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Reggie Geary

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Reggie Elliot Geary (born August 31, 1973) is an American former 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]

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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 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]

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