Jesse Bender is in his first year as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Linfield.
Bender comes to McMinnville after spending a pair of seasons as the assistant coach with the SUNY-Canton men's basketball program. In his first season, he helped lead the Roos to 10 wins and coached a Third-Team All-Conference honoree.
Prior to Canton, Bender served as an assistant coach for the Arapahoe High School men's basketball team in Centennial, Colorado.
He also brings experience coaching at the AAU level with Luke Toth Basketball based in Cleveland, Ohio, as well as assistant coaching with the International Sports Academy (ISA) at Andrews Osborne.