| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 2, 1933 |
| Died | March 10, 2017 (aged 84) Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| c. 1955 | Fisk |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1958–1959 | Cameron HS |
| 1964–1967 | Talladega |
| 1967–1968 | Alabama State |
| 1968–1973 | South Carolina State |
| 1973–1978 | South Carolina (assistant) |
| 1978–1980 | Denver |
| 1980–1981 | Denver Nuggets (assistant) |
| 1981–1982 | Georgia Tech (assistant) |
| 1982–1986 | Alabama A&M |
| 1986–1996 | Southern |
| 1996–2000 | Tuskegee |
| 2001–2003 | Southern |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 524–334 (college) |
| Tournaments | 1–4 (NCAA Division I) 0–1 (NIT) 0–4 (NCAA Division II) 0–1 (NAIA) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 3 SIAC regular season (1983, 1985, 1986) SIAC tournament (1986) 3 SWAC regular season (1988–1990) 4 SWAC tournament (1987–1989, 1993) | |
Ben W. Jobe (March 2, 1933 – March 10, 2017) was an American basketball coach. He was best known as the head coach of the Southern University Jaguars – a position he held for 12 years. He has also been head coach of the men's college basketball teams at Tuskegee University, Talladega College, Alabama State University, South Carolina State University, University of Denver and Alabama A&M University. Jobe has also served as assistant coach at the University of South Carolina, Georgia Tech, and briefly served as an assistant with the NBA's Denver Nuggets.[1]