As a senior at Idaho playing under head coach Larry Eustachy, Perry was the starting point guard on the 1991 Big Sky Conference Tournament championship team that appeared in the 1991 NCAA Tournament.

He also worked for the Indiana Pacers of the NBA for five years, starting as assistant coach in the 2006–07 season and as a scout from 2007 to 2011.

[4] While completing his undergraduate degree, Perry was a student assistant coach at Idaho from 1993 to 1995, again under Eustachy.

Perry graduated from Idaho in 1995 with a bachelor's degree in general studies with an emphasis on English.

[1] Utah State had three straight winning seasons and appeared in the 1998 NCAA Tournament in that time period.

[6] The 1999–2000 Iowa State team finished 32–5, advanced to the Elite Eight round of the NCAA Tournament, and was ranked no.

[11] In the 2006–07 season, Perry was an assistant coach for the Indiana Pacers NBA team under Rick Carlisle.

The 2012–13 Colorado State team appeared in the NCAA Tournament and had the program's first AP Top 25 ranking since the 1950s.