Benny Dees

Benny Dees

Biographical details
Born	(1934-12-29) December 29, 1934 Mount Vernon, Georgia
Alma mater	University of Wyoming, 1958
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1962–67	Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
1968–70	VCU
1970–73	Western Kentucky (asst.)
1977–79	Georgia Tech (asst.)
1979–80	Georgia Tech
1980–85	Alabama (asst.)
1985–87	New Orleans
1987–93	Wyoming
1993–95	Western Carolina
Head coaching record
Overall	197–144 (.578)
Tournaments	NCAA: 1–2 NIT: 1–1
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1× WAC Tournament (1988)

Benny Dees (born December 29, 1936, in Mt. Vernon, Georgia) is a retired college basketball coach. He was head coach of the New Orleans Privateers team from 1985 to 1987, University of Wyoming from 1987 to 1993 and at the Western Carolina University from 1993 to 1995. Additionally, Dees served as assistant coach at Georgia Tech, Alabama, and Western Kentucky. While attending college 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

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
VCU Rams (Independent) (1968–1970)
1968–69	VCU	12–11
1969–70	VCU	13–10
VCU Rams:		25–21 (.543)
New Orleans Privateers (Independent) (1985–1987)
1985–86	New Orleans	16–12
1986–87	New Orleans	26–4			NCAA Second Round
New Orleans Privateers:		42–16 (.724)
Wyoming Cowboys (WAC) (1987–1993)
1987–88	Wyoming	26–6	11–5	2nd	NCAA First Round
1988–89	Wyoming	14–17	6–10	7th
1989–90	Wyoming	15–14	7–9	7th
1990–91	Wyoming	20–12	8–8	4th	NIT Second Round
1991–92	Wyoming	16–13	8–8	6th
1992–93	Wyoming	13–15	7–11	8th
Wyoming:		104–77 (.575)	47–51 (.480)
Western Carolina Catamounts (SoCon) (1993–1995)
1993–94	Western Carolina	12–16	8–10	5th
1994–95	Western Carolina	14–14	8–6	2nd
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