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{{short description|American basketball player/coach}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{hatnote|For the sprinter, see [[Jason Gardener]]. For the choreographer, see [[Jason Gardiner]].}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Jason Gardner
| team = Arizona Wildcats 
| league = [[Pac-12 Conference]]
| position = Director of player relations 
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 10
| weight_lb = 187
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|11|14}}
| birth_place = [[Indianapolis, Indiana]], U.S.
| high_school = [[North Central High School (Indianapolis)|North Central]]<br />(Indianapolis, Indiana)
| college = [[Arizona Wildcats men's basketball|Arizona]] (1999–2003)
| draft_year = 2003
| career_start = 2003
| career_end = 2011
| career_position = [[Point guard]]
| career_number   = 22
| coach_start = 2011
| coach_end = 
| years1 = 2003 | team1 = [[KK Krka|Krka Novo Mesto]]
| years2 = 2003–2005 | team2 = [[BC Oostende|Oostende]]
| years3 = 2005–2006 | team3 = [[Ironi Ramat Gan]]
| years4 = 2006–2007 | team4 = [[Telekom Baskets Bonn]]
| years5 = 2007–2010 | team5 = [[EWE Baskets Oldenburg|EWE Oldenburg]]
| cyears1 = 2011–2013 | cteam1 = [[Loyola Ramblers men's basketball|Loyola (Chicago)]] (assistant)
| cyears2 = 2013–2014 | cteam2 = [[Memphis Tigers men's basketball|Memphis]] (assistant)
| cyears3 = 2014–2019 |cteam3 = [[IUPUI Jaguars men's basketball|IUPUI]]
| cyears4 = 2020–2021 |cteam4 = [[North Central High School (Indianapolis)|North Central HS]]
| cyears5 = 2021–present |cteam5 = [[Arizona Wildcats men's basketball|Arizona]] (dir. player relations)
| highlights = 
* [[Basketball Bundesliga MVP|German League MVP]] (2009)
* 2× [[All-Basketball Bundesliga Team|All-German League]] Team (2008, 2009)
* Consensus second-team [[NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|All-American]] ([[2003 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|2003]])
* Third-team All-American – [[Associated Press|AP]], [[National Association of Basketball Coaches|NABC]] ([[2002 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|2002]])
* [[Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award]] (2003)
* 3× First-team [[List of All-Pacific-12 Conference men's basketball teams|All-Pac-10]] (2000, 2002, 2003)
* [[USBWA National Freshman of the Year]] (2000)
* No. 22 [[Arizona Wildcats men's basketball#Retired jerseys|retired by Arizona Wildcats]]
* [[McDonald's All-American]] (1999)
* Second-team [[Parade All-America Boys Basketball Team|''Parade'' All-American]] (1999)
* Fourth-team ''Parade'' All-American (1998)
| medaltemplates = 
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{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship|FIBA Americas U18 Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship|1998 Puerto Plata]] | [[United States national basketball team|Team competition]]}}
}}
'''Jason Corey Gardner'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/46621/sid/6491/tid/97036/_/2009_EuroChallenge/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517090623/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/46621/sid/6491/tid/97036/_/2009_EuroChallenge/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 17, 2022|title=Player Profile|publisher=[[FIBA]]}}</ref> (born November 14, 1980) is an American retired professional [[basketball]] player and currently a player relations director at the [[University of Arizona]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/high-school/2021/07/06/indiana-high-school-basketball-north-centrals-jason-gardner-arizona/7878570002/|title = North Central boys basketball coach Jason Gardner leaves for position at Arizona}}</ref>

Gardner is a native of [[Indianapolis, Indiana]], playing his high school ball at [[North Central High School (Indianapolis)|North Central High School]]. He was honored at [[Indiana Mr. Basketball]] in 1999. The {{nowrap|5 ft 10 in}} [[point guard]] then starred at [[University of Arizona|Arizona]] from 1999 to 2003. His team finished second place in the [[2001 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament]], losing to [[Duke University]]. As a senior in 2003, Gardner was named an [[Associated Press]] Second Team [[All-American]] after averaging 14.8 points and 4.9 assists per game. His college jersey number was retired by the [[University of Arizona]] in 2005.

Gardner was not drafted by the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]], but found success overseas. He played in [[Slovenia]], [[Belgium]], and [[Israel]]. For the season 2006/07 he moved to [[Germany]], where he played first with [[Telekom Baskets Bonn]] and then three seasons with [[EWE Baskets Oldenburg]]. In his second year with Oldenburg he won the German championship. He was a 2x All-Star in Germany, appearing in the [[Basketball Bundesliga]]'s [[BBL All-Star Game|All-Star Game]] in 2007, and starting for the Northern All-Star Team in the Basketball Bundesliga's All-Star Game in 2009. He was also named 2008/2009 [[Basketball Bundesliga MVP|regular season MVP of the German Basketball Bundesliga]]. For the season he averaged 13.7 points 4.0 assists and 3.0 rebounds on shooting 40.8% from the field 37.5% from three-point range and 82.9% from the line. He recorded a season high of 25 points against the [[Telekom Baskets Bonn]]. Gardner led his team to a 25–9 record finishing third in the regular season.

In 2011, Gardner joined the coaching staff of [[Loyola University Chicago]].  Gardner left Loyola to join [[Josh Pastner]]'s staff at the [[Memphis Tigers men's basketball|University of Memphis]] in the summer of 2013.

After just one season with Memphis, Gardner was named the head coach at IUPUI.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/10691833/iupui-jaguars-hire-memphis-tigers-assistant-jason-gardner |title=IUPUI Jaguars hire Memphis Tigers assistant Jason Gardner |publisher=Espn.go.com |date=March 28, 2014 |access-date=January 22, 2017}}</ref>  

On August 12, 2020, nearly a year after resigning from IUPUI, Gardner was named the head coach of the North Central High School boys basketball team, returning to the school where he played his high school career. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/high-school/2020/08/12/indiana-high-school-basketball-jason-gardner-hired-north-central-indiana-mr-basketball/3359862001/|title=Jason Gardner hired at alma mater: 'I've always wanted to coach at North Central'}}</ref>

However, after just a year there, he accepted a player relations director at his alma mater, the University of Arizona.

==Head coaching record==
{{CBB Yearly Record Start
|type=coach
|conference=
|postseason=
|poll=no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
|name=[[IUPUI Jaguars men's basketball|IUPUI]]
|startyear=2014
|conference=[[Summit League]]
|endyear=2017
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [[2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2014–15]]
 | name         = [[2014–15 IUPUI Jaguars men's basketball team|IUPUI]]
 | overall      = 10–21
 | conference   = 6–10
 | confstanding = T–6th
 | postseason   = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [[2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2015–16]]
 | name         = [[2015–16 IUPUI Jaguars men's basketball team|IUPUI]]
 | overall      = 13–19
 | conference   = 9–7
 | confstanding = 4th
 | postseason   = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [[2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2016–17]]
 | name         = [[2016–17 IUPUI Jaguars men's basketball team|IUPUI]]
 | overall      = 14–18
 | conference   = 7–9
 | confstanding = 7th
 | postseason   = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
|name=IUPUI
|startyear=2017
|conference=[[Horizon League]]
|endyear=2019
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [[2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2017–18]]
 | name         = [[2017–18 IUPUI Jaguars men's basketball team|IUPUI]]
 | overall      = 11–19
 | conference   = 8–10
 | confstanding = T–5th
 | postseason   = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [[2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2018–19]]
 | name         = [[2018–19 IUPUI Jaguars men's basketball team|IUPUI]]
 | overall      = 16–17
 | conference   = 8–10
 | confstanding = T–6th
 | postseason   = [[2019 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament|CIT First Round]]
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = IUPUI
 | overall    = 64–93 ({{winpct|64|93}})
 | confrecord = 38–46 ({{winpct|38|46}})
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
|overall= 64–93 ({{winpct|64|93}})
|poll=no
}}

==References==
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==External links==
;General
*[http://www.iupuijags.com/coaches.aspx?rc=459&path=mbball IUPUI Jags Bio]
*[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Jason_Gardner/26400 Profile] at Eurobasket.com
*[https://archive.today/20130620035002/http://www.beko-bbl.de/staticsite/staticsite.php?menuid=990 Basketball Bundesliga Profile] {{in lang|de}}
*[http://www.loyolaramblers.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/gardner_jason00.html Loyola Chicago coaching bio]

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