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]
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]
Head coaching record
| 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 | 52 | 31 | 21 | .596 | 2nd in Eastern | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3rd place |
| Yokohama B-Corsairs | 2012–13 | 52 | 35 | 17 | .673 | 2nd in Eastern | 5 | 4 | 1 | .800 | Bj Champions |
| Chiba Jets | 2013–14 | 54 | 18 | 36 | .333 | 6th in Eastern | - | - | - | – | - |
| Chiba Jets | 2014–15 | 54 | 34 | 20 | .630 | 5th in Eastern | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6th |
| Mitsubishi Electric | 2015–16 | 55 | 27 | 28 | .491 | 7th | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5th |
| Nagoya Diamond Dolphins | 2016–17 | 60 | 27 | 33 | .450 | 5th in Western | - | - | - | – | - |
Notes
- ^ "Reggie Geary Stats | Basketball-Reference.com".
- ^ Justin Burrell signs with Japanese team – Colleges Blog – ESPN New York
- ^ a b American Justin Burrell wins MVP in Japan pro league – ESPN
- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 23, 2008. Retrieved October 23, 2008.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Former Wildcats guard Geary returns to Arizona staff – Men's College Basketball – ESPN
- ^ Arizona Wildcats to tap assistant Russ Pennell as coach – ESPN
- ^ Player Bio: Reggie Geary – SMUMUSTANGS.COM – The Official Athletic Site of SMU Mustangs
- ^ Odeven, Ed (May 20, 2013). "Yokohama captures first-ever bj-league title". Japan Times. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
- ^ Odeven, Ed (July 20, 2013). "Yokohama to name Katsuhisa coach". Japan Times. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
- ^ a b Nagatsuka, Kaz (June 3, 2015). "Coach Geary leaves Jets, joins Diamond Dolphins". Japan Times. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
- ^ Nagatsuka, Kaz (May 12, 2016). "Alvark, Brex enter NBL playoffs as top teams". Japan Times. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
- ^ "Brex sharpshooters take down Diamond Dolphins". Japan Times. May 15, 2016. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
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