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Jeff Gamber |
Head Coach jgamber@ycp.edu 717-849-1614 |
Head coach Jeff Gamber enters his 33rd season
at the helm of the Spartans and 41st season in college coaching. He
has accumulated a 439-398 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 five-year period has 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 was honored by his
peers as the league’s Coach-of-the-Year. He is currently the
active wins leader among all CAC coaches with his 439 wins. 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. In
2006-07, he reached the 400 career win plateau with the
Spartans’ 96-79 win over Gallaudet on December 6, 2006. The
Spartans have won three of the last five regular season Capital
Athletic Conference championships.
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 12
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.
Gamber has also been inducted into the Millersville University
Athletic Hall of Fame and the York County Athletic Hall of
Fame.
Gamber and his wife, Donna, reside in
Dallastown.
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Dean Gamber |
Asst. Men's Basketball Coach dbgamber@ycp.edu 717-815-1476 |
Dean Gamber begins his 15th season on the
coaching staff after his four-year Spartan career. Gamber’s
responsibilities include recruiting and assisting in the day-to-day
operations of the program. 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.