Benny Dees
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Benny Dees is an up and coming DJ star. Born in Sydney, NSW Australia in 1995 he specializes in under 18's music festivals. He has played a such concerts as XOX Parties, Super Nova and soon will be performing at Breakout on the 2/12/2011 and I.D Some time during December.
Benny Dees (born December 29, 1936 in Mt. Vernon, Georgia) is a retired college basketball
College basketball
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 coach. He was head coach of the New Orleans
University of New Orleans
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 Privateers team from 1985 to 1987, University of Wyoming
University of Wyoming
The University of Wyoming is a land-grant university located in Laramie, Wyoming, situated on Wyoming's high Laramie Plains, at an elevation of 7,200 feet , between the Laramie and Snowy Range mountains. It is known as UW to people close to the university...

 from 1987–1993 and at the Western Carolina University
Western Carolina University
Western Carolina University is a coeducational public university located in Cullowhee, North Carolina, United States. The university is a constituent campus of the University of North Carolina system....

 from 1993 to 1995. Additionally, Dees served as assistant coach at Georgia Tech, Alabama, and Western Kentucky.
While attending college the University of Wyoming, Dees lettered in basketball and baseball. Upon retirement, Dees returned to his native Georgia where he coached high school basketball. He retired as head coach of the Toombs County High School boys' basketball team in 2010. Benny is married to Nancy Dees, who coached women's basketball at the University of West Georgia
University of West Georgia
The University of West Georgia is a comprehensive doctoral-granting university in Carrollton, Georgia, approximately 45 miles west of Atlanta, Georgia. The University is built on 645 acres including a recent land gift of 246 acres from the city of Carrollton in 2003...

. Benny and Nancy Dees have one son, Josh Dees, who played basketball for the University of Wyoming
University of Wyoming
The University of Wyoming is a land-grant university located in Laramie, Wyoming, situated on Wyoming's high Laramie Plains, at an elevation of 7,200 feet , between the Laramie and Snowy Range mountains. It is known as UW to people close to the university...

 and Western Carolina University
Western Carolina University
Western Carolina University is a coeducational public university located in Cullowhee, North Carolina, United States. The university is a constituent campus of the University of North Carolina system....

 and now serves as assistant coach at the College of Southern Idaho
College of Southern Idaho
College of Southern Idaho is an American public community college. Its main campus is in Twin Falls, Idaho, with outreach programs in Boise, Hailey, Burley and Gooding....


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