Background
Gaines, Corey was born on June 1, 1965 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
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Gaines, Corey was born on June 1, 1965 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
Attended, University of California at Los Angeles, 1983—1986. Graduate, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, 1988.
Gaines was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 3rd round (65th overall) of the 1988 National Basketball Association Draft. A 6"3" (190 m) guard from University of California, Los Angeles and Loyola Marymount University, Gaines played in 5 National Basketball Association seasons for 4 different teams. He played for the New Jersey Nets (1988-1989), Philadelphia 76ers (1989-1990, 1994-1995), Denver Nuggets (1990-1991) and New York Knicks (1993-1994).
In his National Basketball Association career, he played in 80 games and scored a total of 248 points.
Gaines also played in a Japanese men"s basketball league in the early 2000s. On November 7, 2007, Gaines became the head coach of the Phoenix Mercury, replacing outgoing head coach Paul Westhead.
Gaines had prior experience with Westhead"s offense, having played for him at Loyola Marymount University and with the Nuggets. Gaines kept the same offense that Westhead employed, and in 2009, he directed the Mercury to their second Women's National Basketball Association title.
In November 2011, Gaines was promoted to general manager of the Mercury, taking over a position vacated by Ann Meyers-Drysdale.
On August 8, 2013, the Phoenix Mercury announced that they had relieved Gaines of his duties as head coach and general manager, and named former University of Arizona and Grand Canyon University men"s basketball head coach Russian Pennell as the team"s interim head coach. During January 2013, Gaines was temporarily promoted to being an assistant head coach for the Phoenix Suns alongside Dan Panaggio after both Dan Majerle and Elston Turner would resign from their roles after the announcement of Lindsey Hunter being the team"s interim head coach. He would then continue working under the organization throughout the rest of the 2012-2013 National Basketball Association season until the Suns hired permanent replacement assistant head coaches to replace their old coaching staff, although Gaines would still find work for the organization as a new player developmental coach alongside Irving Roland during the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 seasons.
However, on July 30, 2015, Gaines would end up being promoted back as a full-time assistant coach for the Suns starting in the 2015-2016 National Basketball Association season due to some changes with the coaching and player development staffs respectively.