Arizona Basketball Greatest Player No. 17 – Jason Gardner
Position: Guard
Years at Arizona: 1999-2003
College Stats: 14.6 pts, 3.4 reb, 4.6 Ast, 1.7 stl, .0 blk
College Awards and Achievements:
2000 USBWA Freshman of the Year
2001 NCAA Tournament All-Region
2003 Consensus All-America (2nd Tm)
2003 NCAA Tournament All-Region
2003 The Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award
1st-Team All-Pac-10 2000, 2002, 2003
NCAA Head Coach (IUPUI – Current)
NCAA Asst. Coach (Memphis, Loyola Chi)
NBA Draft: Undrafted
Years in FIBA: Seven
FIBA Awards:
2009 German League MVP
All-German League Team 2008, 2009
Jason Gardner was the point guard for the 2001 Arizona Basketball finals team which lost to Duke. Gardner played along with Luke Walton, Channing Frye who just announced his retirement from the NBA, Isaiah Fox, and Salim Stoudamire to name a few.
Gardner did not get drafted, go figure, but he did find success overseas. In Germany, he was an All-Star and earned the 2009 regular season MVP of the German Basketball Bundesliga team.
After his playing career, Gardner’s coaching career took off. Coaching for Loyola University Chicago and then joining Josh Pastner’s staff at the University of Memphis, Gardner is now the Head coach of IUPUI.
Former Arizona Wildcat Jason Gardner having coaching success at IUPUI
Former Arizona Wildcat Jason Gardner is now in his fifth year as head coach at IUPUI and is having a successful year so far.