Coach Bryan Bender shares his journey from growing up in Wisconsin to becoming the Head Coach at Ellsworth CC.

He was a Student Manager under Tubby Smith at Minnesota and eventually worked his way up to the Video Coordinator before entering the JUCO ranks at Missouri State University-West Plains. After the season at West Plains he moved onto Boone, NC to be the Director of Basketball Operations at App State under Jim Fox.

In 2017 Coach Bender returned to the JUCO ranks as an Assistant Coach at Southwest Mississippi CC under Coach Thomas Gray, the following season he succeeded Coach Gray as the Head Coach at Southwest Mississippi CC and remained there until April of 2022 when he was introduced as the Head Coach at Ellsworth CC in Iowa Falls, IA.

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