What ever happened to Bender?

Watching the Cougar game today, Vanderbilt almost hired Bob Bender about 6 years ago. Bender decided to stay, and well, we all know how that worked out for Bender. Romar, what!

My question for you is, what ever happened to Bob Bender?

Was the pressure of having to pump of Doug Wrenn's ego too much for Bender to handle? Is he hiding in some remote Colorado mountain town muttering to himself "You're good Wrenn", "It's ok to play half-assed D and shoot 20 ft. jumpshots with 32 seconds left on the 35"?

If this was a VH1 Behind the Music special, would the voice-over guy say "Bender's paradise at Washington all changed once Doug Wrenn was kicked off the Conneticut Basketball team and enrolled at Washington" (It actually ended when Todd McCullaugh graduated and when Rip Hamilton had like sixty chances in the last 20 seconds to end UW's season in the elite 8).

So, if you know what happened to Bob Bender, let us know...We would like to know if he is alive.