Men's Basketball Assistant Coach Ben Wilkins

01/01/00

- Assistant Coach Ben Wilkins (North Carolina State, 2001)

Ben Wilkins enters his second season as an assistant coach on the men’s basketball staff. Wilkins has been instrumental in the Tribe’s transition to its new offensive system. His responsibilities also include scouting, recruiting individual skill work and developing the Tribe’s perimeter players.

“Ben has a very diverse basketball background, which is a very attractive asset,” head coach Tony Shaver said. “He has proven himself as a successful recruiter at Barton College. He worked with Coach Herb Sendek at N.C. State, and has brought a lot of new ideas to our program. I really feel like he has the total package and can help better the William and Mary program.”

Before coming to W&M, Wilkins was the video coordinator at N.C. State. The Wolfpack advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament in 2005-06, while amassing an overall record of 22-10. N.C. State also went 10-6 in Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) action. During the season, Wilkins was involved with various aspects of the Wolfpack program including film editing, player housing, player financial services and he organized a past player reunion. He also served as the liaison for sports marketing, handled office and player tickets and was an assistant camp director.

Wilkins served as the first assistant and recruiting coordinator for Barton College in Wilson, N.C., during the 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons. The Bulldogs compiled a 35-21 mark over those two seasons, including a third-place finish in the Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference (CVAC) during his final campaign. In his time at Barton, Wilkins’ primary responsibilities centered around recruiting, scouting reports, both practice and in-game coaching, development of the perimeter players and film exchange. His efforts in recruiting helped lay the foundation for the Bulldogs run to the 2007 NCAA Division II National Championship. While working as the recruiting coordinator, Barton signed two-time CVAC Player of the Year, Anthony Atkinson, and CVAC Freshman of the Year, Bobby Buffaloe. Wilkins also assisted in the organization and operation of the Barton Basketball Camp and served as the game day manager during both men’s and women’s basketball games.

Wilkins graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts in history in December of 2001. During his time at N.C. State, he was also a team manager.

After graduating from N.C. State, Wilkins served as the junior varsity coach for Apex High School in Apex, N.C. He guided the Cougars to a 17-1 mark and a first-place showing in conference play. As an assistant for the boys’ varsity squad, Wilkins helped guide Apex to the state playoffs.