Gareth Murray

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Gareth Murray
Personal information
Born (1984-09-23) 23 September 1984 (age 40)
Arbroath, Scotland
NationalityScottish
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Career information
NBA draft 2006: undrafted
Playing career2006–2022
Position Small forward / power forward
Coaching career2020–present
Career history
As player:
2006–2010 Scottish Rocks / Glasgow Rocks
2010–2011 Chester Jets
2011–2014Glasgow Rocks
2014 Cheshire Phoenix
2014–2015 Vendée Challans
2015 Plymouth Raiders
2015–2016 Étoile Angers Basket
2016–2022Glasgow Rocks
As coach:
2020–2024 Caledonia Gladiators
2024–present BC Prievidza

Gareth Murray (born 23 September 1984) is a Scottish basketball coach and former professional basketball player. He is the current head coach for BC Prievidza. [1] [2]

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Early life

Murray was born in Arbroath. [3]

Professional career

Murray started his career with the Scottish Rocks in 2006. Murray has also played for fellow British Basketball League clubs Cheshire Phoenix and 2010–11 and 2014–15 as well as Plymouth Raiders also in 2014–15. [4] Murray has also taken his talents over the channel with NM1 clubs Vendee Challans in 2014–15 and Angers BC in 2015–16. [4]

National team career

Murray earned his first call-up to the Great Britain men's national basketball team in 2013. He has since featured in all of Great Britain's major tournaments and qualifying campaigns including FIBA Eurobasket 2013 and FIBA Eurobasket 2017. During that time, Murray has established a reputation as one of the National Team's finest marksmen with a national team career three-point field goal percentage of 0.407 (55/135) as of 24 February 2020. [5] [6]

Coaching career

On 16 July 2020, Murray was announced as the Rocks' player-coach, [7] which later were renamed Caledonia Gladiators. In 2022–23, he guided the team to winning the BBL Trophy. On 5 December 2024, he was hired as head coach of Slovak club BC Prievidza. [2]

Club statistics

Career statistics

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2008-09 Scottish Rocks 343441.334.386.24.61.71.30.213.8
2009-10 Glasgow Rocks 353532.843.130.172.65.1210.410.9
2010-11 Cheshire Jets 333333.043.441.567.84.82.21.70.410.8
2011-12 Glasgow Rocks 302534.642.23267.95.22.710.412.9
2012-13 Glasgow Rocks 332632.8433586'263.11.10.312.2
2013-14 Glasgow Rocks 333032.939.432.880.64.33.110.412'6
2014Vendee Challans
2014 Cheshire Phoenix 4335.23739.31005.52.50.50.311.5
2015 Plymouth Raiders 181434.539.927.280.66.32.91.30.410.9
2015-16Angers BC
2016-17 Glasgow Rocks 282729.954.342.379.54.32.10.70.212.8
2017-18 Glasgow Rocks 272728.845.636.284.13.93.10.70.312.5

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References

  1. ↑ FIBA profile
  2. 1 2 Trubač, Ľubomír (5 December 2024). "Gareth Murray taking over as Head Coach". BC Prievidza (in Slovak). Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  3. ↑ Arbroath-born basketball star Gareth Murray set to make bow as player-coach of Glasgow Rocks . The Courier , 14 November 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Gareth Murray". Dave Owen Basketball. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  5. ↑ "The Players - Men". www.gbbasketball.com. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  6. ↑ EuroBasket 2017 profile
  7. ↑ "Gareth Murray signs as player-coach!". Glasgow Rocks . 16 July 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
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