Ben Ostrow joined the Holy Family University men’s basketball coaching staff as an assistant and video coordinator prior to the start of the 2025-2026 season.
Ostrow came to HFU after two seasons in the same role on Head Coach John Baron’s staff at Gwynedd Mercy University, where he was responsible for the breakdown and transfer of all game and practice film, the creation and implementation of scouting reports and game plays using film and analytics, creating digital playbooks, as well as assisting with player development and recruiting.
Gwynedd Mercy compiled a 38-15 record during his two years, including a program-best start 13-0 start to the season and an Atlantic East Conference Championship game appearance in 2024-25. That year he provided statistical insights to assist Coach Baron with the team’s offense by hand-tracking the team’s efficiency on a possession-by-possession basis. The Griffins finished that season ranked in the top five of offensive efficiency in all of Division III basketball according to d3sportsdata’s efficiency rankings.
Prior to joining the coaching staff at Gwynedd Mercy, Ostrow served in multiple roles within the men’s basketball program at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida. After two seasons as a student manager for the Fighting Knights, he was promoted to director of basketball operations. In that role, he was responsible for the breakdown and transfer of all game and practice film, assisting the coaching staff in creating and implementing scouting reports and gameplans for all opponents, creating digital playbooks, and assisting in player development and recruiting. He also oversaw practice and gameday management as well as supervision of a team of five student managers.
Ostrow is contributor to Slappin’ Glass, a podcast and newsletter which explores basketball’s best strategies, ideas, and coaches. With Slappin’ Glass, he does video analysis for their weekly newsletter as well as creates exclusive “Deep Dive” video breakdowns for Slappin’ Glass Plus subscribers.
In the summers, he works with coaches Steve D’Agostino and Justin Cooper assisting with RocNation Sports NBA Pre-Draft Workouts, which have included NBA players Dylan Harper, Adem Bona, Ron Harper Jr., Andre Jackson Jr., Johnell Davis and 2025 NBA Champion Dillon Jones, as well as a plethora of other highly regarded prospects including Auburn’s Tahaad Pettiford, Alabama’s Taylor Bol Bowen, Kentucky’s Brandon Garrison, Arkansas’s Meleek Thomas and Paulo Semedo, Villanova’s Chris Jeffrey, Michigan’s Roddy Gayle Jr and Elliot Cadeau, among others.
In the summer of 2022, Ostrow worked with coach Kam Law as a skill development intern for A11 Sports NBA Pre-Draft Workouts including NBA players Bruno Caboclo, Gui Santos, DiDi Louzada and Cristiano Felicio.
He has also spent multiple years as an assistant coach for AllBall, a South Florida based travel basketball team on the Under Armour Circuit. With AllBall, he was responsible for scouting, recruiting, implementing offensive plays, and assisting in player development for their 2025 team. In the summer of 2022, he helped lead AllBall to second place in UA Rise 15u, which earned the team an invitation to UAA for 2023.
Ostrow graduated Cum Laude from Lynn University in May of 2023 with a degree in sports management.
