Aaron Fitzgerald McKie (born October 2, 1972) is an American

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coach and former professional

player who played 14 seasons in the

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(NBA). He is currently the head coach for his alma mater

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. Selected by the

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17th overall in the

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, McKie spent time as a

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throughout his professional playing career from 1994 to 2007.

High school basketball career

McKie attended

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, 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.

College career

After redshirting his freshman year, McKie finished his three-year career at

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-

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and he was named to the A-10 all-tournament team as a senior. As a junior, he was the 1993

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Player of the Year, after averaging 20.6 points per game.

NBA career

McKie was selected in the first round (17th overall) of the

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by the

. He has since played for the

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, the

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, and the

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. In the

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, McKie was named

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, 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

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and occasionally played as a starter. He notched consecutive triple doubles during the 2000-01 season, December 30, 2000 vs. the

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(19 points, 10 rebounds, 14 assists) and January 3, 2001 vs. the

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(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. On February 1, 2008, McKie, who was a Sixers assistant coach at the time, was traded by the Lakers to the

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, along with

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, rights to

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, and the

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and

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first-round draft picks, for

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. 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.

Coaching career

Philadelphia 76ers (2007-2013)

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.

Temple Owls (2014-present)

McKie left the Sixers staff to join the Temple men's basketball staff under Fran Dunphy. Temple University announced that he would replace Dunphy as the head coach of the men's basketball team starting with the 2019 season. McKie's first two seasons coaching Temple were both limited due to the

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. In 2020, the AAC 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 the 2021-22 season. Temple went 17-12 and were seeded #4 in the 2022 AAC tournament and lost in the quarterfinals to Tulane.

Career statistics

Regular season

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, 24 , , 1 , , 19.7 , , .413 , , .176 , , .870 , , 2.8 , , 1.6 , , 1.0 , , 0.0 , , 4.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

, 57 , , 31 , , 23.5 , , .347 , , .196 , , .688 , , 2.9 , , 2.4 , , 1.4 , , 0.2 , , 3.9 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

, 50 , , 4 , , 19.2 , , .401 , , .194 , , .710 , , 2.8 , , 2.0 , , 1.3 , , 0.1 , , 4.8 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

, 82 , , 14 , , 23.8 , , .411 , , .364 , , .829 , , 3.0 , , 2.9 , , 1.3 , , 0.2 , , 8.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

, 76 , , 33 , , 31.5 , , .473 , , .312 , , .768 , , 4.1 , , 5.0 , , 1.4 , , 0.1 , , 11.6 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

, 48 , , 16 , , 30.6 , , .449 , , .398 , , .787 , , 4.0 , , 3.7 , , 1.2 , , 0.3 , , 12.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

, 80 , , 40 , , 29.7 , , .429 , , .330 , , .836 , , 4.4 , , 3.5 , , 1.6 , , 0.1 , , 9.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

, 75 , , 41 , , 28.2 , , .459 , , .436 , , .757 , , 3.4 , , 2.6 , , 1.1 , , 0.3 , , 9.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

, 68 , , 3 , , 16.4 , , .430 , , .323 , , .625 , , 2.5 , , 1.5 , , 0.7 , , 0.3 , , 2.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

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, 10 , , 0 , , 13.1 , , .647 , , .000 , , .000 , , 1.8 , , 1.3 , , 0.4 , , 0.0 , , 2.2 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 793 , , 287 , , 24.2 , , .438 , , .350 , , .779 , , 3.3 , , 2.7 , , 1.2 , , 0.2 , , 7.4

Playoffs

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1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake str ...

, style="text-align:left;", Portland , 3 , , 0 , , 11.3 , , .571 , , .500 , , .000 , , 0.7 , , 0.3 , , 1.0 , , 0.0 , , 5.7 , - , style="text-align:left;",

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 800, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone o ...

, style="text-align:left;", Portland , 5 , , 4 , , 26.8 , , .367 , , .250 , , .778 , , 3.6 , , 1.8 , , 1.2 , , 0.4 , , 6.2 , - , style="text-align:left;",

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...

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, 5 , , 0 , , 19.4 , , .350 , , .200 , , .000 , , 2.0 , , 2.0 , , 1.2 , , 0.4 , , 3.0 , - , style="text-align:left;",

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...

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, 6 , , 0 , , 16.2 , , .304 , , .000 , , .857 , , 2.5 , , 1.8 , , 0.7 , , 0.0 , , 3.3 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...

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, 10 , , 6 , , 33.1 , , .485 , , .343 , , .839 , , 3.6 , , 4.6 , , 0.4 , , 0.2 , , 13.8 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanist ...

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, 23 , , 16 , , 38.8 , , .415 , , .422 , , .787 , , 5.2 , , 5.3 , , 1.5 , , 0.1 , , 14.6 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

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, 5 , , 0 , , 29.2 , , .435 , , .375 , , .700 , , 3.6 , , 2.4 , , 2.0 , , 0.0 , , 10.6 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A ...

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, 12 , , 0 , , 26.3 , , .535 , , .556 , , .857 , , 3.6 , , 1.8 , , 0.8 , , 0.2 , , 7.8 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; " Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discover ...

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, 5 , , 0 , , 17.0 , , .429 , , .333 , , .000 , , 2.4 , , 1.0 , , 0.8 , , 0.0 , , 1.4 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro votes to declare independence from Serbia; The 2006 ...

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, 1 , , 0 , , 8.0 , , .000 , , .000 , , .000 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 75 , , 26 , , 28.5 , , .437 , , .385 , , .801 , , 3.6 , , 3.2 , , 1.1 , , 0.1 , , 9.5

Head coaching record

College

Personal life

He is a third cousin of Jason McKie of the NFL.

once said in an interview that Aaron McKie was his most influential teammate.

References

External links

Aaron McKie
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Lakerfreak.com
Aaron McKie Released
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