Tony Benford

Tony Benford
Current position
Title Assistant head coach
Team LSU
Conference SEC
Biographical details
Born (1964-03-22) March 22, 1964
Hobbs, New Mexico
Playing career
1982–1986 Texas Tech
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1992–1998 New Mexico (asst.)
1998–2004 Arizona State (asst.)
2004–2006 Arizona State (assoc. HC)
2006–2008 Nebraska (asst.)
2008–2011 Marquette (asst.)
2011–2012 Marquette (assoc. HC)
2012–2017 North Texas
2017–Present LSU (asst.)
Head coaching record
Overall 62–95

Tony L. Benford (born March 22, 1964) is an American basketball coach who is the current assistant head coach at Louisiana State University. Benford was an assistant coach under Buzz Williams with the Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team before being named head coach at University of North Texas.

Biography

A native of Hobbs, New Mexico — and 1982 graduate of Hobbs High School — Benford played under coach Ralph Tasker. Benford is married with four children.[1] He attended Texas Tech University, where he played on the Red Raiders basketball team for head coach Gerald Myers. While Benford played for Texas Tech, the 1984–85 Red Raiders team won both the Southwest Conference (SWC) regular season title and SWC Classic. The 1985–86 Red Raiders team won the SWC Classic, and Benford was named "Most Outstanding Player" in the conference tournament.[2] Benford was drafted by the Boston Celtics in the fourth round of the 1986 NBA Draft before playing in the Dutch Basketball League.

Coaching career

Benford's first coaching experience was as an assistant with the New Mexico Lobos. Later he served as an assistant with the Arizona State Sun Devils and the Nebraska Cornhuskers before joining the Golden Eagles in 2008.[3] Benford was promoted to associate head coach at Marquette for the 2011-12 season. On April 24, 2012, Benford was named the new men's basketball head coach of the North Texas Mean Green.[4] He was relieved of those duties March 5, 2017.

Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
North Texas Mean Green (Sun Belt Conference) (2012–2013)
2012–13 North Texas 12–207–134th
North Texas Mean Green (Conference USA) (2013–2017)
2013–14 North Texas 16–166–1011th
2014–15 North Texas 14–178–10T–7th
2015–16 North Texas 12–207–11T–9th
2016–17 North Texas 8–222–1614th
North Texas: 62–9530–60
Total:62–95

      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. ↑ http://www.gomarquette.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/benford_tony00.html
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-11-30. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
  3. ↑ http://www.gomarquette.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/042408aab.html
  4. ↑ http://espn.go.com/dallas/ncb/story/_/id/7850281/tony-benford-new-north-texas-mean-green-head-coach
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