Mark L. Macon (''born April 14, 1969'') is an American

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coach and former professional player. He is the former head coach of Binghamton University and a current staff member at his alma mater,

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Playing career

Macon was named Mr. Basketball of Michigan in 1987 following his prep career at Saginaw Buena Vista High School. A 6'4" (1.93 m), 185 lb (84 kg)

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, Macon played collegiately at

, alongside future NBA players

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and Eddie Jones, and was selected by the Denver Nuggets in the first round (eighth overall) of the 1991 NBA draft.Binghamton Bearcats basketball coach Kevin Broadus put on indefinite paid leave of absence
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in six NBA seasons, averaging 6.7 ppg in his career (and missing the entire schedule from 1996 to 1998). Macon also briefly represented the CBA's Florida Beachdogs and

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club Mabo Pistoia, while still contracted to the Pistons, and Oyak Bursa Spor Kulubu (

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), the Atlantic City Seagulls (

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) and

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's Toros de Aragua, from 1999 to 2001.

Coaching career

Macon began coaching at his alma mater,

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, as an assistant from 2003 to 2006. He then moved on to

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for the 2006–07 season before being hired by Binghamton University as an assistant coach in 2007. On October 14, 2009, Macon was named Binghamton's interim head coach, replacing Kevin Broadus, who was placed on administrative leave in the wake of the

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. Two months later, Macon was given a raise from his $57,651 salary to an undisclosed amount. On April 28, 2010 Binghamton announced that Broadus would not return as head coach and signed Macon to a two-year contract extension to remain interim head basketball coach. Originally, school officials announced that a permanent replacement would not be named until the school hired a new president and athletic director. However, on February 9, 2011 the university announced that Macon signed a contract extension through the 2013–14 season and that the interim tag was being removed.Macon receives contract extension
/ref> On April 13, 2012, Macon was fired with a 23–70 record in three years at Binghamton, including a 2–29 mark (the worst record in school history) for the 2011–12 season. On April 12, 2019, Macon was announced as the Assistant to the Head Coach under

at his alma mater,

Head coaching record

References

External links

NBA stats
@ ''basketball-reference.com''
Basketpedya career data
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Playing career

Coaching career

Head coaching record

See also

References

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