Mark Macon
Height6 ft
Height in4
Weight lb185
LeagueAmerican Athletic Conference
TeamTemple Owls
PositionAssistant to the head coach
Birth dateApril 14, 1969 (age 57)
Birth placeSaginaw, Michigan, U.S.
High schoolBuena Vista (Saginaw, Michigan)
CollegeTemple (1987–1991)
Draft year1991
Draft round1
Draft pick8
Draft teamDenver Nuggets
Career start1991
Career end2001
Career number1, 12, 2, 3
Years 2–
Team 2Denver Nuggets
Years 3–
Team 3Detroit Pistons
Years 41996–1997
Team 4Florida Beachdogs
Years 51997
Team 5Mabo Pistoia
Team 6Detroit Pistons
Years 71999–2000
Team 7Oyak Bursa Spor Kulubu
Years 82000–2001
Team 8Toros de Aragua
Years 92001
Team 9Atlantic City Seagulls
Cyears 12003–2006
Cteam 1Temple (assistant)
Cyears 22006–2007
Cteam 2Georgia State (assistant)
Cyears 32007–2009
Cteam 3Binghamton (assistant)
Cyears 42009–2012
Cteam 4Binghamton
Cyears 52019–present
Cteam 5Temple (asst. to HC)
Highlights

Mark L. Macon (born April 14, 1969) is an American basketball coach and former professional player. He is the former head coach of Binghamton University and a current staff member at his alma mater, Temple University.

Playing career

Macon attended Buena Vista High School in Saginaw, Michigan. He scored 30 points in a double overtime loss to Beecher High School in the 1985 state championship final.[1] He was named Mr. Basketball of Michigan in 1987.

A 6-foot 4-inch (1.93-metre), 185-pound (84-kilogram) guard, Macon played collegiately at Temple University, alongside future NBA players Aaron McKie and Eddie Jones, and was selected by the Denver Nuggets in the first round (eighth overall) of the 1991 NBA draft.[2]

Macon played for the Nuggets and the Detroit Pistons 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 Italian club Mabo Pistoia, while still contracted to the Pistons, and Oyak Bursa Spor Kulubu (Turkey), the Atlantic City Seagulls (USBL) and Venezuela's Toros de Aragua, from 1999 to 2001.

Coaching career

Macon began coaching at his alma mater, Temple University, as an assistant from 2003 to 2006. He then moved on to Georgia State University 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 Binghamton University basketball scandal.[2] Two months later, Macon was given a raise from his $57,651 salary to an undisclosed amount.[3]

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.[4] 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.[5]

On April 12, 2019, Macon was announced as the Assistant to the Head Coach under Aaron McKie at his alma mater, Temple.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Savage, Brendan (March 22, 2019). "'Special team' won 1985 state basketball championship at Beecher". mlive.com. Archived December 31, 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
  2. ^ Binghamton Bearcats basketball coach Kevin Broadus put on indefinite paid leave of absence ESPN
  3. ^ Binghamton interim coach Mark Macon getting raise - ESPN
  4. ^ Macon receives contract extension
  5. ^ Binghamton Bearcats fire men's basketball coach Mark Macon - ESPN
  6. ^ "Mark Macon Named Assistant to the Head Coach for Men's Basketball"