Greg Gary (basketball)

Greg Gary (born February 14, 1970) is an American head college basketball coach for the Mercer Bears men's basketball team. He is the former head men's basketball coach at Centenary College of Louisiana. He replaced Rob Flaska.[1] He was born in Anderson, Indiana.

Greg Gary
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamMercer
ConferenceSoCon
Record24–18
Biographical details
Born (1970-02-14) February 14, 1970
Anderson, Indiana
Playing career
1989–1992Tulane
Position(s)Point guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1993–1997Tulane (assistant)
1997–1998McNeese State (assistant)
1998–2000Tulane (assistant)
2000–2004Miami (FL) (assistant)
2004–2007South Florida (assistant)
2007–2008Duquesne (assistant)
2008–2010Centenary
2010–2011Duquesne (assistant)
2011–2019Purdue (assistant)
2019–presentMercer
Head coaching record
Overall40–62 (.392)

Gary graduated from Highland High School, Anderson, IN, in 1988 and went on to play college basketball at Tulane University from 1989 to 1992 after spending one year at Aquinas College. He helped lead Tulane to an NCAA Tournament appearance in 1992 and graduated as the school's all-time assist leader.[1]

In May 2011, Gary returned to Indiana as an assistant coach at Purdue University in West Lafayette. He was hired as the head basketball coach at Mercer University on March 26, 2019.[2]

Gary is married (Claudia Gary) and has four daughters (Gabrielle, Logan, Alex, Brooklyn) and a son, Nash.

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Centenary (Summit) (2008–2010)
2008–09 Centenary 8–236–12T–8th
2009–10 Centenary 8–213–15T–9th
Centenary: 16–44 (.267)9–27 (.250)
Mercer (SoCon) (2019–present)
2019–20 Mercer 17–1511–74th

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2020–21 Mercer 7-30-2
Mercer: 24–18 (.571)11–9 (.550)
Total:40–62 (.392)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References
  1. Centenary hires Greg Gary as men's basketball. ESPN. April 11, 2008. Retrieved on April 3, 2009.
  2. "Greg Gary Hired to Lead Mercer Men's Basketball Program Gary is in his eighth season as an assistant coach at Pu". Mercer Bears. Retrieved 27 March 2019.


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