Kevin McKenna (basketball)

Kevin McKenna

Oregon Ducks
Position	Assistant head coach
League	Pac-12 Conference
Personal information
Born	(1959-01-08) January 8, 1959 (age 65) Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school	Palatine Township (Palatine, Illinois)
College	Creighton (1977–1981)
NBA draft	1981: 4th round, 88th overall pick
Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers
Playing career	1981–1990
Position	Shooting guard
Number	30, 21, 33, 3, 12
Coaching career	1989–present
Career history
As player:
1981–1982	Los Angeles Lakers
1982–1983	Las Vegas/Albuquerque Silvers
1983–1984	Indiana Pacers
1984–1985	New Jersey Nets
1985–1986	Kansas City Sizzlers
1986	Washington Bullets
1986–1988	New Jersey Nets
1989–1990	La Crosse Catbirds
As coach:
1989–1990	La Crosse Catbirds (assistant)
1990–1993	Sioux Falls Skyforce
1994–2001	Creighton (assistant)
2001–2005	Nebraska–Omaha
2005–2007	Creighton (assistant)
2007–2010	Indiana State
2010–present	Oregon (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As player: NBA champion (1982) 2× First-team All-MVC (1980, 1981) As head coach: 2× NCC regular season champion (2004, 2005) NCC Tournament champion (2004) 2× NCC Coach of the Year (2004, 2005)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

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 to 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.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Nebraska-Omaha (North Central Conference) (2001–2005)
2001–02	Nebraska–Omaha	24–9	13–5		NCAA II North Central Regional
2002–03	Nebraska–Omaha	20–10	8–8
2003–04	Nebraska Omaha	22–8	10–4	1st	NCAA II North Central Regional
2004–05	Nebraska Omaha	23–6	9–3	1st	NCAA II North Central Regional
Nebraska–Omaha:		89–33 (.730)	40–20 (.667)
Indiana State (Missouri Valley Conference) (2007–2010)
2007–08	Indiana State	15–16	8–10	T–7th
2008–09	Indiana State	11–21	7–11	9th
2009–10	Indiana State	17–15	9–9	T–5th	CBI First Round
Indiana State:		43–52 (.453)	24–30 (.444)
Total:		132–85 (.608)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

External links

• NBA stats @ basketballreference.com