Macy at an autograph signing in 2013
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Born |
Fort Wayne, Indiana |
April 9, 1957 ||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||
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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NBA draft | 1979 / Round: 1 / Pick: 22nd overall | ||||||||||||
Selected by the Phoenix Suns | |||||||||||||
Playing career | 1980–1990 | ||||||||||||
Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||
Number | 4, 24, 44 | ||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||
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1980–1985 | Phoenix Suns | ||||||||||||
1985–1986 | Chicago Bulls | ||||||||||||
1986–1987 | Indiana Pacers | ||||||||||||
1988 | Dietor Bologna | ||||||||||||
1988–1990 | Benetton Treviso | ||||||||||||
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1997–2006 | Morehead State | ||||||||||||
2016–present | Transylvania (assistant) | ||||||||||||
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Career NBA statistics | |||||||||||||
Points | 5,259 (9.5 ppg) | ||||||||||||
Rebounds | 1,214 (2.2 rpg) | ||||||||||||
Assists | 2,198 (4.0 apg) | ||||||||||||
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||
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Kyle Robert Macy (born April 9, 1957) is an assistant coach for the Transylvania University Pioneers men's basketball team. Macy, born in Fort Wayne, Indiana and raised in Peru, Indiana, 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.
The 1975 Indiana "Mr. Basketball" Award winner from Peru High School, where he played for his father, Bob; chose to attend Purdue University, coached by head coach, Fred Schaus. Macy averaged 13.8 points a game as a freshman, while leading the Boilermakers in free throws, shooting .859 percent from the line on the season. He started in 25 of 27 games, helping them to a 16–11 season record.
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 NCAA rules, he started playing at Kentucky in 1977. Macy had a very successful college career, as a three-time All-America and three-time All-SEC player. The 1978 team on which Macy was a starter won the 1978 NCAA National Championship. In his senior year of 1979–80, he became the first Kentucky player ever to be named consensus Southeastern Conference Player of the Year.