Aaron McKie

Aaron Fitzgerald McKie (born October 2, 1972) is an American basketball coach and former professional basketball player who played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is currently the head coach for his alma mater Temple University. Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers 17th overall in the 1994 NBA draft, McKie spent time as a point guard, shooting guard or small forward throughout his professional playing career from 1994 to 2007.

Aaron McKie

Temple Owls
Position	Head coach
League	American Athletic Conference
Personal information
Born	October 2, 1972 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	209 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school	Simon Gratz (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
College	Temple (1991–1994)
NBA draft	1994 / Round: 1 / Pick: 17th overall
Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers
Playing career	1994–2007
Position	Guard / Small forward
Number	23, 8, 2
Career history
As player:
1994–1997	Portland Trail Blazers
1997	Detroit Pistons
1997–2005	Philadelphia 76ers
2005–2007	Los Angeles Lakers
As coach:
2008–2013	Philadelphia 76ers (assistant)
2014–2019	Temple (assistant)
2019–present	Temple
Career highlights and awards
NBA Sixth Man of the Year (2001) Atlantic 10 Player of the Year (1993) Robert V. Geasey Trophy winner (1993)
Career NBA statistics
Points	5,871 (7.4 ppg)
Rebounds	2,587 (3.3 rpg)
Assists	2,126 (2.7 apg)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

High school basketball career

McKie attended Philadelphia's Simon Gratz High School, where he was a letterman in basketball. As a senior, he was an All-Scholastic choice and an All-Southern Pennsylvania choice, and helped lead his team to the Public League championship and a 26-4 record, averaging 18.9 points, 9.9 rebounds and 7.2 assists per game. He graduated from Gratz in 1990.[1]

College career

After redshirting his freshman year, McKie finished his three-year career at Temple University tied for sixth on the school's all-time scoring list with 1,650 points, averaging 17.9 points per game while starting all 92 games. He teamed up with eventual All-Star Eddie Jones at Temple, and was named first-team All-Atlantic 10 and he was named to the A-10 all-tournament team as a senior. As a junior, he was the 1993 Atlantic 10 Conference Player of the Year, after averaging 20.6 points per game.

NBA career

McKie was selected in the first round (17th overall) of the 1994 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers. He has since played for the Detroit Pistons, the Philadelphia 76ers, and the Los Angeles Lakers. In the 2000–01 NBA season, McKie was named NBA Sixth Man of the Year, becoming the first Sixers player since Bobby Jones in 1983 to win that honor. McKie played an important role in the NBA Finals-bound team, serving as backup to Eric Snow and Allen Iverson and occasionally played as a starter. He notched consecutive triple doubles during the 2000-01 season, December 30, 2000 vs. the Sacramento Kings (19 points, 10 rebounds, 14 assists) and January 3, 2001 vs. the Atlanta Hawks (11 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists).

McKie with Sixers' teammates Keith Van Horn and Allen Iverson in 2003

On August 12, 2005, he was waived by the 76ers as part of the one-time "Amnesty provision" of the new labor agreement, allowing the 76ers to waive a player to avoid the luxury tax on his salary. McKie signed with the Lakers on August 22, 2005 and played 14 regular-season games for them.

In October 2007, McKie rejoined the 76ers as an assistant coach.[2]

On February 1, 2008, McKie, who was a Sixers assistant coach at the time, was traded by the Lakers to the Memphis Grizzlies, along with Kwame Brown, Javaris Crittenton, rights to Marc Gasol, and the 2008 and 2010 first-round draft picks, for Pau Gasol.[3][4] The Lakers' acquisition of Pau Gasol was only approved by the league office when the Lakers called McKie to inform him that they wanted to sign him and throw him in for salary cap reasons. He was released from the Grizzlies on May 9, 2008.[5]

Coaching career

After being released by the Grizzlies, McKie rejoined the Philadelphia coaching staff as an assistant in September 2008. He remained in that position until 2013.[6] He left the Sixers staff to join the Temple men's basketball staff under Fran Dunphy. Temple University announced that he would replace Fran Dunphy as the head coach of the men's basketball team starting with the 2019 season.[7]

Career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG[8]
1994–95	Portland	45	20	18.4	.444	.393	.685	2.9	2.0	0.8	0.4	6.5
1995–96	Portland	81	73	27.9	.467	.325	.764	3.8	2.5	1.1	0.3	10.7
1996–97	Portland	41	8	18.9	.340	.418	.837	2.3	2.0	0.8	0.4	4.1
1996–97	Detroit	42	3	20.2	.464	.375	.836	3.0	1.8	1.0	0.2	6.3
1997–98	Detroit	24	1	19.7	.413	.176	.870	2.8	1.6	1.0	0.0	4.5
1997–98	Philadelphia	57	31	23.5	.347	.196	.688	2.9	2.4	1.4	0.2	3.9
1998–99	Philadelphia	50	4	19.2	.401	.194	.710	2.8	2.0	1.3	0.1	4.8
1999–00	Philadelphia	82	14	23.8	.411	.364	.829	3.0	2.9	1.3	0.2	8.0
2000–01	Philadelphia	76	33	31.5	.473	.312	.768	4.1	5.0	1.4	0.1	11.6
2001–02	Philadelphia	48	16	30.6	.449	.398	.787	4.0	3.7	1.2	0.3	12.2
2002–03	Philadelphia	80	40	29.7	.429	.330	.836	4.4	3.5	1.6	0.1	9.0
2003–04	Philadelphia	75	41	28.2	.459	.436	.757	3.4	2.6	1.1	0.3	9.2
2004–05	Philadelphia	68	3	16.4	.430	.323	.625	2.5	1.5	0.7	0.3	2.2
2005–06	L.A. Lakers	14	0	8.6	.250	.000	.500	1.4	0.8	0.4	0.0	0.5
2006–07	L.A. Lakers	10	0	13.1	.647	.000	.000	1.8	1.3	0.4	0.0	2.2
Career		793	287	24.2	.438	.350	.779	3.3	2.7	1.2	0.2	7.4

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1995	Portland	3	0	11.3	.571	.500	.000	0.7	0.3	1.0	0.0	5.7
1996	Portland	5	4	26.8	.367	.250	.778	3.6	1.8	1.2	0.4	6.2
1997	Detroit	5	0	19.4	.350	.200	.000	2.0	2.0	1.2	0.4	3.0
1999	Philadelphia	6	0	16.2	.304	.000	.857	2.5	1.8	0.7	0.0	3.3
2000	Philadelphia	10	6	33.1	.485	.343	.839	3.6	4.6	0.4	0.2	13.8
2001	Philadelphia	23	16	38.8	.415	.422	.787	5.2	5.3	1.5	0.1	14.6
2002	Philadelphia	5	0	29.2	.435	.375	.700	3.6	2.4	2.0	0.0	10.6
2003	Philadelphia	12	0	26.3	.535	.556	.857	3.6	1.8	0.8	0.2	7.8
2005	Philadelphia	5	0	17.0	.429	.333	.000	2.4	1.0	0.8	0.0	1.4
2006	L.A. Lakers	1	0	8.0	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career		75	26	28.5	.437	.385	.801	3.6	3.2	1.1	0.1	9.5

Head coaching record

College

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Temple Owls (American Athletic Conference) (2019–present)
2019–20	Temple	14–17	6–12	10th	}}
2020–21	Temple	4-6	3-6
Temple:		18–23 (.439)	9–18 (.333)
Total:		18–23 (.439)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

Personal life

He is a third cousin of Jason McKie of the NFL.[9] Allen Iverson once said in an interview that Aaron McKie was his most influential teammate.[10]

References

1. Mulligan, Kevin (April 26, 1990). "Florida Swingman Becomes Owls' Newest Addition". Philadelphia Daily News. Retrieved July 3, 2011.
2. "Aaron McKie Joins 76ers as Assistant Coach". Associated Press. October 3, 2007. Archived from the original on February 2, 2008.
3. "ESPN - In dire need of frontcourt help, Lakers acquire Gasol from Grizzlies - NBA". Sports.espn.go.com. 2008-02-03. Retrieved 2013-12-26.
4. "Gasol dealt to Lakers in blockbuster trade". Retrieved 2008-02-01.
5. "Kidd's trade to Mavs could still happen". Retrieved 2008-02-14.
6. "New Sixers coach Brett Brown will find new assistant coaches". Insidehoops.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2013-12-26.
7. "Fran Dunphy to Coach 2018-19 Season; Aaron McKie Named as Successor" (Press release). Temple Owls. April 11, 2018. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
8. "Aaron McKie Stats - ESPN". Espn.go.com. 1940-01-09. Retrieved 2013-12-26.
9. "Is Maynard's roster spot in jeopardy?". Chicago Bears. 2013-12-09. Archived from the original on 2012-07-24. Retrieved 2017-09-11.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
10. "Allen Iverson chokes up over Aaron McKie".

External links

• Aaron McKie at NBA.com
• Career statistics and player information from NBA.com  or Basketball-Reference.com
• Aaron McKie Lakerfreak.com
• Aaron McKie Released