Greg Gary

Teams coached: Centenary Gents, Mercer Bears
Centenary record: 16-44 (.267)
Mercer record: 81-79 (.506)
Overall record: 97-123 (.441)

Greg Gary
Born February 14, 1970
Hometown: Anderson, Indiana
Alma Mater: Tulane University (BS, 1992)
After graduating from Anderson Highland HS (IN), spent one year at Aquinas College (TN) before transferring to Tulane
- Played three seasons at Tulane under head coach Perry Clark, graduating in 1992 as the school’s all-time steals leader
Joined Clark‘s coaching staff in 1993, working as one of his assistants for six of the next seven years at Tulane
- In between stints at his alma mater, spent one season as an assistant under Ron Everhart at McNeese State
Spent the next seven seasons in Florida, working with Clark again at Miami (FL) and then under Robert McCullum at USF
After a season on Everhart‘s staff at Duquesne, Gary was hired in 2008 to be the head coach at then-Division I Centenary (LA)
- Went 16-44 in his two seasons at the helm and resigned in 2010 – the program dropped to Division III a year later
Returned to Duquesne for one more season before joining Matt Painter‘s staff at Purdue in 2011
- Worked at Purdue for eight seasons, where he was a part of six NCAA Tournament teams (with three Sweet Sixteens)
Hired in March 2019 to be the head coach at Mercer in the SoCon
- Went 81-79 in five seasons with the Bears; reached the SoCon Tournament title game in 2021
- Gary was fired in March 2024 after finishing below .500 in three-straight seasons