Houston Rockets • 2003-2004 Media Guide - NBA Media Central
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Andy Greer<br />
Assistant Coach<br />
BASKETBALL STAFF<br />
Andy Greer comes to <strong>Houston</strong> after two seasons as an assistant coach with<br />
the New York Knicks. Greer will spearhead <strong>Houston</strong>’s advance scouting<br />
operation, observing the <strong>Rockets</strong> upcoming opponents.<br />
“Andy plays a role critical to our success, as he prepares the scouting report<br />
for each game,” <strong>Rockets</strong> Head Coach Jeff Van Gundy said. “His knowledge<br />
and dedication give us the ultimate advantage, and our team reaps the<br />
benefits from his tireless work on the road.”<br />
In addition to his experience with the Knicks, Greer has coached at the<br />
collegiate level for nearly two decades. Prior to joining the Knicks, he<br />
spent four years at Northern Illinois University. While at Northern Illinois, he spent three-and-a-half<br />
seasons as an assistant coach and a half season as the team’s interim head coach.<br />
Greer received his first head coaching position in 1993, when he became the United States Merchant<br />
Marine Academy’s head coach and assistant director of athletics. In Andy’s third season at the helm,<br />
the Mariners recorded their first winning season in six years and advanced to the ECAC Metro NY/NJ<br />
Championship Game. The following year, they posted a 19-7 record and qualified for the NCAA<br />
Division III Tournament. From 1994 through 1997, Greer also served as the director of the Knicks<br />
Summer Basketball Camp.<br />
Greer began his coaching career on the collegiate level, recording a series of stints as an assistant<br />
coach. His first coaching job came in 1983 at Genesee Community College, as he assisted Jeff Van<br />
Gundy’s father, Bill. Greer moved on after two seasons at Genesee, working for two years each at<br />
Mansfield University and Brandeis University. He left Brandeis and spent one season as an assistant<br />
coach at Boston University, where he aided Mike Jarvis. Greer then coached for three seasons under<br />
George Raveling at the University of Southern California. During Greer’s stay at USC, the Trojans<br />
registered three consecutive winning seasons, two NCAA Tournament appearances and one NIT berth.<br />
Greer holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education from SUNY-Brockport, where he was<br />
a teammate of Jeff Van Gundy, and a master’s in Education from Mansfield.<br />
Greer and his wife, Lesley, live in Boston with their son, Zachary, and two daughters, Haley and Blake.<br />
His younger brother, Larry, is an assistant coach at Wright State University.<br />
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