Coach Ben Hart currently resides in Garden City, Kansas with his wife Pam. For the past two years, Ben has been employed with United Methodist Youthville as a History teacher at the Dane Hansen School, and a Youth Care worker. Ben graduated from Douglas High School in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1963. He furthered his education by attending the University of Oklahoma, and received his B.S. degree in Special Education in 1968. Ben went on to MontClair State College in New Jersey to complete his Masters in Counseling Pyschology and Personnel Administration and did so in 1971. Coach Hart finished his education where he started, at the University of Oklahoma, and successfully obtained his Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration and Student Personnel Services in 1975. In 1988, Ben incorporated the United States Federation of Amateur Athletes, Inc., a non-profit organization known as the US/FAA, which uses sports as a motivational tool to promote educational excellence as well as to inhibit juvenile deliquency. Coach Ben Hart is an educator, administrator, counselor, coach, player, and friend.