Kevin Mackey
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
August 21, 1946 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Playing career | |
| 1964–1967 | Saint Anselm |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1977–1983 | Boston College (assistant) |
| 1983–1990 | Cleveland State |
| 1991 | Miami Tropics |
| 1998–2000 | Atlantic City Seagulls |
| ? | Mansfield Hawks |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 142–69 (.673) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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AMCU-8 Regular Season Championship (1985, 1986) AMCU-8 Tournament Championship (1986) USBL Championship (1997, 1998, 1999) IBA Championship (1999) |
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| Awards | |
|
AMCU-8 Coach of the Year (1985, 1986) USBL Coach of the Year (1997, 1999) IBA Coach of the Year (1999) |
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Kevin Mackey (born August 21, 1946) is a former head coach of men's basketball at Cleveland State University. Although several low moments of his life were made public, Mackey was also a popular symbol of success when his CSU Vikings upset the Indiana Hoosiers to make the Sweet 16 in the 1986 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. He is also known for discovering future NBA player Manute Bol.
Mackey was a successful high school coach at the former Don Bosco Technical High School in Boston, winning the 1976 state championship and three consecutive Class A Catholic championships. From 1977 to 1983, he served as an assistant coach at Boston College under Dr. Tom Davis and Gary Williams in the early days of the Big East Conference. He was well known as a top recruiter, and was well known for landing inner-city prospects.
Mackey coached at Cleveland State University from 1983 to 1990 and posted a record of 144 wins and 67 losses. His teams made one NCAA and two National Invitation Tournament appearances and averaged more than 20 wins per season. His best team was the 1985-86 unit, which won a school-record 29 games and advanced all the way to the Sweet 16—becoming the first #14 seed to advance that far. It was also the first postseason bid of any sort in the program's 57-year history. Before his first round game against Indiana, he went up to Bobby Knight saying, "Take it easy on me, big guy." Knight exploded, knowing Cleveland State would likely give the Hoosiers all they could handle with its "run n' stun" style. He became a celebrity in northeastern Ohio, with the local press dubbing him "the King of Cleveland." Cleveland State used the money from the 1986 NCAA run to build what is now the Wolstein Center.
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