Coach Benedetto

Coach Thomas Benedetto

One Word - Fearless

2010 Graduate of Creighton Prep

2014 Graduate of Creighton University (Bachelor’s Degree)

2019 Graduate of Chadron State College (Master’s Degree)

McCook (Neb.) Boys Basketball Assistant Coach 2014-2015

McCook JV Girls Basketball Head Coach and Varsity Assistant 2015 - 2018

WHS Girls Assistant Coach 2018-2020

WHS JV Girls Basketball Coach 2020 - Present

Coach Benedetto grew up in Omaha, Nebraska and has loved basketball his entire life. During high school, he played basketball for two years and ran cross country all four years. Coach Benedetto immediately followed an interest in coaching as he served as a student assistant coach for the reserve team his last two years in high school. While a student at Creighton University, he continued coaching middle school basketball teams at the grade school he attended and a few youth teams at Omaha Sports Academy. After graduation, he moved to McCook, Nebraskska where he started his elementary teaching career and pursued his interest of coaching basketball at the high school level. Coach Benedetto decided to move back to Omaha in 2018, was pleased to find a role with the girls basketball program at Westside High School, and later became the JV head coach in 2020. He also spends his summers coaching high school regional basketball teams at Omaha Sports Academy. Along with coaching basketball in the district, Coach Benedetto is a 6th grade teacher at Hillside Elementary and an assistant cross country coach at Westside Middle School.