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Ben Fletcher 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. [1] [2]
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. [3] [4] [5] Heading into the 2023 season, Fletcher joined the South Florida Bulls, as an assistant coach. [6] [7] In June 2024, Fletcher was promoted by the Bulls to serve as the team's associate head coach. [8] On October 29, 2024, Fletcher was named the interim head coach for the South Florida Bulls five days after the passing of former head coach Amir Abdur-Rahim. [9] [10]
Julius Shareef Abdur-Rahim is an American former professional basketball player who is the president of the NBA G League. Nicknamed Reef, he previously served as the director of player personnel for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the general manager of the Reno Bighorns, the Kings' minor-league affiliate.
The South Florida Bulls football team represents the University of South Florida (USF). The Bulls began playing in 1997 and compete in the American Athletic Conference of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) within the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The team plays its home games at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. Starting in 2027, the Bulls will host home games at a new $340 million on-campus stadium.
Wheeler High School is located in northeast Cobb County, Georgia, U.S. It is near the city of Marietta, about 15 miles (24 km) northwest of downtown Atlanta. The school has been in operation since 1965. It is a public high school, accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. It is named for Joseph Wheeler who was a Confederate military leader, and later, an American military leader and politician.
The South Florida Bulls are the athletic teams that represent the University of South Florida. USF competes in NCAA Division I and is a member of the American Athletic Conference for all sports besides sailing, a non-NCAA sanctioned varsity sport which competes in the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association within the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association. The current athletic director is Michael Kelly, who has held the job since 2018. The school colors are green and gold and the mascot is Rocky D. Bull.
The South Florida Bulls men's basketball team represents the University of South Florida in NCAA Division I basketball competition, where they are currently a member of the American Athletic Conference. Ben Fletcher is the interim head coach after Amir Abdur-Rahim died unexpectedly. The Bulls play their home games at the 10,500 seat Yuengling Center on USF's campus in Tampa, Florida. USF has won two conference championships and has reached the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 3 times in their history, with their best finish coming in 2012 when they made the round of 32.
The South Florida Bulls men's soccer team represents the University of South Florida in the sport of soccer. The Bulls currently compete in the American Athletic Conference within the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). USF plays in Corbett Stadium, which opened in 2011 and is also used by the USF women's soccer team. Prior to that, they played at USF Soccer Field from their first season in 1965 until 1978 and USF Soccer Stadium from 1979 until 2010. They are coached by Bob Butehorn, who is in his sixth year with the Bulls as of the 2022 season.
Solomon Bozeman is an American former professional basketball player and current head coach for the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. He played college basketball for the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
Jeffrey Bradford Scott is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of South Florida from 2020 to 2022.
The Troy Trojans are the sports teams of Troy University. They began playing in the NCAA's Division I-A in 2001, became a football only member of the Sun Belt Conference in 2004, and joined that conference for all other sports in 2005. Troy University's athletics nickname was the Red Wave until the early 1970s when the student body voted to change the name to Trojans.
The South Florida Bulls baseball team is the intercollegiate men's baseball program representing the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida. The team competes in the American Athletic Conference of NCAA Division I. Founded in 1966, the baseball team is one of the oldest teams at the university. The Bulls have captured eleven conference titles and 14 NCAA tournament appearances. The team plays their home games on campus at USF Baseball Stadium at Red McEwen Field and are coached by Mitch Hannahs.
Amir Abdur-Rahim was an American basketball coach and player who was the head coach of the South Florida Bulls men's basketball team. Prior to coaching at USF, he was the head coach at Kennesaw State from 2019 to 2023, leading the Owls to the 2023 conference regular season and tournament titles and their first-ever berth in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
Jabri Shareef Abdur-Rahim is an American college basketball player for the Providence Friars of the Big East Conference. He previously played for the Virginia Cavaliers and Georgia Bulldogs.
The 2022–23 South Florida Bulls men's basketball team represented the University of South Florida during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The season marked the 51st basketball season for USF, the tenth as a member of the American Athletic Conference, and the sixth season under head coach Brian Gregory. The Bulls played their home games at Yuengling Center on the university's Tampa, Florida campus. They finished the season 14–18, 7–11 in AAC play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the first round of the AAC tournament to East Carolina.
The 2022–23 Kennesaw State Owls men's basketball team represented Kennesaw State University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Owls, led by fourth-year head coach Amir Abdur-Rahim, played their home games at the KSU Convocation Center in Kennesaw, Georgia as members of the ASUN Conference. They finished the season with 26–9, 15–3 in ASUN play to earn a share of the regular season championship. As the No. 1 seed in the ASUN tournament, the Owls defeated Queens, Lipscomb, and Liberty to win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, the school's first-ever trip to the tournament. As the No. 14 seed in the Midwest region, they lost in the first round to Xavier.
The 2023–24 South Florida Bulls men's basketball team represented the University of South Florida during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The season marked the 52nd basketball season for USF, the eleventh as a member of the American Athletic Conference, and the first season under head coach Amir Abdur-Rahim. The Bulls played their home games at Yuengling Center on the university's Tampa, Florida campus.
The following are the basketball events of the year 2024 throughout the world.
The 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season will begin on November 4, 2024. The regular season will end on March 16, 2025, with the 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament beginning with the First Four on March 18 and ending with championship game at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, on April 7.
Chris Youngblood is an American college basketball player for the Alabama Crimson Tide of the Southeastern Conference. He previously played for the South Florida Bulls of the American Athletic Conference and the Kennesaw State Owls of the Atlantic Sun Conference.
The 2024–25 South Florida Bulls men's basketball team represents the University of South Florida during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The season marks the 53rd basketball season for USF, and the 12th as a member of the American Athletic Conference. The Bulls will play their home games at Yuengling Center on the university's Tampa, Florida campus. They will be led this season by interim head coach Ben Fletcher after head coach Amir Abdur-Rahim passed away on October 24, 2024 at the age of 43.