Marcus Gaither (April 26, 1961 – July 16, 2020) was an American-French professional basketball player, who played the guard position.[1][2][3] 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.
Gaither attended and played basketball for Fairleigh Dickinson University, graduating in 1984 with a B.S. in Business Management.[7][3] He played for the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights in the Northeast Conference from 1980 to 1984.[8][9] 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.[10][2] He was named to the 1982 ECAC Metro South All-Star basketball team.[11][12] In 1983 he led the league in scoring, with 22.9 points per game.[13] He set a school record as FDU's all-time leading scorer with 1,815 points, a mark which stood for seven years.[10][2] In 2016, Gaither ranked second all-time in points, and in 1999 he was third with 369 career assists, and was fifth with 465 field goals made.[8][10][2]
Gaither played in France for 11 years.[1] He played for French basketball team AS Chatou (now Poissy Basket) from 1991 to 1994, averaging 27.1 points, 3.3 rebounds, 5.1 assists, and 2.6 steals per game.[1][19] He then played for Levallois from 1995 to 1997 and SIG Strasbourg from 1997 to 1998 in LNB Pro A, and Montpellier (1998–99).[1][19]