Bio

Stelzer was hired as Assistant Men's Basketball Coach in June, 2021 and is in his second season with the Huskies in 2022-23. In his first season, Stelzer assisted the Huskies to the GLIAC Regular Season Championship with a record of 21-7 overall, 16-4 against conference opponents. Last year, Stelzer helped the Huskies upset the No. 1 seed (Parkside) in the GLIAC quarterfinals and Tech reached the Championship game with three freshmen in the starting lineup.

Stelzer returned to Houghton after playing professional basketball in Spain and has also coached at several levels since his graduation from Michigan Tech in 2015.

"I'm extremely excited to work with Ben," Head Coach Josh Buettner said. "His work ethic, intensity, knowledge, and passion will be awesome for Michigan Tech basketball. Ben embodies all of the qualities that Michigan Tech represents both as a coach and as a person." 

Stelzer's collegiate playing career began in 2011. He was a four-year starter and three-year captain for the Huskies. Stelzer finished as the program's all-time leader in 3-pointers (363) and shot 44-percent as a senior. He was also named NCAA Division II All-American, Academic All-American, and Midwest Region Player of the Year. Stelzer led the Huskies to three NCAA Tournament appearances and a trip to the NCAA Division II Sweet 16. After college, Stelzer played in Spain for Layma Basquet Coruna and led the league in total 3-pointers made and helped his team advance to the playoff semifinals. 

Stelzer worked as assistant coach of the Huskies in 2016-17 under then Head Coach Kevin Luke and Coach Buettner. He led and assisted workouts, broke down game film and scouting reports and helped with recruiting.

Stelzer ran clinics with small groups for youth, high school, and college level players from 2017-19 as a skill development coach. He gained experience as Director of Player Development for Wisconsin Playground Warriors AAU Club. He was on the men's basketball staff at University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh as Assistant Men's Basketball Coach during their 2019 NCAA Division III National Championship run. The team finished 29-3 overall and defeated Swarthmore College in the final. 

Since 2019, Stelzer has held the position of Player Development Intern with the Dallas Mavericks as well as Solid Base Skills and Drills website developer and owner, which provides remote player development training for players and team from youth ages to college.

Stelzer earned a bachelor of science degree in Finance from Michigan Tech and minored in Economics.