Reggie Geary

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Reggie Geary

| image = Reggie Geary.jpg

| width =

| caption =

| position =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 187

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|08|31}}

| birth_place = Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.

| high_school = Mater Dei (Santa Ana, California)

| college = Arizona (1992–1996)

| draft_year = 1996

| draft_round = 2

| draft_pick = 56

| draft_team = Cleveland Cavaliers

| career_start = 1996

| career_end = 2004

| career_number = 2, 4

| career_position = Point guard

| coach_start = 2007

| years1 = {{nbay|1996|full=y}}

| team1 = Cleveland Cavaliers

| years2 = {{nbay|1997|full=y}}

| team2 = San Antonio Spurs

| years3 = 1998–1999

| team3 = Quad City Thunder

| years4 = 1999–2000

| team4 = Idaho Stampede

| years5 = 2000–2001

| team5 = Bnei Herzliya

| years6 = 2001–2002

| team6 = Porto

| years7 = 2002–2003

| team7 = JL Bourg-en-Bresse

| years8 = 2003–2004

| team8 = BC Kyiv

| cyears1 = 2007–2008

| cteam1 = Anaheim Arsenal

| cyears2 = 2008–2009

| cteam2 = Arizona Wildcats (assistant)

| cyears3 = 2009–2011

| cteam3 = SMU Mustangs (assistant)

| cyears4 = 2011–2013

| cteam4 = Yokohama B-Corsairs

| cyears5 = 2013–2015

| cteam5 = Chiba Jets

| cyears6 = 2015–2017

| cteam6 = Mitsubishi Diamond Dolphins Nagoya

| highlights=

First-team All-Pac-10 (1996)
ESPN Mr. Velcro, Dick Vitale's National Defensive POY 1996
bj League Coach of the Year (Japan) 2012
bj League Champions (Yokohama B-Corsairs, Japan) 2013

| stats_league = NBA

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 209 (2.1 ppg)

| stat2label = Assists

| stat2value = 110 (1.1 apg)

| bbr = gearyre01

}}

Reggie Elliot Geary (born August 31, 1973) is an American former professional basketball guard{{cite web| url = https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/gearyre01.html| title = Reggie Geary Stats {{!}} Basketball-Reference.com}} for the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers ({{nbay|1996}}) and San Antonio Spurs ({{nbay|1997}}). Since 2011 he has coached several teams in Japan's professional basketball leagues.[https://www.espn.com/blog/new-york/colleges/post/_/id/2537/justin-burrell-signs-with-japanese-team Justin Burrell signs with Japanese team – Colleges Blog – ESPN New York][https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/7885426 American Justin Burrell wins MVP in Japan pro league – ESPN]

Geary played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats under head coach Lute Olson. As a player at Arizona, the Wildcats had a 104–23 (.819) record, two Pac-10 Conference championships, and an appearance in the 1994 Final Four. He remains Arizona's fourth all-time steals leader (208) and sixth all-time leader in assists (560). Aside from his NBA career, Geary played two seasons in the Continental Basketball Association (1998 to 2000), and in Israel, Portugal, France and Ukraine.{{cite web |url=http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/specials/news/050603pr.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=October 23, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123123859/http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/specials/news/050603pr.htm |archive-date=November 23, 2008 }} He played with the jersey number 2 or 4.

In 2005, Geary became recruiting and basketball operations coordinator at Arizona, working under Lute Olson. He then became head coach of the NBA D-League's Anaheim Arsenal for 18 months, before returning to Olson's staff as an assistant coach in 2008.[https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=3407184 Former Wildcats guard Geary returns to Arizona staff – Men's College Basketball – ESPN][https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=3662241 Arizona Wildcats to tap assistant Russ Pennell as coach – ESPN] From 2009 to 2011, Geary was an assistant coach at Southern Methodist University under head coach Matt Doherty.[http://www.smumustangs.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/geary_reggie00.html Player Bio: Reggie Geary – SMUMUSTANGS.COM – The Official Athletic Site of SMU Mustangs]

In 2012, Geary was named coach of the year while at the helm for the Japanese professional basketball league's Yokohama B-Corsairs. The following season, Geary led the B-Corsairs to the league title, becoming the league's first foreign-born coach to win the championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/05/20/basketball/bj-league/yokohama-captures-first-ever-bj-league-title/ |title=Yokohama captures first-ever bj-league title |last=Odeven |first=Ed |publisher=Japan Times |date=May 20, 2013 |access-date=October 28, 2015}}

He left the B-Corsairs at the end of the 2012–13 season due to the club's financial difficulties. In July 2013 he signed to coach the Chiba Jets, a team which was moving from the bj-league to the National Basketball League during the same off-season.{{cite web|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/07/20/basketball/bj-league/yokohama-to-name-katsuhisa-coach-2/ |title=Yokohama to name Katsuhisa coach |last=Odeven |first=Ed |publisher=Japan Times |date=July 20, 2013 |access-date=November 5, 2015}} After an 18–36 record in 2013–14, Geary led the Jets to the NBL playoffs in 2014–15 with a 34–20 record.{{cite web|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2015/06/03/basketball/coach-geary-leaves-jets-joins-diamond-dolphins/ |title=Coach Geary leaves Jets, joins Diamond Dolphins |last=Nagatsuka |first=Kaz |publisher=Japan Times |date=June 3, 2015 |access-date=November 5, 2015}}

Geary's contract with the Jets was not renewed at the end of the 2014–15 season. He signed with the Mitsubishi Diamond Dolphins Nagoya of the NBL in June 2015 and led the team to a seventh-place 27–28 record in the 2015–16 season, losing in the first round of the playoffs to Link Tochigi Brex.{{cite web|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2016/05/12/basketball/alvark-brex-enter-nbl-playoffs-top-teams/ |title=Alvark, Brex enter NBL playoffs as top teams |publisher=Japan Times |date=May 12, 2016 |access-date=June 28, 2016 |last=Nagatsuka |first=Kaz}}{{cite web|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2016/05/15/basketball/brex-sharp-shooters-take-diamond-dolphins/ |title=Brex sharpshooters take down Diamond Dolphins |date=May 15, 2016 |publisher=Japan Times |access-date=June 28, 2016}}