Men's Basketball

Head coach Jeff Gamber enters his 31st season at the helm of the Spartans. He has accumulated a 412-373 record during his tenure at York. He also serves as the golf coach and teaches coaching and basketball classes at the College. Gamber is the former chair of the NCAA Division III Basketball Committee and also served the College as Athletic Director for 22 years before stepping down at the end the 2003-04 academic year.

The last three years have been contained great accomplishments for Gamber and his men’s basketball program. In 2004-05, he was named the Capital Athletic Conference Coach-of-the-Year as he led the Spartans to the regular season championship and also to their first-ever CAC tournament

championship. It was the fourth time Gamber has been honored by his peers as the league’s Coach-of-the-Year while he is also the active wins leader among all CAC coaches. Gamber led the Spartans to a school-record 28 wins en route to the 2005 NCAA Division III Final Four. Prior to the Final Four, Gamber was named the NABC Mid-Atlantic Coach-of-the-Year, marking the first time he had received the regional honor. Gamber then capped his season by earning the NABC Division III National Coach-of-the-Year. In 2005-06, Gamber led the Spartans to the CAC regular season championship and a return trip to the NCAA Tournament.?He captured his 400th career victory in the 96-79 December 6 victory over Gallaudet University. He owns more victories than other men's basketball coach in the Capital Athletic Conference.

Prior to coaching at York, Gamber was an assistant basketball coach at Millersville University for eight seasons. Gamber also attended Millersville where he played four years of basketball and three seasons of baseball. He majored in secondary education while at Millersville. He was inducted into the Millersville Athletic Hall of Fame on October 17, 2003.

In 1995-96, Gamber and his wife, Donna, instituted a program called the “Three Point Attack.” The “Three Point Attack” is a program devised by the National Association of Basketball Coaches to help raise funds for cancer research. The Spartans have been ranked in the top 20 in all of college basketball for funds raised in each of the last eight years, and they were the top Division III program in the country for funds raised in each of those years. Gamber was awarded the NABC Division III Recognition and Appreciation Award at the 1996 Final Four. The award was given as recognition of an outstanding example of how Division III coaches make their college community and town a better place to live.

Gamber was inducted into the York College Athletic Hall of Fame on October 2, 2004. He earned his induction for his dedication and success in running the Spartan Athletic Department and his achievements as men’s?basketball coach. He earned induction into the?York County Sports Hall of Fame on January 25, 2006.

Dean Gamber begins his 13th season on the coaching staff after his four-year Spartan career. Gamber’s responsibilities include recruiting and working with the backcourt players. His tireless recruiting efforts have paid dividends in the recent Spartan recruiting classes. Gamber’s commitment to the program have allowed the program to rise to prominence in the CAC and the Mid-Atlantic region.

Gamber served as one of the co-captains on the 1994-95 squad that won 20 games and went to the NCAA tournament. Gamber averaged 6.8 points as a guard on that team. His teams played in three CAC championship games and won two CAC regular season championships. He was also a member of the school’s first NCAA Tournament team.

Gamber resides with his wife, Beth, and daughters, Kelsey and Makenzie, in Dover, PA.

He works as the York College mail services coordinator.