Ben Fletcher | |
Current Title: | Interim head coach |
Current Team: | South Florida |
Current Conference: | The American |
Current Record: | 2–2 |
Birth Date: | 1 January 1981[1] |
Player Years1: | 2001–2003 |
Player Team1: | Troy |
Coach Years1: | 2003–2005 |
Coach Team1: | Troy (student assistant) |
Coach Years2: | 2005–2019 |
Coach Team2: | Troy (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 2019–2023 |
Coach Team3: | Kennesaw State (assistant) |
Coach Years4: | 2023–2024 |
Coach Team4: | South Florida (assistant) |
Coach Years5: | 2024–present |
Coach Team5: | South Florida (interim HC) |
Benjamin G. Fletcher (born January 1, 1981) is a basketball coach who is currently the interim head coach for the South Florida Bulls.
Fletcher played for the Troy Trojans from 2001 to 2003, where he played in 59 career games with 58 starts, where he averaged 13.4 points per game, 2.6 rebounds per game, 1.3 assists per game, and 1.3 steals per game, while also being named to the 2002-03 A-SUN all-conference team, and being named the 2002 A-SUN Conference Tournament MVP.[2] [3]
Fletcher started his coaching career in 2005 as an assistant coach at his alma mater Troy. In 2019, Fletcher left the Troy Trojans, joining Kennesaw State as an assistant coach.[4] [5] [6] Heading into the 2023 season, Fletcher joined the South Florida Bulls, as an assistant coach.[7] [8] In June 2024, Fletcher was promoted by the Bulls to serve as the team's associate head coach.[9] On October 29, 2024, Fletcher was named the interim head coach for the South Florida Bulls five days after the death of former head coach Amir Abdur-Rahim.[10] [11]