| 词条 | Eddie Benton |
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| name = Eddie Benton | image = Eddie Benton.jpg | image_size = 250 | caption = Benton coaching in 2014 | position = Point guard | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 11 | weight_lb = 175 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|2|16}} | birth_place = | nationality = American | high_school = Perry Traditional Academy (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) | college = Vermont (1992–1996) | draft_year = 1996 | career_start = 1996 | career_end = 1999 | years1 = 1996–1997 | team1 = Grand Rapids Hoops | cyears1 = 1999–2001 | cteam1 = La Roche (men's asst.) | cyears2 = 2001–2004 | cteam2 = Robert Morris (men's asst.) | cyears3 = 2004–2012 | cteam3 = La Roche (women's HC) | cyears4 = 2012–2013 | cteam4 = Saint Francis (women's asst.) | cyears5 = 2013–2016 | cteam5 = Duquesne (women's asst.) | cyears6 = 2017–2018 | cteam6 = Cincinnati (women's asst.) | cyears7 = 2018–present | cteam7 = Brown (women's asst.) | highlights =
}} Edward "Eddie" Benton, Jr. (born February 16, 1975)[1] is an American college women's basketball coach. He is best known for his collegiate playing career at the University of Vermont between 1992 and 1996. In his senior season he was named the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award winner, given annually to the best college senior player in the country who is {{height|ft=6|in=0}} or shorter. Benton then had a short-lived professional career before becoming a college coach. Playing careerHigh schoolBenton, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania native, attended Perry Traditional Academy from 1988 to 1992.[2] He was the team's sixth man during his sophomore and junior seasons before becoming the starting point guard as a senior in 1991–92.[2] Benton helped the Perry Commodores to their school's first state title during his junior year.[2] In his final year, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Fabulous Five" team after also being named an all-City League player.[3] CollegeBenton continued his basketball career at the University of Vermont; he went on to have the most decorated career in Vermont's program's history during his tenure. He scored a still-standing school record 2,474 points, including a record 54-point game against Drexel on January 29, 1994.[4] His point total was the second-highest in America East Conference history, and for his career he averaged 23.8 points per game.[4][5] In three of his four seasons, Benton finished in the top 12 nationally.[5] Benton scored his 1,000th career point during his sophomore season and became only the third NCAA Division I men's basketball player ever to record 1,000 points before his 19th birthday (others include LSU's Shaquille O'Neal and Duke's Mike Gminski).[6] He was named a First Team All-America East Conference performer in all four seasons, becoming just the third player in conference history to achieve that.[4] In 1995–96 Benton won the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award as the best senior player under 6-feet tall (he is 5'11").[7] At the time of Benton's graduation in 1996, he held 15 different offensive category school records, including career field goals, free throws, three-pointers and scoring average.[5] He also recorded 458 assists, the third-highest total in Vermont history as of his graduation.[4] ProfessionalBenton went undrafted in the 1996 NBA draft. He spent the 1996–97 season playing in the Continental Basketball Association for the Grand Rapids Hoops.[1] Over the following two seasons he played internationally in leagues in Israel, the Netherlands, and Venezuela.[1] Coaching careerAfter his short-lived professional career, Benton returned to the United States and got into coaching. His first job came in 1999 for the men's team at La Roche College, a Division III school in his native Pittsburgh. Staying local, he then spent three seasons with the men's program at Robert Morris University.[1] In 2004, La Roche hired Benton as the head women's basketball coach, where he would stay for eight years and compile 108 overall wins.[1] He led La Roche to two consecutive Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) championships, back-to-back Division III Tournament appearances, and in 2012 was named the AMCC Coach of the Year.[1] Benton spent the 2012–13 season as an assistant for the women's team at Saint Francis University before landing at Duquesne University in 2013–14.[1] From 2013 to 2017, Benton served as an assistant coach for the women's team at Duquesne.[1] After serving the 2017–18 season as an assistant coach of the women's basketball team at the University of Cincinnati, Benton accepted an assistant coaching position with Brown.[8][9] See also
References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{cite web| title =Eddie Benton bio|work =GoDuquesne.com| publisher =Duquesne University| year=2013| url =http://www.goduquesne.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/eddie_benton_850214.html| accessdate = January 20, 2014}} {{Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Benton, Eddie}}2. ^1 2 {{cite web| last =Hostutler| first =Mark| title =Heads of State: Pennsylvania's Greatest High School Basketball Players of the Modern Era| work =| publisher =iUniverse| year=2010| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=plTljveL_qAC&pg=PT443&lpg=PT443&dq=eddie+benton+pittsburgh+commodores&source=bl&ots=RL33xHnrib&sig=9iNWKiOccsoW8zarUxWhhfF7EY4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=8iHbUt_LE6PksASM2ICwCw&ved=0CE4Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=eddie%20benton%20pittsburgh%20commodores&f=false| format =| accessdate =January 20, 2014}} 3. ^{{cite web| title =Eddie Benton, Jr. Named Women's Basketball Assistant Coach| work =GoDuquesne.com| publisher =Duquesne University| date =June 26, 2013 | url =http://www.goduquesne.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/062613aab.html| accessdate = January 20, 2014}} 4. ^1 2 3 {{cite web| title =Vermont Athletic Hall of Fame – Eddie Benton Class of 1996| work =UVMathletics.com| publisher =University of Vermont| date =| url =http://www.uvmathletics.com/hof.aspx?hof=90&path=&kiosk=| accessdate = January 20, 2014}} 5. ^1 2 {{cite web| title =Assistant Coach Eddie Benton| work =SFUathletics.com| publisher =Saint Francis University| year=2012| url =http://www.sfuathletics.com/staff.aspx?staff=129| accessdate = January 20, 2014}} 6. ^{{cite web| last =Finder| first =Chuck| title =Benton scoring less but playing well at Vermont| publisher =Pittsburgh Post-Gazette| date =December 14, 1994| url =https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nq9RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xm4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2573%2C4346384| format =PDF| accessdate =January 20, 2014}} 7. ^{{cite web| last =Assad| first =David| title =Perry grad Benton a legend at Vermont| publisher =Pittsburgh Post-Gazette| date =January 5, 1994| url =https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2dpRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Q28DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2964%2C2012454| format =PDF| accessdate = January 20, 2014}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.gobearcats.com/news/2017/7/3/talented-duo-added-to-womens-basketball-coaching-staff.aspx|title=Talented Duo Added to Women’s Basketball Coaching Staff|publisher=}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=https://brownbears.com/staff.aspx?staff=281|title=Eddie Benton - Staff Directory|website=Brown University Athletics}} 15 : 1975 births|Living people|American expatriate basketball people in Israel|American expatriate basketball people in the Netherlands|American expatriate basketball people in Venezuela|American women's basketball coaches|Basketball players from Pennsylvania|Duquesne Dukes women's basketball coaches|Grand Rapids Hoops players|Point guards|Robert Morris Colonials men's basketball coaches|Sportspeople from Pittsburgh|Cincinnati Bearcats women's basketball coaches|Vermont Catamounts men's basketball players|American men's basketball players |
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