Kevin O'Neill (basketball)
O'Neill in 2011 while head coach of the USC Trojans
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| Sport(s) | Basketball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
January 24, 1957 Malone, New York |
| Playing career | |
| 1976–1979 | McGill |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1979–1980 | Hammond HS |
| 1980–1982 | North Country CC |
| 1982–1983 | Marycrest |
| 1983–1985 | Delaware (asst.) |
| 1985–1986 | Tulsa (asst.) |
| 1986–1989 | Arizona (asst.) |
| 1989–1994 | Marquette |
| 1994–1997 | Tennessee |
| 1997–2000 | Northwestern |
| 2000–2001 | New York Knicks (asst.) |
| 2001–2003 | Detroit Pistons (asst.) |
| 2003–2004 | Toronto Raptors |
| 2004–2006 | Indiana Pacers (asst.) |
| 2007–2008 | Arizona (interim HC) |
| 2008–2009 | Memphis Grizzlies (asst.) |
| 2009–2013 | USC |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 215–241 (.471) (NCAA) 33–49 (.402) (NBA) |
Kevin James O'Neill (born January 24, 1957) is an American basketball coach with experience as the head coach of various college and National Basketball Association (NBA) teams. Most recently he was the coach of the USC Trojans basketball team.
O'Neill was born in Malone, New York and attended McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He lettered in basketball for three years in college, 1976–79, and in 1978 the McGill Redman had a school-record 28 win season and entered the Canadian Interuniversity Sport men's basketball championship tournament. He graduated from McGill in 1979 with a bachelor's degree in education, and later earned his master's degree in secondary education from Marycrest College in 1983, where he also served as head coach of the NAIA basketball team for the 1982–83 season.
Born in Malone, New York, O'Neill grew up in nearby Chateaugay and graduated from Chateaugay Central School in 1975.
O'Neill's head coaching career began with tenures at North Country Community College (Saranac Lake, New York), Marycrest College (Davenport, Iowa), Marquette, Tennessee and Northwestern. During his tenure as the Northwestern coach O'Neill is most notably remembered for a game with Indiana where the rowdy Northwestern faithful chanted "Hoosier Daddy" (a play on "Who's Your Daddy?") at opposing coach Bob Knight. Of course this did not sit well with Knight as he and O'Neill got into it during the contest. However all was settled under a practice gym basket well after the game as ESPN camera crews caught the coaches talking their issues out. He would eventually become an assistant coach under Jeff Van Gundy with the New York Knicks. In 2001, he joined the Detroit Pistons under head coach Rick Carlisle.
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