Interview w/ Coach Ben Tanoff (Director of Basketball Operations at Presbyterian College)

Published: Feb. 8, 2022, 4:40 a.m.

b'Coach Ben Tanoff shares his journey from growing up in Michigan and running cross country and track at the NCAA DIII level at Kenyon College to now being on the men\'s basketball coaching staff at NCAA DI Presbyterian College.\\nAfter accepting a teaching position in South Carolina straight out of college, he began serving as the co-Head Coach for the JV and Varsity basketball teams at the school. Following a successful stint in South Carolina he moved on to the University of Pikeville to be a Graduate Assistant Coach at the University of Pikeville. The Bears made back-to-back NAIA national tournament appearances and were Mid-South Conference champions in 2017-2018.\\nUpon completing his master\'s degree from Pikeville, Coach Tanoff served as an Assistant Coach at Maine Maritime Academy. After one season he moved on to Georgia Tech in the ACC.\\nGeorgia Tech won the school\'s first ACC Championship since 1993 during his time with the Yellowjackets. After meeting with Coach Pastner after the season and expressing his desire to coach basketball in more of an expanded role, he ended up at Presbyterian College as their Director of Basketball Operations - ironically enough in the same conference that he had accepted a position with before moving back to the Palmetto State.\\nCoach Tanoff is such a genuinely nice person and really great basketball mind, he has a very bright future in this profession!\\n\\n\\n--- \\n\\nSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beyondtheboxscore/support'