Gareth Murray

Gareth Murray (born 23 September 1984) is a Scottish basketball coach and former professional basketball player. He is the current head coach for BC Prievidza.^[1][2]

Gareth Murray

Personal information
Born	(1984-09-23) 23 September 1984 (age 40) Arbroath, Scotland
Nationality	Scottish
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Career information
NBA draft	2006: undrafted
Playing career	2006–2022
Position	Small forward / power forward
Coaching career	2020–present
Career history
As a player:
2006–2010	Scottish Rocks / Glasgow Rocks
2010–2011	Chester Jets
2011–2014	Glasgow Rocks
2014	Cheshire Phoenix
2014–2015	Vendée Challans
2015	Plymouth Raiders
2015–2016	Étoile Angers Basket
2016–2022	Glasgow Rocks
As a coach:
2020–2024	Caledonia Gladiators
2024–present	BC Prievidza

Early life

Murray was born in Arbroath.^[3]

Professional career

Murray started his career with the Scottish Rocks in 2006. Murray has also played for fellow British Basketball League clubs Cheshire Phoenix and 2010–11 and 2014–15 as well as Plymouth Raiders also in 2014–15.^[4] Murray has also taken his talents over the channel with NM1 clubs Vendee Challans in 2014–15 and Angers BC in 2015–16.^[4]

National team career

Murray earned his first call-up to the Great Britain men's national basketball team in 2013. He has since featured in all of Great Britain's major tournaments and qualifying campaigns including FIBA Eurobasket 2013 and FIBA Eurobasket 2017. During that time, Murray has established a reputation as one of the National Team's finest marksmen with a national team career three-point field goal percentage of 0.407 (55/135) as of 24 February 2020.^[5][6]

Coaching career

On 16 July 2020, Murray was announced as the Rocks' player-coach,^[7] which later were renamed Caledonia Gladiators. In 2022–23, he guided the team to winning the BBL Trophy. On 5 December 2024, he was hired as head coach of Slovak club BC Prievidza.^[2]

Club statistics

Career statistics

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2008-09	Scottish Rocks	34	34		41.3	34.3	86.2	4.6	1.7	1.3	0.2	13.8
2009-10	Glasgow Rocks	35	35	32.8	43.1	30.1	72.6	5.1	2	1	0.4	10.9
2010-11	Cheshire Jets	33	33	33.0	43.4	41.5	67.8	4.8	2.2	1.7	0.4	10.8
2011-12	Glasgow Rocks	30	25	34.6	42.2	32	67.9	5.2	2.7	1	0.4	12.9
2012-13	Glasgow Rocks	33	26	32.8	43	35	86'2	6	3.1	1.1	0.3	12.2
2013-14	Glasgow Rocks	33	30	32.9	39.4	32.8	80.6	4.3	3.1	1	0.4	12'6
2014	Vendee Challans
2014	Cheshire Phoenix	4	3	35.2	37	39.3	100	5.5	2.5	0.5	0.3	11.5
2015	Plymouth Raiders	18	14	34.5	39.9	27.2	80.6	6.3	2.9	1.3	0.4	10.9
2015-16	Angers BC
2016-17	Glasgow Rocks	28	27	29.9	54.3	42.3	79.5	4.3	2.1	0.7	0.2	12.8
2017-18	Glasgow Rocks	27	27	28.8	45.6	36.2	84.1	3.9	3.1	0.7	0.3	12.5