Third-year assistant coach Greg Gary has played a key role in the team’s national recruiting efforts since his arrival prior to the 2004-05 campaign.
No stranger to the BIG EAST Conference, Gary is currently in his second stint in the league after arriving from Miami.
He focuses his coaching efforts on the USF guard corps and shares opponent scouting responsibilities. He also manages the program’s recruiting databases.
Gary arrived with head coach Perry Clark’s staff at Miami in 2000, where his responsibilities extended beyond on-floor coaching. At Miami, Gary supervised the academic program for the team and coordinated the offensive sets.
Gary helped develop Miami’s program and the Hurricanes went on to reach the National Invitation Tournament in 2001 and the NCAA Tournament in 2002. En route to the NCAA appearance, the Hurricanes collected a school-record 24 victories. His recruiting efforts laid the groundwork for Miami’s highly-respected current backcourt.
The Anderson, Ind., native had moved to Miami with Clark from Tulane University, where he served two stints as an assistant coach from 1993-97 and 1998-2000. In between those two stays at Tulane, Gary was an assistant for Ron Everhart - another Clark assistant - at McNeese State.
In his second coaching stint at Tulane (1998-2000), Gary helped coach a team that reached the NIT in 1999 and 2000, working as the recruiting coordinator and academic coordinator in addition to his on-floor coaching duties.
During his first four-year tenure (1993-97) on Clark’s staff at Tulane, the Green Wave went to the postseason each year, including an NCAA bid in 1995 and three NIT appearances (NIT Final Four in 1996).
In the year prior to joining the Tulane staff, Gary attended Tulane Law School and worked as the color analyst on the Green Wave Radio Network in 1992-93.
As a Tulane player, Gary played a key role in helping revive the Green Wave program in 1989 after the school had dropped basketball in 1985. As the point guard, Gary was pivotal in reversing Tulane’s fortune, helping the program from a 4-24 season in 1989-90 to a 37-22 record over the next two years, including an NCAA bid in 1991-92.
When Gary graduated, he was Tulane’s all-time assist leader with 370.
A native of one of the nation’s most impressive high school basketball towns, he graduated from Highland High in Anderson and went on to play one year (1988-89) at Aquinas College before enrolling at Tulane.
Gary has a bachelor’s degree in sports management from Tulane.
Gary and his wife, Claudia, have three daughters, Gabrielle (9), Logan (6) and Alexandra (5).
