Randy Bennett
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"Randy Bennett" (born ) is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at Saint Mary's College Gaels men's basketball/Saint Mary's College of California. Bennett has led the Gaels to a 263-125 record in his 12 years as head coach. Despite the dominance of Gonzaga Bulldogs/Gonzaga in the West Coast Conference, Bennett has made Saint Mary's into arguably the top conference team with several 2nd place finishes and three NCAA tournament appearances, culminating in regular season conference championships in 2011 and 2012, as well as WCC tournament championship in 2010 and 2012.

Given this success, Bennett has been linked to several coaching jobs in higher profile conferences in recent years, most recently at California Golden Bears/California, University of Hawaii/Hawaii, Oregon State University/Oregon State, Oregon Ducks/Oregon, and Utah Utes men's basketball/Utah of the Pac-12.

Bennett is currently signed at Saint Mary's through 2021.

Prior to accepting the head coaching position at Saint Mary's, Randy Bennett was the top assistant at Pepperdine Waves/Pepperdine and St. Louis Billikens/St. Louis under current Washington Huskies men's basketball/University of Washington head basketball coach Lorenzo Romar.

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If it ain't broke, don't fix it. I don't profess to know a lot but I think that's the way to do it.

We're looking forward to making the trip to Australia as it is an opportunity of a lifetime for the players. In addition to the educational experience, the team will get quality playing time, and these games will give our younger players an opportunity to gain game experience against good competition.

I didn't think our energy level was very good defensively. We weren't very active. We just weren't alert defensively. In the second half I think we were more alert, and they missed some shots. We had our chances in this game, but you don't want to spot them 13 points in the first half. This is a team we can beat, especially on our home court.

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They weren't bad talent-wise, they just didn't have the habits you have to have to win, ... It's a mental thing. I had to get them to look at the glass as half full.

It's something he feels he didn't get and he feels it needs to happen. He has the idea and vision to do it.

The swimmers were thrilled. It was a really heart-felt moment. Some of the parents were in tears. You hear about athletes but very seldom do you hear about them giving back at that level. That's a significant level of money for a guy that doesn't make a lot of money.