Gareth Murray (born 23 September 1984) is a Scottish former professional

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player and head coach for Caledonia Gladiators, born in

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. He also serves as the Gladiators current head coach.

Professional career

Murray started his career with the

Scottish Rocks The Caledonia Gladiators are a professional basketball club in Glasgow, Scotland. The Gladiators compete in the British Basketball League, the top tier of British basketball. Since 2012, the team have played their home games at the Emirates Ar ...

in 2006. Murray has also played for fellow

British Basketball League The British Basketball League (BBL) is a men's professional basketball league in Great Britain and represents the highest level of play in the countries. The league is contested by 10 teams from England and Scotland. There are no clubs howeve ...

clubs

Cheshire Phoenix The Cheshire Phoenix are a professional basketball team based in Ellesmere Port, England. Founded in 1984, they are members of the British Basketball League and play their home games at the Cheshire Oaks Arena. From 1993 until 2015 the team was ...

and 2010-11 and 2014-15 as well as

Plymouth Raiders The Plymouth Raiders was a professional basketball team based in Plymouth, England. The team competed in the British Basketball League, the country's premier basketball competition. The club was founded in 1983 through a merger between two lo ...

also in 2014–15. Murray has also taken his talents over the channel with

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clubs Vendee Challans in 2014-15 and Angers BC in 2015–16.

National team career

Murray earned his first call-up to the

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in 2013. He has since featured in all of Great Britain's major tournaments and qualifying campaigns including

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and FIBA Eurobasket 2017. During that time, Murray has established a reputation as one of the National Team's finest marksmen with a national team career three-point field goal percentage of 0.407 (55/135) as of 24 February 2020.

Coaching career

On 16 July 2020, Murray was announced as the Rocks'

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Club statistics

Career statistics

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Glasgow Rocks The Caledonia Gladiators are a professional basketball club in Glasgow, Scotland. The Gladiators compete in the British Basketball League, the top tier of British basketball. Since 2012, the team have played their home games at the Emirates Ar ...

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Cheshire Jets The Cheshire Phoenix are a professional basketball team based in Ellesmere Port, England. Founded in 1984, they are members of the British Basketball League and play their home games at the Cheshire Oaks Arena. From 1993 until 2015 the team was ...

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, 30 , , 25 , , 34.6 , , 42.2 , , 32 , , 67.9 , , 5.2 , , 2.7 , , 1 , , 0.4 , , 12.9 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2012-13 , style="text-align:left;",

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, 18 , , 14 , , 34.5 , , 39.9 , , 27.2 , , 80.6 , , 6.3 , , 2.9 , , 1.3 , , 0.4 , , 10.9 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2015-16 , style="text-align:left;", Angers BC , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - , style="text-align:left;",

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References

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