Jason Gardner

Current position: Director of player relations
Current team: Arizona Wildcats (Head coach: Tommy Lloyd)
Current conference: Big 12 Conference
Teams coached: IUPUI Jaguars
IUPUI record: 64-94 (.405)
Overall record: 64-94 (.405)

Jason Corey Gardner
Born November 14, 1980
Hometown: Indianapolis, Indiana
Alma Mater: University of Arizona (BA, 2003)
Played high school ball at North Central HS in Indianapolis; named a McDonald’s and Parade All-American as a senior in 1999, earning the coveted Indiana Mr. Basketball title
Played four seasons at Arizona under Hall of Fame head coach Lute Olson
- Was an AP All-American twice (third-team in 2002 and second-team in 2003)
- Had his jersey number #22 retired by the school in 2005
- Standing just 5’10” tall, Gardner won the 2003 Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award
After going un-drafted in 2003, Gardner played for eight seasons overseas in Slovenia, Belgium, Israel and Germany
Started his coaching career in 2011 as an assistant to Porter Moser at Loyola (IL)
Joined former Arizona teammate Josh Pastner‘s staff at Memphis two years later
Named the head coach of the IUPUI Jaguars in his hometown of Indianapolis in March 2014
- Went 64-94 in five seasons at the helm, reaching the postseason just once (2019 CIT)
- Arrested in August 2019 for an OWI in Indianapolis; resigned from his position two days later
In August 2020, Gardner was hired to be the head basketball coach at his alma mater, North Central HS in Indianapolis
Returned to his other alma mater, Arizona, in 2021 as the new director of player relations on Tommy Lloyd‘s staff