Gary Collier is a retired American

United States

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 college

College basketball

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 and professional basketball

Basketball

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 player who attended the University of Tulsa

University of Tulsa

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Collier played four seasons for the Golden Hurricane

Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball

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 and was named the 1994 MVC

Mountain Valley Conference

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 player of the year. He led the 1994 NCAA Tournament

1994 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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 in scoring average with 31.3 points per game.

Collier was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers

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 in the 2nd round of the 1994 NBA Draft

1994 NBA Draft

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; however, he never played in the NBA. He played the 1994-95 season with the Quad City Thunder

Quad City Thunder

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 in the Continental Basketball League

Continental Basketball League

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. Collier then took his game in Europe. He played his first two seasons for the Antwerp Diamond Giants

Antwerp Diamond Giants

Antwerp Giants is a Belgian professional basketball club based in Antwerp. Their home arena is Lotto Arena.Antwerpse, Zaziko, Brabo, Oxaco, Tunnel and more Antwerp basketball teams formed a union called SOBABEE which merged with Racing Mechelen BC. The club was called Racing Basket Antwerpen then...

. He then joined the Basketball Club Oostende, also in Belgium.

Collier played 1998-99 for the SOBA Dragons Rhöndorf in the Regionalliga

Regionalliga

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. He moved up to the Basketball Bundesliga

Basketball Bundesliga

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 for the following season, playing for the Skyliners Frankfurt. Collier then returned to Belgium, where he spent the following three seasons with Telindus Mons Hainaut

Dexia Mons-Hainaut

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. He averaged 17.4 points for Telindus Mons in the final Korać Cup

Korac Cup

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 in 2002. He played a final season in Europe with Paris Basket Racing

Paris Basket Racing

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, 2003-2004.

Collier is currently the boys' basketball coach at Arlington Heights High School

Arlington Heights High School

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in Fort Worth.