Eddie Benton
Benton coaching in 2014 | |
| Robert Morris Colonials | |
|---|---|
| Position | Assistant coach |
| League | Horizon League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | February 16, 1975 |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Perry Traditional Academy (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| College | Vermont (1992–1996) |
| NBA draft | 1996: undrafted |
| Playing career | 1996–1999 |
| Position | Point guard |
| Coaching career | 1999–present |
| Career history | |
| As a player: | |
| 1996–1997 | Grand Rapids Hoops |
| As a coach: | |
| 1999–2001 | La Roche (men's asst.) |
| 2001–2004 | Robert Morris (men's asst.) |
| 2004–2012 | La Roche (women's HC) |
| 2012–2013 | Saint Francis (women's asst.) |
| 2013–2016 | Duquesne (women's asst.) |
| 2017–2018 | Cincinnati (women's asst.) |
| 2018–2021 | Brown (women's asst.) |
| 2021–2022 | Mississippi State (women's asst.) |
| 2022–2024 | Oakland Catholic HS (PA) (girls) |
| 2024-Present | Robert Morris (women's asst.) |
| Career highlights | |
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Eddie Benton, Jr. (born February 16, 1975) is an American college women's basketball coach, currently serving as an assistant coach for the Robert Morris women's basketball team. 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 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) or shorter. Benton then had a short-lived professional career before becoming a college coach.