Reggie Geary is in his second season at SMU (2010-11) after being named an assistant men[apos]s basketball coach at SMU by head coach Matt Doherty on June 12, 2009. Geary has six years of coaching experience, including a 2009 NCAA Sweet 16 season at Arizona, his alma mater.
In his first season at SMU (2009-10), the Mustangs finished with their most wins (7), best finish (tied for 7th) and best seed (No. 8) since joining Conference USA for the 2005-06 season. Papa Dia and Derek Williams were selected to the 2010 All-Conference USA Third Team. It marked the first time SMU had multiple All-Conference selections since the 2001-02 season. Williams was also named to the NABC All-District Second Team.
At Arizona, he was an All-Pac-10 guard at Arizona from 1992-96, helping the team to two Pac-10 titles and the 1994 Final Four. He also handled basketball operations for the Wildcats in 2005-06 before being an assistant coach in 2008-09. The Arizona coaching positions bookended two years as the head coach of the Anaheim Arsenal in the NBA Development League. Before coaching, Geary had an eight-year professional career that included playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers and San Antonio Spurs.
[quote]Reggie Geary has played for great coaches in Lute Olson at Arizona, Gary McKnight at Mater Dei High School, and Greg Popovich of the San Antonio Spurs,[quote] states Doherty. [quote]He has a wealth of experiences as a player and coach that will greatly benefit our program.[quote]
Before rejoining Arizona for the 2008-09 season, he was 36-39 in his two seasons as head coach with the Arsenal. Prior to that, Geary served as Arizona[apos]s recruiting and basketball operations coordinator during the 2005-06 campaign. Geary went into coaching after a highly successful eight-year professional playing career. He was a second-round pick by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 1996 NBA Draft. Geary played in the NBA for two seasons with the Cavaliers (1996-97) and the San Antonio Spurs (1997-98). Geary also spent two seasons in the Continental Basketball Association (1998-2000) before playing professionally in Europe through 2003-04. Additionally, Geary served as an NBA/NBDL Ambassador in Argentina and Brazil in 2001.
Geary was four-year letterwinner for the Arizona Wildcats from 1992-96 and ranks among the finest defenders in Arizona basketball history. The Wildcats ranked in the top-25 of every AP and ESPN/USA Today weekly poll during his career. Geary earned all-Pac-10 Conference and NABC all-District 15 honors as a senior. In 127 career appearances (101 starts), Geary averaged 7.0 points, 3.1 rebounds and 4.4 assists. During his UA career, the 6-2 guard led the Wildcats to a 104-23 (.819) record, two Pac-10 championships (1993, 1994) and a berth in the 1994 Final Four. He closed his career as Arizona[apos]s all-time steals leader (208) and ranked third in assists (560). As a senior in 1995-96, Geary became just the third player in Arizona history to pass out 200 or more assists in a single season (231).
Geary, a native of Santa Ana, Calif., earned his bachelor[apos]s degree in political science from Arizona in May 2005. He and his wife Candace have two sons, Quincy and Wesley.
