Kyle Macy (born April 9, 1957)

Teams coached: Morehead State Eagles
Morehead State record: 106-144 (.424)
Overall record: 106-144 (.424)

Career Accomplishments:

• NCAA National Championships:  0
• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  0
• NIT Championships:  0
• NIT Appearances:  0
• Ohio Valley Regular Season Champion:  1  (2003)

Awards:

• SEC Player of the Year:  1  (1980)
• AP All-American:  1  (1980)

Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

2016-2018	Transylvania (asst)
1997-2006	Morehead State

Kyle Macy Facts

• Kyle Paul Macy
• Born April 9, 1957
• Hometown: Peru, Indiana
• Alma Mater: University of Kentucky (BA, 1980)
• Born in Fort Wayne, IN, Macy was the 1975 Indiana Mr. Basketball as a senior at Peru HS (IN) playing for his father, Bob
  • Kyle and his father are both members of the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame (Kyle was class of 2001)
• Started out playing for Fred Schaus at Purdue then transferred to Kentucky where he played three seasons for Joe B. Hall
  • Was a starter on the Wildcats’ 1978 NCAA National Championship team and was later named SEC POY and an AP All-American in 1980
  • Won a gold medal with the United States’ national team at the 1979 Pan American Games in Puerto Rico
  • Inducted into the (University of) Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame and the (commonwealth of) Kentucky Hall of Fame
• Selected in the first round (22nd pick overall) in the 1979 NBA Draft by the Phoenix Suns
  • Spent five seasons with the Suns (playing for coach John MacLeod) and then one each with the Bulls (Stan Albeck) and Pacers (Jack Ramsay)
  • Played overseas for Italian clubs Dietor Bologna (1988) and Benetton Treviso (1988-90)
• Hired in 1997 to be the head coach at Morehead State, a mid-major program in Morehead, Kentucky
  • Went 106-144 in seven seasons at the helm, highlighted by a 20-9 record in 2002-03 that earned the Eagles a share of the OVC title
  • Resigned in 2006 following a 4-23 season, his second-straight sub.-500 record (and sixth overall)
• In November 2007, Macy was named general manager of the East Kentucky Miners, an expansion team of the Continental Basketball Association, based in Pikeville, Kentucky
• Moved back to Lexington, KY and spent one seasons at the boys’ tennis coach at Lexington Christian Academy
  • Served as the GM of the East Kentucky Miners, a CBA expansion team that was based in Pikeville, KY
  • Spent a number of years as a television analyst for Kentucky basketball games on ESPN, SEC Network and Westwood One
• Briefly returned to coaching in 2016, spending two seasons as an assistant under Brian Lane at D-III Transylvania (KY); Lane was one of Macy’s assistant coaches during the latter’s tenure at Morehead State

Kyle Macy Coaching Tree

• Allen Edwards (Wyoming)
• Darrin Horn (Northern Kentucky, South Carolina, Western Kentucky)
• Brian Lane (Transylvania)