By Tim Glon

Rich Bensman has been named an assistant men's basketball coach at Ohio Northern University.

Bensman comes to ONU after a highly successful prep basketball coaching career, where he won 296 games and an Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championship in 18 seasons at the helm at Cincinnati Reading High School.

He was named the Cincinnati Hills Conference Coach of the Year in 2011, 2003 and 2002 and was named the Ohio Public High School Coach of the Year in 2003 when he guided Reading to a 22-3 record and the state title.

Bensman has a bachelor's degree in communication arts from the University of Cincinnati.