Greg Gary (born February 14, 1970) is an American head

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coach for the

Mercer Bears men's basketball The Mercer Bears men's basketball team represents Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, United States. The school's team competes in the Southern Conference. They are led by head coach Greg Gary and play their home games at Hawkins Arena. Histor ...

team. He is the former head men's basketball coach at

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. He replaced

Rob Flaska Rob Flaska (born March 23, 1960) is an American former basketball coach. He served as the head men's basketball coach at Centenary College of Louisiana from 2005 to 2008. His contract was not renewed following his third season with the Gentlem ...

.Centenary hires Greg Gary as men's basketball
ESPN. April 11, 2008. Retrieved on April 3, 2009. He was born in

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. Gary graduated from Highland High School, Anderson, IN, in 1988 and went on to play college basketball at

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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

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leader. 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

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on March 26, 2019. Gary is married (Claudia Gary) and has four daughters (Gabrielle, Logan, Alex, Brooklyn) and a son, Nash.

Head coaching record

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