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Gary Colson - Wikipedia

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Gary Colson
Biographical details
Born	(1934-04-30)April 30, 1934 Logansport, Indiana, U.S.
Died	November 3, 2023(2023-11-03) (aged 89) Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Playing career
1953–1956	David Lipscomb

Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1958–1968	Valdosta State
1968–1979	Pepperdine
1980–1988	New Mexico
1990–1995	Fresno State

Accomplishments and honors
Championships
WCAC regular season (1976)
Awards
WCAC Coach of the Year (1976) WAC Coach of the Year (1984)

Gary Colson (April 30, 1934 – November 3, 2023) was an American basketball coach and executive. The Logansport, Indiana, native guided several college men's basketball teams, including Valdosta State University, Pepperdine University, University of New Mexico and California State University, Fresno. He compiled a 563–385 (.594) record over 34 seasons of coaching between 1959 and 1995. In 2002, he joined the Memphis Grizzlies' front office as Assistant to the President of Basketball Operations.^[1] In his later years, Coach Colson was a basketball instructor at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Coach Colson earned his bachelor's degree in health and physical education from David Lipscomb College (now Lipscomb University) in 1956. He was inducted into the Lipscomb Athletics Hall of Fame in 1998 in the "Athlete" category.

Colson died from lymphoma in Santa Barbara, California, on November 3, 2023, at the age of 89.^[2]

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1953: Feerick
1954: Feerick
1955: Woolpert
1956: Woolpert
1957: Woolpert
1958: Woolpert
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1963: Peletta
1964: Peletta
1965: Peletta
1966: Edwards
1967: Edwards
1968: Garibaldi
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1970: Garibaldi
1971: Edwards
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1973: Padgett
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1975: Tarkanian
1976: Colson
1977: Gaillard
1978: Avina
1979: Belluomini
1980: Jacobs
1981: Barry & Fitzgerald
1982: Harrick
1983: Harrick
1984: Brovelli
1985: Harrick
1986: Egan & Harrick
1987: Egan
1988: Westhead
1989: Nance
1990: Westhead
1991: Asbury
1992: Asbury
1993: Davey
1994: Fitzgerald
1995: Davey
1996: Olive
1997: Davey
1998: Monson
1999: Holland
2000: Holland
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2002: Few
2003: Few
2004: Few
2005: Few
2006: Few
2007: Davey
2008: Bennett & Few
2009: Reveno
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2011: Bennett
2012: Good
2013: Few
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2016: Bennett
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2019: Few
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2023: Bennett
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1982: Brandenburg
1983: Haskins
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1986: Brandenburg
1987: Haskins
1988: Andersen
1989: Wallace
1990: Reid
1991: Majerus
1992: Reid
1993: Majerus
1994: Bliss
1995: Majerus
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