Gary Charles Gait (born April 5, 1967) is a Canadian retired Hall of Fame professional lacrosse player and currently the head coach of the men’s lacrosse team at Syracuse University, where he played the sport collegiately.

On January 24, 2017, he was named the Interim Commissioner of the United Women's Lacrosse League.

Gait also played five seasons in MLL from 2001 to 2005, winning the league title three times and co-MVP honors in 2005.

In 2002, Washington beat Philadelphia in the quarter-finals 10–11 before having a rematch with Toronto in the semi-final where the Power was defeated 11–12.

On December 30, 2005, at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado, the Colorado Mammoth raised his jersey number (22) to the rafters, making him the second player in NLL history to have his number retired, after Buffalo's Darris Kilgour.

Following the 2011 season, Gary announced he was retiring from NLL play for good to pursue a career of lacrosse coaching.

He had his number retired by Colorado and he is a member of the National Lacrosse League Hall of Fame.

Gait initially retired from MLL play in 2005 but returned and signed with the Hamilton Nationals for their inaugural season in 2009.

Gait, along with his brother, had outstanding seasons with the Victoria Shamrocks of the Western Lacrosse Association.

[19] In June 2005, Gait was named head coach of his former NLL team, the Colorado Mammoth.

[20] After a 10–6 season in which the Mammoth finished second in the Western Division, Gait led them to an overtime 18–17 win over Calgary and a 13–12 win over Arizona before shutting down the East Division champion Buffalo Bandits 16–9 in the Championship game.

[24][25] Prior to this position, Gait had served as an assistant coach for the University of Maryland women's team for nine seasons.

On February 3, 2011, Gait was announced as a new assistant coach for the Hamilton Nationals of Major League Lacrosse.

[26] On June 6, 2021, Gait was named as head coach of the Syracuse Men's Lacrosse team, replacing John Desko.

In that final year, he led Team Canada to a historic 15-10 victory over the United States in the 2006 World Lacrosse Championship, his last ever international game.

NLL Weekly and Monthly Awards: Gait was named the MLL MVP his final season in 2005, sharing it with Mark Millon.

MLL Weekly Awards: Gary along with his twin brother Paul Gait were inducted into their home province's highest honour in 2011.

On June 18, 2022, Gary Gait was inducted into the Professional Lacrosse Hall of Fame as one of the eleven members of the inaugural class of inductees.

[30] Gait lives in Fayetteville, New York with his wife, Nicole, and their two children, Braedon and Taylor, who also played college lacrosse.