Dick Bennett
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
April 20, 1943 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Playing career | |
| 1962–1965 | Ripon |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1965–1966 | West Bend HS (freshmen) |
| 1966–1968 | Mineral Point HS |
| 1968–1969 | Marion HS |
| 1969–1972 | New London HS |
| 1972–1976 | Eau Claire Memorial HS |
| 1976–1985 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point |
| 1985–1995 | Green Bay |
| 1995–2001 | Wisconsin |
| 2003–2006 | Washington State |
| Head coaching record | |
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| Tournaments | |
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Richard A. "Dick" Bennett (born April 20, 1943) is an American college basketball coach who is best known for building the Wisconsin-Green Bay Phoenix men's basketball program into a mid-major power and revitalizing the Wisconsin Badgers basketball program. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he is the father of current Virginia Cavaliers head coach Tony Bennett and current Northern Illinois women's basketball head coach Kathi Bennett.
Richard A. Bennett was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and raised in Clintonville, Wisconsin. He graduated from Ripon College in 1965 with a B.A. in education. At Ripon, Bennett played basketball (guard), football (halfback and return specialist), and baseball (third baseman) four years each.
Bennett had enormous success at each level of collegiate coaching in Wisconsin. In the mid-1970s, he led Eau Claire Memorial High School to the state title game. In the mid-1980s, he led the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point to an NAIA title game. In the early 1990s he brought UW–Green Bay to its first three NCAA tournament appearances. And in 2000, after five years in Madison, he took the Badgers to the Final Four.
Prior to collegiate coaching, Bennett coached at the high school level. In 1965, he became freshman basketball coach at West Bend High School in West Bend, Wisconsin. From 1966 to 1968, he coached at Mineral Point High in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, in which his team improved from 9–10 to 20–4 in his two seasons there. He then was varsity head coach at Marion High School in Marion, Wisconsin (1968–1969), New London High School in New London, Wisconsin (1969–1972), and Memorial High School in Eau Claire, Wisconsin (1972–1976). Bennett led Memorial to a runner-up finish to South Milwaukee at the State tournament during the 1975–76 season.
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