Kyle Macy
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Born | Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S. | April 9, 1957||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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High school | Peru (Peru, Indiana) | ||||||||||||||
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Transylvania (assistant) | |||||||||||||||
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As player:
As coach:
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Points | 5,259 (9.5 ppg) | ||||||||||||||
Rebounds | 1,214 (2.2 rpg) | ||||||||||||||
Assists | 2,198 (4.0 apg) | ||||||||||||||
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Kyle Paul Macy (born April 9, 1957) is an American basketball commentator. He played college basketball at Purdue University and the University of Kentucky, and spent seven years in the NBA with the Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls and Indiana Pacers; he then spent three seasons in the Italian Lega Serie A. After his playing career, he has held various basketball-related positions, including coach, general manager, and broadcaster.
College career
Purdue
The 1975
Kentucky
After playing his freshman year at Purdue, Macy transferred to the University of Kentucky in 1976. After sitting out the 1976–77 season as mandated by
Professional career
Macy was selected with the 22nd pick of the
Macy was an excellent free throw shooter throughout his career. During the
Later career
Macy was head coach of the Morehead State University Eagles of the Ohio Valley Conference for nine years. In 2003, Macy coached the Eagles to 20 wins, its most in 19 years, and a share of the OVC regular season championship. However, the 2004–05 season was less successful, as Morehead failed to qualify for the OVC tournament. Following that season, Macy coached a group of Sports Reach collegiate all-stars that toured China and finished with a perfect 7–0 record against several Chinese professional teams. [1] After a disastrous 4–23 season in 2005–06, Macy resigned as head coach on February 28, 2006.
Macy emphasized free throw shooting in his coaching, and the emphasis paid off, as his Morehead State teams were perennially among the
Head coaching record
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Morehead State Eagles (Ohio Valley Conference) (1997–2006) | |||||||||
1997–98
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Morehead State | 3–23 | 2–16 | 10th | |||||
1998–99
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Morehead State | 13–15 | 9–9 | T–3rd | |||||
1999–00
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Morehead State | 9–18 | 4–14 | 9th | |||||
2000–01
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Morehead State | 12–16 | 6–10 | 7th | |||||
2001–02
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Morehead State | 18–11 | 11–5 | 2nd | |||||
2002–03
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Morehead State | 20–9 | 13–3 | T–1st | |||||
2003–04
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Morehead State | 16–13 | 10–6 | 3rd | |||||
2004–05
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Morehead State | 11–16 | 5–11 | 9th | |||||
2005–06
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Morehead State | 4–23 | 3–17 | 10th | |||||
Morehead State: | 106–144 (.424) | 63–91 (.409) | |||||||
Total: | 106–144 (.424) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Later in 2006, Macy accepted the head coaching position on the Lexington Christian Academy Eagles Men's tennis team. In his first season they had their first winning season since 2003. In November 2007, Macy was named general manager of the East Kentucky Miners, an expansion team of the Continental Basketball Association, based in Pikeville, Kentucky. Later, he served as the color commentator for University of Kentucky telecasts. In October 2016, Macy joined the staff of head coach Brian Lane at Transylvania University.[2]
References
- ^ This award was only instituted in 1965. Four previous Kentucky players had been named SEC Player of the Year by either the AP or UPI (today, the AP and SEC coaches select winners independently), but Macy is the first Wildcat ever to have been selected by both organizations.
- ^ "Kyle Macy joins Transylvania as assistant basketball coach". Lexington Herald-Leader. October 24, 2016. Retrieved October 25, 2016.