Gerry McNamara
American basketball player and coach (born 1983) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gerry McNamara (born August 28, 1983) is an American former basketball player and current head coach of the Siena Saints men's basketball team. Gerry is the former associate head coach of the Syracuse University men's basketball team. A former guard for the Orange, he never missed a start in his career[1] which lasted from 2002 to 2006. He also helped lead the team to the 2003 national title.
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Title | Head Coach | ||||||||||||||
Team | Siena | ||||||||||||||
Conference | MAAC | ||||||||||||||
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Born | (1983-08-28) August 28, 1983 (age 40) Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
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2002–2006 | Syracuse | ||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Guard | ||||||||||||||
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2009–2011 | Syracuse (graduate manager) | ||||||||||||||
2011–2023 | Syracuse (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
2023–2024 | Syracuse (associate HC) | ||||||||||||||
2024–present | Siena | ||||||||||||||
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After graduating from Syracuse, McNamara played professionally for Panionios BC, Olympiacos BC, the Bakersfield Jam,[2][3][4] BK Ventspils,[5] and the Reno Bighorns.[6] In 2009, McNamara announced his retirement as a player and returned to Syracuse as a graduate student and assistant coach.[7]