Brian Gregory

Brian Gregory
Georgia Tech Team Photo
Sport(s) Basketball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Georgia Tech
Biographical details
Born December 15, 1966 (1966-12-15) (age 45)
Place of birth Mount Prospect, Illinois, USA
Playing career
1985–1986
1987–1990
Navy
Oakland
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1990–1996
1996–1997
1997–1999
1999–2003
2003–2011
2011–
Michigan State (asst.)
Toledo (asst.)
Northwestern (asst.)
Michigan State (asst.)
Dayton
Georgia Tech

Brian Gregory (born December 15, 1966(1966-12-15) in Mount Prospect, Illinois) is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team. He has previously been head coach for the Dayton Flyers and an assistant for the Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team.

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Early life and education

From 1985 to 1986, Gregory attended the U.S. Naval Academy where he played on the Navy team that featured David Robinson and advanced to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament. He then went to Oakland University where he was a three-time all conference selection and in 1990 was named an Academic All-American. In 1990, Gregory graduated from Oakland University with a bachelor of arts in secondary education. He went on to earn a master of arts in athletic administration at Michigan State, graduating in 1992.[1]

Coach

Michigan State

He was an assistant for the Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team for five years, from 1999 to 2003, under head coach Tom Izzo. During that time, the Spartans reached the Final Four three times and won the 1999-2000 national title.[2]

Dayton Flyers

Gregory was the head basketball coach of the Dayton Flyers. As Flyers head coach, he led the team to the 2004 NCAA tournament and the 2009 NCAA tournament as well as the 2008 National Invitation Tournament.

He capped off the 2009-2010 season by leading the Flyers to the 2010 National Invitation Tournament trophy over the North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team. On January 14, 2008, Gregory led the Dayton Flyers to a top-14 ranking in the AP poll.[3] This was the highest ranking for Dayton in 40 years.[4] Gregory had a 172-94 record with the Flyers.[5]

Georgia Tech

On March 28, 2011, it was announced that Gregory would become the 13th Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball head coach, replacing Paul Hewitt.[2][6][7]

Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Dayton (Atlantic Ten Conference) (2003–2011)
2003–2004 Dayton 24–9 12–4 1st (East) NCAA 1st Round
2004–2005 Dayton 18–11 10–6 T–2nd (East)
2005–2006 Dayton 14–17 6–10 T–11th
2006–2007 Dayton 19–12 8–8 T–7th
2007–2008 Dayton 23–11 8–8 T–7th NIT Quarterfinals
2008–2009 Dayton 27–8 11–5 T–2nd NCAA 2nd Round
2009–2010 Dayton 25–12 8–8 7th NIT Champions
2010–2011 Dayton 22–14 7–9 T–8th NIT 1st Round
Dayton: 172–94 70–58
Georgia Tech (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2011–present)
2011–2012 Georgia Tech 4–4 0–0
Georgia Tech: 4–4 0–0
Total: 176-98

      National champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference tournament champion
      Conference regular season & conference tournament champion       Conference division champion

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