Jason Corey Gardner (born November 14, 1980) is an American retired professional

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player and currently a player relations director at the

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. Gardner is a native of

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, playing his high school ball at North Central High Sxhool. He was honored at Indiana Mr. Basketball in 1999. The point guard then starred at

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from 1999 to 2003. His team finished second place in the 2001 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, losing to Duke University. As a senior in 2003, Gardner was named an

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Second Team All-American after averaging 14.8 points and 4.9 assists per game. His college jersey number was retired by the

in 2005. Gardner was not drafted by the NBA, but found success overseas. He played in

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, and

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, and with

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. He was a 2x All-Star in Germany, appearing in the Basketball Bundesliga's

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in 2007, and starting for the Northern All-Star Team in the Basketball Bundesliga's All-Star Game in 2009. He was also named 2008/2009 regular season MVP of the German Basketball Bundesliga. For the season he averaged 13.7 points 4.0 assists and 3.0 rebounds on shooting 40.8% from the field 37.5% from three-point range and 82.9% from the line. He recorded a season high of 25 points against the

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. Gardner led his team to a 25–9 record finishing third in the regular season. In 2011, Gardner joined the coaching staff of Loyola University Chicago. Gardner left Loyola to join

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's staff at the

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in the summer of 2013. After just one season with Memphis, Gardner was named the head coach at IUPUI. Gardner was arrested for driving while impaired by

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police on Aug 26, 2019 and resigned his coaching position the next day. On August 12, 2020, nearly a year after resigning from IUPUI, Gardner was named the head coach of the North Central High School boys basketball team, returning to the school where he played his high school career. However, after just a year there, he accepted a player relations director at his alma mater, the University of Arizona.

Head coaching record

References

External links

;General
IUPUI Jags BioProfile
at Eurobasket.com
Basketball Bundesliga Profile

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gardner, Jason 1980 births Living people All-American college men's basketball players American expatriate basketball people in Australia American expatriate basketball people in Belgium American expatriate basketball people in Germany American expatriate basketball people in Israel American expatriate basketball people in Slovenia American men's basketball players Arizona Wildcats men's basketball players Basketball coaches from Indiana Basketball players from Indianapolis BC Oostende players EWE Baskets Oldenburg players Ironi Ramat Gan players IUPUI Jaguars men's basketball coaches KK Krka players Loyola Ramblers men's basketball coaches McDonald's High School All-Americans Memphis Tigers men's basketball coaches Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball) Point guards Townsville Crocodiles players