Former George School Head Basketball Coach Ben Luber joins the men's basketball coaching team for the 2025-26 season.
Credit: Courtesy of Penn AthleticsFormer Rider assistant coach Ben Luber will serve as an assistant coach on Fran McCaffery's men's basketball staff, Penn men’s basketball announced on Thursday.
Luber joins previously announced assistant coach Tristan Spurlock as part of McCaffery's staff. Previously, Luber served as the varsity men’s basketball head coach at the George School — a boarding school in Newtown, Pa. — where he led the varsity team to its first league title in program history and to a runner-up finish in the state championship.
“I am enthusiastic about helping Fran McCaffery return Penn to prominence in the Ivy League,” Luber said. "I also cannot wait to work with him and bring an exciting brand of basketball to The Palestra."
McCaffery called Luber “an excellent recruiter [and] phenomenal in skill development," adding that he “really relates well to everyone.”
"I look forward to Ben having a tremendous impact on our program," he said.
Luber is no stranger to the Pennsylvania collegiate basketball scene. Before coaching, Luber was a point guard at Penn State, leading the Nittany Lions in assists in his four seasons of play.
After graduating from Penn State, Luber played professionally in Israel and Iceland before founding Ben Luber Basketball Academy, LLC, where he trained top hoops talent in Pennsylvania. One notable player under Luber's tutelage was Villanova’s Ryan Arcidiacono, who won the 2016 NCAA national championship with the Wildcats.
Luber began his formal coaching career in 2010 as assistant coach of Rider’s men's basketball program after spending a year as Director of Basketball Operations. As an assistant coach, Luber helped lead the Broncs to tie the program record for wins in the 2010-11 season.
Luber left the Broncs in 2012 to serve as associate head coach at Binghamton for three seasons before returning to the Broncs in 2017.
Luber also served as recruiting coordinator at Rider and was highly successful in securing top young talent. During his tenure, Binghamton had three consecutive America East All-Rookie selections, and in 2014-15, the team’s top three leading scorers were all freshmen.
In Luber’s second stint with Rider, the Broncs notched a 22-10 record and won a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference regular season title in the 2017-18 season.
With his recruiting and player development experience, Luber will be an asset to the Quakers, who have recently lost multiple stars to the transfer portal and along with yielding smaller incoming classes.
Star freshman guard Tyler Perkins transferred to Villanova last spring, and second-leading scorer in the NCAA Jordan Dingle transferred to St. Johns in 2023. The Red and Blue's initial Class of 2026 recruiting class consisted of only two players: junior forward Christian Ubochi and junior guard Cam Thrower. The two played a combined nine minutes this season, partly due to an injury to Thrower.
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