Men's Basketball
Gonzalez, Ben
Ben Gonzalez
- Title:
- Director of Operations
- Email:
- bgonzalez@sports.uga.edu
- Phone:
- 706-542-1432
Ben Gonzalez was named the Director of Operations for Georgia Basketball in April 2022.
Gonzalez arrived in Athens after spending the past four seasons in the same role at Florida Atlantic. He also was an undergraduate and graduate manager at Florida for three years.
“I’m looking forward to working with Ben again,” head coach Mike White said. “He was a tremendous student manager for us at UF and enjoyed breakthrough success at FAU. He’s very driven and intense in his tasks.”
“I am very honored and excited to be able to work for Coach White again,” Gonzalez said. “I think of Coach White and many others on our staff as family, and I am grateful to be working with such high quality people.”
Gonzalez joined the Owls’ staff in 2018 shortly after the introduction of head coach Dusty May, one of three former White assistants at Florida who are now Division-I head coaches. Gonzalez’s responsibilities at Georgia will mirror his duties at FAU, where he managed the team’s budget and travel, developed and organized itineraries for recruiting official visits and recruited and developed the team’s student managers. In addition, he played a major role in the staging of May’s team and individual camps.
While a student at Florida, Gonzalez worked with White during his first three seasons as the Gators’ head coach. He spent two years as an undergraduate manager before serving as a graduate manager for the 2017-18 campaign. During that time Florida recorded 68 wins, advancing to the 2016 NIT quarterfinals, the 2017 NCAA “Elite Eight” and the 2018 NCAA round of 32.
In the summer of 2025, Gonzalez was an assistant coach for an Athletes in Action Foreign tour to the Czech Republic. Gonzalez helped run a training camp for four days before the team took off for Czech. While in Czech, he helped coach the team to a 3-1 record against the Czech U20 and U23 national teams as they prepared for the U20 European Tournament and the World University Games. The AIA team was made up of college players from around the country who volunteered for the trip as a way to further develop their faith and also grow in the game of basketball.
Since 2017, Gonzalez has been involved with the Uncommon Sports Group, a faith-based organization founded by former student managers designed to develop leaders in the sports industry. His activities include traveling to Liberia to help lead a three-week sports camp, representing the group at the men’s Final Four to attract new members and leading a tour of FAU Athletics facilities for 15 participants selected for an “Impact Trip.”
A native of Tampa, Fla., Gonzalez has two degrees from Florida. He earned his bachelor’s in Sport Management in three years in 2017 and added a master’s in Sport Management a year later. He married the former Alexandra "Alex" Emenecker in June 2022.
Gonzalez arrived in Athens after spending the past four seasons in the same role at Florida Atlantic. He also was an undergraduate and graduate manager at Florida for three years.
“I’m looking forward to working with Ben again,” head coach Mike White said. “He was a tremendous student manager for us at UF and enjoyed breakthrough success at FAU. He’s very driven and intense in his tasks.”
“I am very honored and excited to be able to work for Coach White again,” Gonzalez said. “I think of Coach White and many others on our staff as family, and I am grateful to be working with such high quality people.”
Gonzalez joined the Owls’ staff in 2018 shortly after the introduction of head coach Dusty May, one of three former White assistants at Florida who are now Division-I head coaches. Gonzalez’s responsibilities at Georgia will mirror his duties at FAU, where he managed the team’s budget and travel, developed and organized itineraries for recruiting official visits and recruited and developed the team’s student managers. In addition, he played a major role in the staging of May’s team and individual camps.
While a student at Florida, Gonzalez worked with White during his first three seasons as the Gators’ head coach. He spent two years as an undergraduate manager before serving as a graduate manager for the 2017-18 campaign. During that time Florida recorded 68 wins, advancing to the 2016 NIT quarterfinals, the 2017 NCAA “Elite Eight” and the 2018 NCAA round of 32.
In the summer of 2025, Gonzalez was an assistant coach for an Athletes in Action Foreign tour to the Czech Republic. Gonzalez helped run a training camp for four days before the team took off for Czech. While in Czech, he helped coach the team to a 3-1 record against the Czech U20 and U23 national teams as they prepared for the U20 European Tournament and the World University Games. The AIA team was made up of college players from around the country who volunteered for the trip as a way to further develop their faith and also grow in the game of basketball.
Since 2017, Gonzalez has been involved with the Uncommon Sports Group, a faith-based organization founded by former student managers designed to develop leaders in the sports industry. His activities include traveling to Liberia to help lead a three-week sports camp, representing the group at the men’s Final Four to attract new members and leading a tour of FAU Athletics facilities for 15 participants selected for an “Impact Trip.”
A native of Tampa, Fla., Gonzalez has two degrees from Florida. He earned his bachelor’s in Sport Management in three years in 2017 and added a master’s in Sport Management a year later. He married the former Alexandra "Alex" Emenecker in June 2022.
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