 McKie standing on the sidelines during a 2023 Temple basketball game | |
| Temple Owls | |
|---|---|
| Position | Special advisor for athletics |
| League | American Athletic Conference |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1972-10-02)October 2, 1972 (age 52) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 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: 1st round, 17th overall pick |
| Selected by thePortland Trail Blazers | |
| Playing career | 1994–2007 |
| Position | Guard /small forward |
| Number | 23, 8, 2 |
| Coaching career | 2007–present |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1994–1997 | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 1997 | Detroit Pistons |
| 1997–2005 | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 2005–2007 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| As coach: | |
| 2007–2013 | Philadelphia 76ers (assistant) |
| 2014–2019 | Temple (assistant) |
| 2019–2023 | Temple |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| 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 atBasketball Reference | |
Aaron Fitzgerald McKie (born October 2, 1972) is an Americanbasketball coach and former professionalbasketball player who played 14 seasons in theNational Basketball Association (NBA). He is currently the special advisor for athletics at his alma materTemple University. From 2019 until 2023 he served as the head coach for theTemple men's basketball team. Selected by thePortland Trail Blazers 17th overall in the1994 NBA draft, McKie spent time as apoint guard,shooting guard orsmall forward throughout his professional playing career from 1994 to 2007.
McKie attendedPhiladelphia'sSimon Gratz High School, where he was a letterman in basketball. He played on the same team as future NBA player Rasheed Wallace. As a senior, he was an All-Scholastic choice and an All-Southern Pennsylvania choice, and helped lead his team to thePublic 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]
After redshirting his freshman year, McKie finished his three-year career atTemple 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-StarEddie 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 1993Atlantic 10 Conference Player of the Year, after averaging 20.6 points per game.
McKie was selected in the first round (17th overall) of the1994 NBA draft by thePortland Trail Blazers. He has since played for theDetroit Pistons, thePhiladelphia 76ers, and theLos Angeles Lakers. In the2000–01 NBA season, McKie was namedNBA Sixth Man of the Year, becoming the first Sixers player sinceBobby Jones in 1983 to win that honor. McKie played an important role in the NBA Finals-bound team, serving as backup toEric Snow andAllen Iverson and occasionally played as astarter. He notched consecutivetriple doubles during the2000-01 season, December 30, 2000, vs. theSacramento Kings (19 points, 10 rebounds, 14 assists) and January 3, 2001, vs. theAtlanta Hawks (11 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists).
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 theMemphis Grizzlies, along withKwame Brown,Javaris Crittenton, rights toMarc Gasol, and the2008 and2010 first-round draft picks, forPau 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]
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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]
McKie left the Sixers staff to join the Temple men's basketball staff underFran Dunphy. Temple University announced that he would replace Dunphy as the head coach of the men's basketball team starting with the 2019 season.[7]
McKie's first two seasons coaching Temple were both limited due to theCOVID-19 pandemic. In 2020, theAAC tournament and eventually the season was canceled. In 2021, almost all of out-of-conference play was canceled and the Owls only played 16 total games.
McKie's first full season with the Owls came in the2021-22 season. Temple went 17-12 and were seeded #4 in the2022 AAC tournament and lost in the quarterfinals to Tulane.
Entering the2022-2023 season, Temple had high expectations with the return of multiple starters including guards Damian Dunn and Khalif Battle. However, the season was an up-and-down one for the Owls. The team started the season with a shocking loss toWagner, but then defeated the #16 team in the nation,Villanova in their next game. The Owls won their first three games in theBig 5, but lost toPenn and only clinched a co-share of the Big 5. The highlight of the season came when Temple beatHouston the #1 team in the nation. However, the Owls struggled down the stretch and lost in the quarterfinals of the2023 AAC tournament toCincinnati.
On March 13, 2023, Temple announced that McKie stepped down as the men's basketball coach and would take on a new role as the as a special advisor to the athletics department.[8]
| 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 |
| * | Led the league |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG[9] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temple Owls(American Athletic Conference)(2019–2023) | |||||||||
| 2019–20 | Temple | 14–17 | 6–12 | 10th | |||||
| 2020–21 | Temple | 5–11 | 4–10 | T–8th | |||||
| 2021–22 | Temple | 17–12 | 10–7 | 4th | |||||
| 2022–23 | Temple | 16–16 | 10–8 | 5th | |||||
| Temple: | 52–56 (.481) | 30–37 (.448) | |||||||
| Total: | 52–56 (.481) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||
He is a third cousin ofJason McKie of theNFL.[10]Allen Iverson once said in an interview that Aaron McKie was his most influential teammate.[11]
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