Ben Asher joined the Siena staff on June 8, 2015. Asher comes to Siena after spending the last two seasons as a graduate assistant at NC State. In that capacity, he was responsible for a variety of facets within the program including assisting with film exchange, editing game tape, tracking statistics and preparing general recruiting correspondence.
"Ben is a young guy who brings a lot of excitement and energy," Siena head coach Jimmy Patsos said. "He's a native Long Islander and he has great experience working with Bob Huggins and Mark Gottfried."
With Asher on staff, NC State advanced all the way to the Sweet 16 in 2015, defeating LSU and Villanova in the NCAA Tournament. They reached the semifinals of the ACC Tournament and won an NCAA Tournament game in 2014.
Asher oversaw a seven-man student manager staff and helped track student athletes' academic progress. Additionally, he assisted with the planning and implementation of the on-campus visits of high school prospects as well as the social media coverage of the basketball program. Asher also worked as co-director of the Mark Gottfried Basketball Camps. Gottfried is the father of Siena's sophomore guard Cam Gottfried.
Prior to arriving in Raleigh, Asher worked as the head student manager at West Virginia University. While at WVU, Asher was part of four NCAA Tournament appearances, highlighted by a trip to the 2010 Final Four in Indianapolis, Ind. During his tenure in Morgantown, Asher assisted in the development of future NBA players Da'Sean Butler, Devin Ebanks and Kevin Jones.
Originally from Oyster Bay, N.Y., Asher attended Oyster Bay High School where he was a three-year varsity letterman for the basketball, football and tennis teams. During high school, Asher also spent time coaching at the AAU/Grassroots level with the Long Island Lightning and Team Underrated organizations.
A 2013 graduate of West Virginia University, Asher holds a Regents Bachelor of Arts degree.
