After playing for Mark Few and the Gonzaga Bulldogs from 2021-2025, it's no surprise to see Joe Few following in his father's footsteps and getting into the college basketball coaching world.
What is a surprise is who he will work under to start his professional career.
Randy Bennett, who is in his first season at Arizona State after a 25-year career at Gonzaga's rival Saint Mary's, is bringing Few on as a graduate assistant for the 2026-27 season, according to an updated roster on the program's website.
Few had a front row seat to what developed into one of the best rivalries in college basketball between Gonzaga and Saint Mary's, a rivalry that effectively ended after last season with Gonzaga moving to the new-look Pac-12 while Bennett left SMC to return closer to home and take over the Sun Devils.
Few's time at Gonzaga
Joe is coach Few's second-oldest son, while his oldest, AJ, is the director of player personnel at Boise State under longtime Gonzaga assistant Leon Rice. AJ previously was a graduate assistant and video coordinator at Gonzaga, and even spent one summer working with the Miami Heat in the NBA Summer League in 2025.
Meanwhile, Joe appeared in 42 games playing for his dad from 2021-2025, making his lone start on Feb. 22, 2025, against Bennett and Saint Mary's – playing two minutes on Senior Night in a 74-67 loss to the Gaels that gave SMC an outright WCC regular season championship.
All told, Few scored 13 points on 4-26 shooting for the Zags, grabbing 18 rebounds with 15 assists, five steals, and one block. His most memorable moment, unfortunately, came in a blowout win over Baylor to kick off the 2023-24 season, when freshman wing VJ Edgecombe threw down a thunderous dunk on the walk-on during garbage time.
Fit with Arizona State
Joe now gets a chance to begin his coaching career alongside a veteran in Bennett, who is looking to get Arizona State out of the Big 12 cellar and back to basketball relevance after a tumultuous tenure by former head coach Bobby Hurley.
Joe spent last year away from basketball but got the itch to return, and despite the obvious rivalry between coach Few and Bennett, the two have always been friendly with each other – and it's not hard to imagine Few trusting Bennett to help his son more than almost any other coach in the country.
Joe will reunite with a former teammate of his in Emmanuel Innocenti, who transferred from Gonzaga to Arizona State for his senior season – where his tenacious on-ball defense and ball security will make him an ideal fit in Bennett's system.
ASU also brought in former Saint Mary's stars Paulius Murauskas and Dillan Shaw, as well as Portland point guard Joel Foxwell, while Gonzaga of course snagged star center Massamba Diop from the Sun Devils to replace All-American Graham Ike up front.
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This article was originally published on www.si.com/college/gonzaga as Mark Few's son joins former Gonzaga rival Randy Bennett's staff at Arizona State.