Andre Jerome McGee (born March 7, 1987) is a former American basketball coach and player who was most recently assistant coach at the

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(UMKC). McGee played college basketball at

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under

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and one year professionally in Germany before returning to Louisville as an assistant, first a graduate assistant then director of operations. He resigned as assistant coach on October 23, 2015; he is the figure at the center of the

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High school career

He averaged 22.3 points, 4.2 assists and 3.7 steals per game as a senior at Canyon Springs High School in Moreno Valley, California.

College career

McGee played four seasons with the

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program, from the 2005–06 season through the 2008–09 season. He was the starting point guard during his senior season. He played in 127 career games, including 57 starts, while averaging 5.2 points per game for the Cardinals. The team reached the

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in both the

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and 2009 editions of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

Professional playing career

McGee played 14 games for

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of Basketball Bundesliga in Germany before leaving the team in December 2009. He averaged 5.3 points, 1.7 rebounds, and 1.3 assists and shot 35.4%.

Coaching career

McGee returned to Louisville as a graduate assistant on

's staff in 2010. McGee was promoted to director of basketball operations at Louisville in

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. After the 2013–14 season, he left Louisville to become an assistant at UMKC under former Louisville assistant

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. It was alleged that during the time McGee was employed at Louisville, he procured strippers and prostitutes for some recruits and their fathers at campus parties from 2010 to 2014. Based on this allegation and a corresponding investigation by the NCAA, Louisville voluntarily withdrew from post-season play for the 2015–16 season. The NCAA eventually placed the Cardinals on four years of probation and imposed a 10-year

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on McGee, and after a failed appeal, the Cardinals were stripped of their 2013 national title, becoming the first Division I basketball team of either sex to be stripped of a national championship.

Personal life

McGee's family has a history of playing college basketball. His father Anthony McGee played basketball at Long Beach State. His oldest brother, Tony McGee, played at Eastern Washington University and older brother Antoine McGee played at the

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. McGee has what was identified in college as

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References

External links

College statistics
at sports-reference.com {{DEFAULTSORT:McGee, Andre 1987 births Living people African-American basketball coaches African-American basketball players American expatriate basketball people in Germany Louisville Cardinals men's basketball coaches Louisville Cardinals men's basketball players NCAA sanctions Phoenix Hagen players Point guards People from Moreno Valley, California Kansas City Roos men's basketball coaches American men's basketball players 21st-century African-American sportspeople 20th-century African-American people