Ben Sander enters his third year with Rhode Island in the 2024-25 season. He came to the school as Archie Miller's Chief of Staff in April of 2022. In the summer of 2023, he was promoted, adding the title of assistant coach.
Sander spent five seasons at Indiana before coming to Kingston. He worked his way up on the staff, serving as Mike Woodson's director of operations in 2021-22. Sander first arrived in Indiana with Miller as the program's Team and Recruitment Analyst (2017-21). He came to IU after serving as a graduate assistant manager for Miller at Dayton for two years (2015-17).
Before his time at Dayton, Sander was a student manager for Sean Miller's team at Arizona from 2011-15. He served as the head manager in his final two seasons. During his time at Arizona, the Wildcats went 117-29, advanced to the Sweet Sixteen three times, the Elite Eight twice, and won back-to-back Pac-12 Championships.Â
A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Sander received his Bachelor’s degree in Sports & Society from Arizona in May of 2015. He earned a master's degree in Educational Leadership and Administration from Dayton in December 2017.
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