Reggie Geary

Reggie Elliot Geary (born August 31, 1973) is a retired American professional basketball guard[1] for the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers (1996–97) and San Antonio Spurs (1997–98). Since 2011 he has coached several teams in Japan's professional basketball leagues.[2][3]

Reggie Geary
Personal information
Born (1973-08-31) August 31, 1973
Trenton, New Jersey
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight187 lb (85 kg)
Career information
High schoolMater Dei (Santa Ana, California)
CollegeArizona (1992–1996)
NBA draft1996 / Round: 2 / Pick: 56th overall
Selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers
Playing career1996–2004
PositionPoint guard
Number2, 4
Coaching career2007–present
Career history
As player:
1996–1997Cleveland Cavaliers
1997–1998San Antonio Spurs
1998–1999Quad City Thunder
1999–2000Idaho Stampede
2000–2001Bnei HaSharon
2001–2002Porto
2002–2003JL Bourg-en-Bresse
2003–2004BC Kyiv
As coach:
2007–2008Anaheim Arsenal
2008–2009Arizona Wildcats (assistant)
2009–2011SMU Mustangs (assistant)
2011–2013Yokohama B-Corsairs
2013–2015Chiba Jets
2015–2017Mitsubishi Diamond Dolphins Nagoya
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-Pac-10 (1996)
Career NBA statistics
Points209 (2.1 ppg)
Assists110 (1.1 apg)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Geary played college basketball at the University of Arizona under head coach Lute Olson. As a player at Arizona, the Wildcats had a 104-23 (.819) record, two Pac-10 Conference championships, and an appearance in the 1994 Final Four. He remains Arizona's fourth all-time steals leader (208) and sixth all-time leader in assists (560). Aside from his NBA career, Geary played two seasons in the Continental Basketball Association (1998 to 2000), and in Israel, Portugal, France and the Ukraine.[4] He played with the jersey number 2 or 4.

In 2005, Geary became recruiting and basketball operations coordinator at Arizona, working under Lute Olson.[4] He then became head coach of the NBA D-League's Anaheim Arsenal for 18 months, before returning to Olson's staff as an assistant coach in 2008.[5][6] From 2009 to 2011, Geary was an assistant coach at Southern Methodist University under head coach Matt Doherty.[7]

In 2012, Geary was named coach of the year while at the helm for the Japanese professional basketball league's Yokohama B-Corsairs.[3] The following season, Geary led the B-Corsairs to the league title, becoming the league's first foreign-born coach to win the championship.[8]

He left the B-Corsairs at the end of the 2012-13 season due to the club's financial difficulties. In July 2013 he signed to coach the Chiba Jets, a team which was moving from the bj-league to the National Basketball League during the same off-season.[9] After an 18-36 record in 2013-14, Geary led the Jets to the NBL playoffs in 2014-15 with a 34-20 record.[10]

Geary's contract with the Jets was not renewed at the end of the 2014-15 season.[10] He signed with the Mitsubishi Diamond Dolphins Nagoya of the NBL in June 2015 and led the team to a seventh-place 27-28 record in the 2015-16 season, losing in the first round of the playoffs to Link Tochigi Brex.[11][12]

Head coaching record
Legend
Regular season G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win–loss %
Playoffs PG Playoff games PW Playoff wins PL Playoff losses PW–L % Playoff win–loss %
Team Year G W L W–L% Finish PG PW PL PW–L% Result
Yokohama B-Corsairs 2011-12 523121.5962nd in Eastern532.600 3rd place
Yokohama B-Corsairs 2012-13 523517.6732nd in Eastern541.800 Bj Champions
Chiba Jets 2013-14 541836.3336th in Eastern---– -
Chiba Jets 2014-15 543420.6305th in Eastern202.000 6th
Mitsubishi Electric 2015-16 552728.4917th202.000 5th
Nagoya Diamond Dolphins 2016-17 602733.4505th in Western---– -

Notes
  1. https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/gearyre01.html
  2. Justin Burrell signs with Japanese team - Colleges Blog - ESPN New York
  3. American Justin Burrell wins MVP in Japan pro league - ESPN
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 23, 2008. Retrieved October 23, 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. Former Wildcats guard Geary returns to Arizona staff - Men's College Basketball - ESPN
  6. Arizona Wildcats to tap assistant Russ Pennell as coach - ESPN
  7. Player Bio: Reggie Geary - SMUMUSTANGS.COM - The Official Athletic Site of SMU Mustangs
  8. Odeven, Ed (May 20, 2013). "Yokohama captures first-ever bj-league title". Japan Times. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
  9. Odeven, Ed (July 20, 2013). "Yokohama to name Katsuhisa coach". Japan Times. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  10. Nagatsuka, Kaz (June 3, 2015). "Coach Geary leaves Jets, joins Diamond Dolphins". Japan Times. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  11. Nagatsuka, Kaz (May 12, 2016). "Alvark, Brex enter NBL playoffs as top teams". Japan Times. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
  12. "Brex sharpshooters take down Diamond Dolphins". Japan Times. May 15, 2016. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
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