Corey Gaines

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Corey Gaines
Personal information
Born (1965-06-01) June 1, 1965 (age 58)
Playa del Rey, California
)
College
Scavolini Pesaro
1995Philadelphia 76ers
1995–1996Galatasaray
1996Mash J. Verona
1996–1997Hapoel Eilat
1997–1998Japan Energy Griffins
1999–2000Maccabi Rishon LeZion
2000–2003Maccabi Haifa
2003–2004Long Beach Jam
As coach:
2003–2004Long Beach Jam (assistant)
2005Long Beach Jam
2006–2007Phoenix Mercury (assistant)
2007–2013Phoenix Mercury
2013Phoenix Suns (assistant)
2015–2016Phoenix Suns (assistant)
2016–2018New York Knicks (assistant)
2019–2021Washington Wizards (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As coach:

  • WNBA champion
    (2009)
Career NBA statistics
Points
248 (3.1 ppg)
Rebounds69 (0.9 rpg)
Assists247 (3.1 apg)
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at Basketball-Reference.com

Corey Yasuto Gaines (born June 1, 1965) is an American professional basketball coach and former player. He played five seasons in the NBA, and was a four-time Israeli Premier League Assists Leader, in 1999 and in 2001 to 2003. He was also a former head coach of the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

Professional career

Gaines was selected by the

New Jersey Nets (1988–89), Philadelphia 76ers (1989–90, 1994–95), Denver Nuggets (1990–91) and New York Knicks (1993–94). In his NBA career, he played in 80 games and scored a total of 248 points. Throughout his NBA career, he also spent time playing in Continental Basketball Association
for multiple teams.

Gaines also played in multiple international basketball leagues (including the Japanese professional men's basketball league) throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s. He was a four-time

Long Beach Jam under the revived American Basketball Association. The Jam won the ABA Championship in their first season of existence, thanks in part to having players like Dennis Rodman
on their squad.

Coaching career

After winning the ABA Championship, Gaines would retire from playing basketball and start out as an assistant coach for the

WNBA Finals MVP Award in the same season.[3]

In November 2011, Gaines was promoted to general manager of the Mercury, taking over a position vacated by

Ann Meyers-Drysdale. On August 8, 2013, the Phoenix Mercury announced that they had relieved Gaines of his duties as head coach and general manager, and named former University of Arizona and Grand Canyon University men's basketball head coach Russ Pennell as the team's interim head coach.[4]

Gaines would have his first coaching experience in the NBA with the

2015-16 NBA season due to some changes with the coaching and player development staffs respectively.[5][6] Gaines would also be considered a prime candidate for the interim coach tag for the Suns after head coach Jeff Hornacek was fired on February 1, 2016. However, after a generally awful season that was even worse than their 2012–13 season, Gaines would not have his contract renewed with the team.[7]

Before the start of the

2018–19 season, the Detroit Pistons hired Gaines as a Coaching Consultant.[8] Before the start of the 2019–20 season, Gaines was hired as an assistant coach with the Washington Wizards.[9]

Personal life

Gaines' father is African-American and his mother is of Japanese descent.[10][11][12]

Notes

  1. ^ "1988 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2024-03-16.
  2. ^ "Phoenix to announce Gaines as new head coach - USATODAY.com". usatoday30.usatoday.com.
  3. ^ "Taurasi, Pondexter lead Mercury to second title in three years". www.espn.com. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
  4. ^ Negley, Cassandra (August 8, 2013). "Phoenix Mercury fire Corey Gaines, hire Russ Pennell as interim coach". Arizona Republic.
  5. ^ "Suns Announce Basketball Operations Staff Changes". NBA.com. July 30, 2015.
  6. ^ Coro, Paul (May 29, 2015). "Suns make coaching staff changes, drop Kenny Gattison". azcentral.com.
  7. ^ Coro, Paul. "Phoenix Suns not renewing 2 assistant coach contracts". The Arizona Republic.
  8. ^ "Detroit Pistons Staff & Executives – RealGM". basketball.realgm.com.
  9. ^ "Wizards announce additions to coaching staff | NBA.com". www.nba.com.
  10. ^ "Inspire Yourself". Huffington Post. February 9, 2012.
  11. ^ "Mercury's Oga making mark". archive.azcentral.com.
  12. ^ "Mercury win second WNBA title | the Japan Times Online". Archived from the original on 2010-08-17. Retrieved 2010-08-02.

External links

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