Marcus Gaither

Marcus Gaither (April 26, 1961 – July 16, 2020) was an American-French professional basketball player, who played the guard position. In 1989–90 Gaither led the Israel Basketball Premier League in scoring. He then played in France for 11 years, and he ended his career playing for one season in the Italian Lega Basket Serie A.

Personal life Gaither was born in Far Rockaway, Queens, and attended Far Rockaway High School. He was tall and weighed . He earned an MBA in Information Technology Management from Jones International University in 2010. He led the team in scoring from 1981 to 1984, and had a career-high 22.9 points per game in the 1982–83 season. In 1983 he led the league in scoring, with 22.9 points per game. He set a school record as FDU's all-time leading scorer with 1,815 points, a mark which stood for seven years. He played parts of his first two professional seasons in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) for the Puerto Rico Coquis and Maine Windjammers, averaging 7.6 points over 17 games.

Gaither played for the Birmingham Bullets of the British Basketball League in England in the 1987–88 season, averaging 35.3 points and 3.5 assists per game, and was named to the BBL Team of the Year.

In 1989–90 Gaither played in Israel for Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin, leading the Israel Basketball Premier League in scoring with a 28.6 points per game average.

Gaither played in France for 11 years. He then played for Levallois from 1995 to 1997 and SIG Strasbourg from 1997 to 1998 in LNB Pro A, and Montpellier (1998–99).