Alabama, and Western Kentucky. In 1987 he led the University of New Orleans to their first NCAA Championship Tournament.[1]

Benny Dees
Biographical details
Born (1934-12-29) December 29, 1934
Mount Vernon, Georgia
Playing career
Basketball
1957–1958Wyoming
Baseball
c. 1958Wyoming
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Basketball
1962–1967Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
1968–1970VCU
1970–1973Western Kentucky (assistant)
1977–1979Georgia Tech (assistant)
1979–1980Georgia Tech {Women's HC}
1980–1985Alabama (assistant)
1985–1987New Orleans
1987–1993Wyoming
1993–1995Western Carolina
Head coaching record
Overall197–144 (college)
Tournaments1–2 (NCAA Division I)
1–1 (NIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
WAC Tournament (1988)

While attending college at the University of Wyoming, Dees lettered in basketball and baseball. Upon retirement, Dees returned to his native Georgia, where he coached high school basketball. He retired as head coach of the Toombs County High School boys' basketball team in 2010. Dees is married to Nancy Dees, who coached women's basketball at the University of West Georgia. Benny and Nancy Dees have one son, Josh Dees, who played basketball for the University of Wyoming and Western Carolina University and now serves as assistant coach at the College of Southern Idaho

Head coaching record

College
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
VCU Rams (Independent) (1968–1970)
1968–69 VCU 12–11
1969–70 VCU 13–10
VCU: 25–21 (.543)
New Orleans Privateers (NCAA Division I independent) (1985–1987)
1985–86 New Orleans 16–12
1986–87 New Orleans 26–4NCAA Division I Second Round
New Orleans: 42–16 (.724)
Wyoming Cowboys (Western Athletic Conference) (1987–1993)
1987–88 Wyoming 26–611–52ndNCAA Division I First Round
1988–89 Wyoming 14–176–107th
1989–90 Wyoming 15–147–97th
1990–91 Wyoming 20–128–84thNIT Second Round
1991–92 Wyoming 16–138–86th
1992–93 Wyoming 13–157–118th
Wyoming: 104–77 (.575)47–51 (.480)
Western Carolina Catamounts (Southern Conference) (1993–1995)
1993–94 Western Carolina 12–168–105th
1994–95 Western Carolina 14–148–62nd
Western Carolina: 26–30 (.464)16–16 (.500)
Total:197–144 (.578)

      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
  1. Roach, John (March 13, 2017). "UNO's only NCAA Tournament win was one for the ages". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved October 19, 2017.


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