Jason Gardner

For the sprinter, see Jason Gardener. For the choreographer, see Jason Gardiner.

Jason Corey Gardner^[1] (born November 14, 1980) is an American retired professional basketball player and currently a player relations director at the University of Arizona.^[2]

Jason Gardner

Arizona Wildcats
Position	Director of Player Relations
League	Pac-12 Conference
Personal information
Born	(1980-11-14) November 14, 1980 (age 43) Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Listed height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Listed weight	187 lb (85 kg)
Career information
High school	North Central (Indianapolis, Indiana)
College	Arizona (1999–2003)
NBA draft	2003: undrafted
Playing career	2003–2011
Position	Point guard
Number	22
Coaching career	2011–present
Career history
As player:
2003	Krka Novo Mesto
2003–2005	Oostende
2005–2006	Ironi Ramat Gan
2006–2007	Townsville Crocodiles
2007–2011	EWE Oldenburg
As coach:
2011–2013	Loyola (Chicago) (assistant)
2013–2014	Memphis (assistant)
2014–2019	IUPUI
2020–2021	North Central HS
2021–present	Arizona (dir. player relations)
Career highlights and awards
German League MVP (2009) 2× All-German League Team (2008, 2009) Consensus second-team All-American (2003) Third-team All-American – AP, NABC (2002) Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award (2003) 3× First-team All-Pac-10 (2000, 2002, 2003) USBWA National Freshman of the Year (2000) No. 22 retired by Arizona Wildcats McDonald's All-American (1999) Second-team Parade All-American (1999) Fourth-team Parade All-American (1998)
Medals Representing  United States FIBA Americas U18 Championship 1998 Puerto Plata Team competition

Gardner is a native of Indianapolis, Indiana, playing his high school ball at North Central High School. He was honored at Indiana Mr. Basketball in 1999. The 5 ft 10 in point guard then starred at Arizona 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 Associated Press Second Team All-American after averaging 14.8 points and 4.9 assists per game. His college jersey number was retired by the University of Arizona in 2005.

Gardner was not drafted by the NBA, but found success overseas. He played in Slovenia, Belgium, and Israel, and with EWE Baskets Oldenburg in Germany. He was a 2x All-Star in Germany, appearing in the Basketball Bundesliga's All-Star Game 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 Telekom Baskets Bonn. 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 Josh Pastner's staff at the University of Memphis in the summer of 2013.

After just one season with Memphis, Gardner was named the head coach at IUPUI.^[3]

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. ^[4]

However, after just a year there, he accepted a player relations director at his alma mater, the University of Arizona.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
IUPUI (Summit League) (2014–2017)
2014–15	IUPUI	10–21	6–10	T–6th
2015–16	IUPUI	13–19	9–7	4th
2016–17	IUPUI	14–18	7–9	7th
IUPUI (Horizon League) (2017–2019)
2017–18	IUPUI	11–19	8–10	T–5th
2018–19	IUPUI	16–17	8–10	T–6th	CIT First Round
IUPUI:		64–93 (.408)	38–46 (.452)
Total:		64–93 (.408)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

References

1. "Player Profile". FIBA.
2. "North Central boys basketball coach Jason Gardner leaves for position at Arizona".
3. "IUPUI Jaguars hire Memphis Tigers assistant Jason Gardner". Espn.go.com. March 28, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
4. "Jason Gardner hired at alma mater: 'I've always wanted to coach at North Central'".

External links

General

• IUPUI Jags Bio
• Profile at Eurobasket.com
• Basketball Bundesliga Profile (in German)
• Loyola Chicago coaching bio