Kevin McKenna (basketball) explained

Kevin McKenna
Position:Assistant head coach
Team:Oregon Ducks
League:Pac-12 Conference
Height Ft:6
Height In:5
Weight Lb:195
Birth Date:8 January 1959
Birth Place:Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
High School:Palatine Township (Palatine, Illinois)
College:Creighton (1977–1981)
Draft Year:1981
Draft Round:4
Draft Pick:88
Draft Team:Los Angeles Lakers
Career Start:1981
Career End:1990
Career Number:30, 21, 33, 3, 12
Career Position:Shooting guard
Coach Start:1989
Team1:Los Angeles Lakers
Years2:1982–1983
Team2:Las Vegas/Albuquerque Silvers
Team3:Indiana Pacers
Team4:New Jersey Nets
Years5:1985–1986
Team5:Kansas City Sizzlers
Team6:Washington Bullets
Years7:
Team7:New Jersey Nets
Years8:1989–1990
Team8:La Crosse Catbirds
Cyears1:1989 - 1990
Cteam1:La Crosse Catbirds (assistant)
Cyears2:1990 - 1993
Cteam2:Sioux Falls Skyforce
Cyears3:1994 - 2001
Cteam3:Creighton (assistant)
Cyears4:2001 - 2005
Cteam4:Nebraska–Omaha
Cyears5:2005 - 2007
Cteam5:Creighton (assistant)
Cyears6:2007 - 2010
Cteam6:Indiana State
Cyears7:2010 - present
Cteam7:Oregon (assistant)
Highlights:As player:

As head coach:

  • NCC regular season champion (2004, 2005)
  • NCC Tournament champion (2004)
  • 2× NCC Coach of the Year (2004, 2005)

Kevin Robert McKenna (born January 8, 1959) is a retired American basketball player. He is currently an assistant basketball coach at the University of Oregon. Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, McKenna played professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1981 to 1988. He played college basketball for the Creighton Bluejays.

McKenna was the 19th pick in the fourth round of the 1981 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers.

He spent four highly successful years as head coach of NCAA Division II Nebraska-Omaha, where he guided the Mavericks to four consecutive 20-win seasons, two North Central Conference titles and three appearances in the NCAA Division II Tournament.

McKenna was named the NCC Coach of the Year in both 2004 and 2005 as well as North Central Regional Coach of the Year by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) in 2005. He finished with an 89-33 mark in his tenure at UNO.

As a high school player, McKenna starred at Palatine High School in Palatine, Illinois before moving on to Creighton University from 1977–1981. McKenna led the Creighton Bluejays to a Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) regular-season championship, two MVC Tournament titles and a pair of NCAA Tournaments. He was an All-MVC pick and team MVP in each of his final two seasons.

He remains the only person in MVC history to win an MVC regular-season title, an MVC Tournament championship, an NBA championship and a CBA title.

In the summer of 2009, McKenna was selected as the head coach of the Athletes in action AIA college basketball team during a tour of Poland and Germany.

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