Luber begins his fourth season with the Bearcats in 2015-16, the third as associate head coach. Quickly drawing attention for his coaching acumen and recruiting results, Luber has orchestrated three straight prominent recruiting classes that have boosted Binghamton’s stature in the America East Conference. In addition to being the programs recruiting coordinator, Ben oversees the team defense and player development.
“Ben has been instrumental in helping us rebuild this program,” Dempsey said. “He has done a lot of the heavy lifting behind the scenes to help us build the roster as well as develop the players in the program, both on and off the court.”
RecruitingLuber serves as the recruiting coordinator for the young Bearcats program. Since hiring Luber in 2012, Binghamton has recruited three consecutive America East All-Rookie selections.
In the past two seasons, BU has seen seven different players earn conference Rookie of the Week honors, an AE record during a two-year span.
In 2013-14, BU became the first school in league history to produce 4 different AE rookie of the week honorees.
Last season the bearcats fielded the youngest division 1 team and BU achieved its highest AE win total in five years. Binghamton was the only team in the nation whose top three scorers were all freshmen.
DefenseThe Bearcats have improved in their defensive efficiency each year that Luber has been with the program. In 2014-15 Binghamton gave up 62.9 points per game, the fewest the program has allowed in the last eight years.
He attributes learning the team’s up-tempo defensive game plan from mentor and friend, Billy Donovan, former head coach of the Florida Gators and current head coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Player DevelopmentLuber is now entering his seventh season as a division one basketball coach and claims that player development has been the most rewarding part of his coaching experience.
“I thoroughly enjoy helping individuals achieve their personal goals in basketball. I want to train players who are ambitious for our team to win championships and those who are willing to put the necessary time in to becoming their best. My philosophy has always been outwork your competition, study your weaknesses, and attack them with a relentless mindset.” Since his career began at Rider University in 2009, Ben has helped develop players who have since played professionally in Italy, France, Belgium, Lithuania, Australia, Hungary, Japan, Serbia, Macedonia, Argentina, Iceland, Czech Republic, and Greece.
Prior to coaching college basketball, Luber owned the Ben Luber Basketball Academy, LLC where he trained some of the top talent in Pennsylvania. One of his most notable protégés, Ryan Arcidiacono, is now the starting point guard at Villanova and recently won Big East Player of the Year honors in 2014-15.
Article on Luber training Villanova star Ryan Arcidiacono At Rider, Luber was part of a staff that produced a school-record 23 wins in 2010-11. He was in charge of guard play and his unit finished in the nation’s top-10 in three-point field goal percentage.
Luber served three seasons on Dempsey’s staff at Rider, earning a promotion from director of operations after his first year and spending the last two seasons as an assistant coach.
He was a four-year point guard and letter winner at Penn State, where he was a two-time team captain in the Big Ten Conference. He ranks among the Nittany Lions’ top-10 in career assists and steals. As a freshman, he was an Honorable Mention Freshman All-American selection by Street & Smith magazine.
After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology in 2007 Luber played professionally in Israel and Iceland.
In high school, Luber was a first team all-state honoree and set school records for career wins, points, assists and steals. He led his Council Rock North team to the Pennsylvania Sweet 16 and was twice named the Bucks County Player of the Year.
A native of Richboro, Pa., Luber is a current member of the Council Rock Hall of Fame.
Ben attributes his love for playing basketball to his grandfather Joe Spratt who is a St. Joseph University and Big 5 Hall of Famer. Joe’s stories about playing for the legendary Jack Ramsey inspired Luber to pursue coaching and motivates him to leave behind a legacy of his own.
Ben is one of five siblings (Justin, David, Kelsey, Kate) raised by parents Dr. Ronald and Kathy Luber.
Luber currently resides in Binghamton, NY and is engaged to be married to Nicki Monzo.
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