Jack Leasure

John Richard "Jack" Leasure (born January 29, 1986) is an American former professional basketball player who spent the majority of his career playing in the New Zealand National Basketball League for the Taranaki Mountainairs. He is best known for his collegiate career at Coastal Carolina University in which he was named the 2006 Big South Conference Player of the Year and finished with 411 made three-point field goals, which was the fifth-highest NCAA Division I total at the time of his graduation in 2008. He is currently the head basketball coach at McQuaid Jesuit High School in Rochester, New York.

Jack Leasure
Personal information
Born (1986-01-29) January 29, 1986
Rochester, New York
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High schoolMcQuaid Jesuit
(Rochester, New York)
CollegeCoastal Carolina (2004–2008)
NBA draft2008: undrafted
Playing career2008–2013
PositionShooting guard / point guard
Career history
As player:
2009Kelag Wörthersee Piraten
2010–2011Taranaki Mountainairs
2011–2012South Carolina Warriors
2012–2013Taranaki Mountainairs
As coach:
2013–presentMcQuaid Jesuit HS
Career highlights and awards
  • NBL scoring champion (2011)
  • AP Honorable mention All-American (2006)
  • Big South Player of the Year (2006)
  • 2× First-team All-Big South (2006, 2008)
  • Second-team All-Big South (2007)
  • Big South Freshman of the Year (2005)
  • Big South All-Freshman Team (2005)
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