After his stellar season, Gates was named runner-up for the Mr. Basketball of Michigan award to Dane Fife.
Fife is the former head coach of the Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) Mastodons men's basketball team and former college assistant coach at Indiana University.
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Before the 2010-2011 season, Fife had considered assistant coaching jobs at Indiana under Tom Crean and the Michigan under John Beilein.
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