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Justin Gainey is an American college basketball coach who is the associate head coach of the Tennessee Volunteers Men's Basketball team. Gainey joined Tennessee's coaching staff in 2021 as an assistant coach and was promoted to associate head coach prior to the 2022-23 season. Before joining the Volunteers, Gainey held coaching roles at Marquette, Arizona, Santa Clara, Appalachian State, Elon, and NC State.
Playing Career
Following a successful high school career at Greensboro Day School, Gainey played 4 years at NC State. Gainey helped the Wolfpack to postseason appearances in all 4 of his seasons and served as captain in his senior year. [1] Gainey ranked 2nd in starts (103) 4th in steals (190), and 9th in assists (344) at the conclusion of his playing career. [2]
Coaching Career
After graduating with a degree in Business Administration from NC State, Gainey returned to his alma mater and served as an administrative coordinator on Sydney Lowe's staff from 2006-2008. Gainey was then promoted to director of operations, holding the position for 1 year. He spent the following season at Elon University as an assistant coach before joining Jeff Capel's staff at Appalachian State in the same role. Gainey and Capel had a strong relationship dating back to playing a year of high school basketball together.[3] After serving as an assistant coach for 4 years at Appalachian State, Gainey accepted the director of operations job on Steve Wojciechowski's staff at Marquette. In his final 2 seasons as director of operations, the Golden Eagles won at least 19 games in both seasons and made an NCAA Tournament appearance in his final season (2016-17).
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Titel | Associate Head Coach |
| Team | Tennessee |
| Conference | SEC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | March 19, 1977 |
| Alma mater | NC State |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2009-2010 | Elon (assistant coach) |
| 2010-2014 | Appalachian State (assistant coach) |
| 2017-2018 | Santa Clara (assistant coach) |
| 2018-2020 | Arizona (assistant coach) |
| 2020-2021 | Marquette (associate head coach) |
| 2021-2022 | Tennessee (assistant coach) |
| 2022-Present | Tennessee (associate head coach) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2006-2008 | NC State (administrative coordinator) |
| 2008-2009 | NC State (director of operations) |
References
- ^ "Justin Gainey - Men's Basketball Coach". University of Tennessee Athletics. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
- ^ "Justin Gainey - Men's Basketball Coach". University of Tennessee Athletics. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
- ^ Staff, Pack Insider (2013-09-18). "Catching Up With Justin Gainey". Pack Insider. Retrieved 2024-03-05.