West Ashley High welcomes new head boys’ basketball coach Ben Kettering

September 25, 2020

West Ashley High School has named the 2019–2020 New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS) Coach of the Year, Ben Kettering, as its next head boys’ basketball coach. Kettering joins the Wildcats after a successful run as the head coach at Poly Prep Country Day School.

Kettering spent the past six years as the boys’ head basketball coach at Poly Prep Country Day School in Brooklyn, NY. He guided the program to two Ivy Prep League Championships, six playoff appearances, one New York State Association of Independent Schools Championship, and two NYSAIS championship appearances.

Kettering began his coaching career in 2012 as an assistant coach at the nationally-ranked Tilton School in Tilton, NH where he coached Terance Mann (currently plays in the NBA with the Los Angeles Clippers).