Men's Basketball
Gaines, Kenny
Kenny Gaines
- Title:
- Graduate Manager
Kenny Gaines returned to his alma mater as a graduate manager in the summer of 2022. Gaines was an electrifying guard for the Bulldogs from 2012-16 and helped lead Georgia to three consecutive 20-win seasons for only the second time in the program's 100-plus seasons of competition.
A Parade All-American honors and the 2012 Georgia Class A Player of the Year at Whitefield Academy, Gaines came off the bench as a freshman before starting 96 of 98 games during his sophomore, junior and senior campaigns.
Gaines finished his career ranked No. 19 among Georgia’s career scoring leaders with 1,324 points, as well as No. 4 in 3-pointers (213), No. 4 in 3-point attempts (569) and No. 7 in 3-point percentage (.374). He also is third among UGA’s single-season 3-pointer leaders, connecting on 85 during his senior year. Gaines also set the school record for scoring the highest percentage of points by a Bulldog in a game when he accounted for 35 of Georgia’s 63 points (55.6 percent) in a 63-52 victory over Murray State on Nov. 20, 2016.
Gaines earned his bachelor's degree in Housing Management and Policy from Georgia in 2016. His professional career that included stints with the Houston Rockets in the NBA Summer League and in Europe in France, Italy and Lithuania. Gaines, whose son Christian was born in 2021, is pursuing his master’s in Nonprofit Management and Leadership.
A Parade All-American honors and the 2012 Georgia Class A Player of the Year at Whitefield Academy, Gaines came off the bench as a freshman before starting 96 of 98 games during his sophomore, junior and senior campaigns.
Gaines finished his career ranked No. 19 among Georgia’s career scoring leaders with 1,324 points, as well as No. 4 in 3-pointers (213), No. 4 in 3-point attempts (569) and No. 7 in 3-point percentage (.374). He also is third among UGA’s single-season 3-pointer leaders, connecting on 85 during his senior year. Gaines also set the school record for scoring the highest percentage of points by a Bulldog in a game when he accounted for 35 of Georgia’s 63 points (55.6 percent) in a 63-52 victory over Murray State on Nov. 20, 2016.
Gaines earned his bachelor's degree in Housing Management and Policy from Georgia in 2016. His professional career that included stints with the Houston Rockets in the NBA Summer League and in Europe in France, Italy and Lithuania. Gaines, whose son Christian was born in 2021, is pursuing his master’s in Nonprofit Management and Leadership.
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