Eastern Michigan Athletics
Men's Basketball
White, Benny
Benny White
- Title:
- Asst. Men's Basketball Coach
- Email:
- bwhite33@emich.edu
- Phone:
- 734.487.0464
The 2016-17 season marks the sixth for Benny White as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Eastern Michigan University. He was named to the post, June 13, 2011.
Coach White has been a part of this team since Head Coach Rob Murphy took over in 2011-12. He has been an important part of the success of the program, which includes milestones such as the 2012 Mid-American Conference West Division Championship, a run to the semifinals of the 2013-14 MAC Tournament and a postseason berth for the first time since the 1997-98 season when the Green and White earned a spot in the 2014 CollegeInsider.com Tournament, and a spot in the 2015 College Basketball Invitational.
The 61-year-old White has spent all but three years of his professional career working in the state of Michigan. A 1977 graduate of Michigan State University, he earned four basketball letters while playing for the Spartans. In addition, he was selected the Most Improved Player in 1973 and led the team in assists during the 1975-76 campaign while serving as a co-captain.
After graduation, White served as a graduate assistant coach for Jud Heathcote for the 1976-77 season before moving on first to Wayne State University (1977-78) as a part-time assistant coach, and then to the University of Detroit (1978-79) as a graduate assistant coach. He was an assistant basketball coach at Albion College (1986-89) before making the jump to the West Coast to work at San Jose State University (1989-91) as an assistant.
White left SJSU after the 1990-91 season to join the University of Detroit men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach under Head Coach Perry Watson from 1993-95.
Then in 1995, White was named the head boy’s basketball coach at Martin Luther King, Jr. High School in Detroit. Inducted into the Detroit Public Schools Coaches Hall of Fame in 2007, he spent 15 years as the head coach of the Crusaders, compiling a record of 201-89 and sending numerous student-athletes into the Division I ranks.
The 2010 state of Michigan Regional Coach of the Year, White was selected as one of four coaches for Nike’s Inaugural Global Challenge Game. The team featured Greg Monroe, who played at Georgetown University, and Kemba Walker, who played at the University of Connecticut, as they combined to take home the championship versus teams from Africa, Canada, China and Puerto Rico.
White also worked as a regional scout for the NBA’s Detroit Pistons from 2006 until 2009, while serving as the director for numerous basketball youth camps run by NBA greats Magic Johnson, George Gervin, Derrick Coleman, Dave Bing and Rip Hamilton.
Before coming to Eastern, White was the executive assistant to the Mayor of Detroit.
A native of Detroit, Mich., White graduated from Northern High School in 1972 after earning All-City and All-State honors as a basketball player.
Coach White has been a part of this team since Head Coach Rob Murphy took over in 2011-12. He has been an important part of the success of the program, which includes milestones such as the 2012 Mid-American Conference West Division Championship, a run to the semifinals of the 2013-14 MAC Tournament and a postseason berth for the first time since the 1997-98 season when the Green and White earned a spot in the 2014 CollegeInsider.com Tournament, and a spot in the 2015 College Basketball Invitational.
The 61-year-old White has spent all but three years of his professional career working in the state of Michigan. A 1977 graduate of Michigan State University, he earned four basketball letters while playing for the Spartans. In addition, he was selected the Most Improved Player in 1973 and led the team in assists during the 1975-76 campaign while serving as a co-captain.
After graduation, White served as a graduate assistant coach for Jud Heathcote for the 1976-77 season before moving on first to Wayne State University (1977-78) as a part-time assistant coach, and then to the University of Detroit (1978-79) as a graduate assistant coach. He was an assistant basketball coach at Albion College (1986-89) before making the jump to the West Coast to work at San Jose State University (1989-91) as an assistant.
White left SJSU after the 1990-91 season to join the University of Detroit men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach under Head Coach Perry Watson from 1993-95.
Then in 1995, White was named the head boy’s basketball coach at Martin Luther King, Jr. High School in Detroit. Inducted into the Detroit Public Schools Coaches Hall of Fame in 2007, he spent 15 years as the head coach of the Crusaders, compiling a record of 201-89 and sending numerous student-athletes into the Division I ranks.
The 2010 state of Michigan Regional Coach of the Year, White was selected as one of four coaches for Nike’s Inaugural Global Challenge Game. The team featured Greg Monroe, who played at Georgetown University, and Kemba Walker, who played at the University of Connecticut, as they combined to take home the championship versus teams from Africa, Canada, China and Puerto Rico.
White also worked as a regional scout for the NBA’s Detroit Pistons from 2006 until 2009, while serving as the director for numerous basketball youth camps run by NBA greats Magic Johnson, George Gervin, Derrick Coleman, Dave Bing and Rip Hamilton.
Before coming to Eastern, White was the executive assistant to the Mayor of Detroit.
A native of Detroit, Mich., White graduated from Northern High School in 1972 after earning All-City and All-State honors as a basketball player.
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