Mark Macon
{{Short description|American basketball player and coach}}
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{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Mark Macon
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| height_ft = 6 | height_in = 4
| weight_lb = 185
| league = American Athletic Conference
| team = Temple Owls
| position = Assistant to the head coach
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|4|14}}
| birth_place = Saginaw, Michigan, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| high_school = Buena Vista (Saginaw, Michigan)
| college = Temple (1987–1991)
| draft_year = 1991
| draft_round = 1
| draft_pick = 8
| draft_team = Denver Nuggets
| career_start = 1991
| career_end = 2001
| career_position = Shooting guard / point guard
| career_number = 1, 12, 2, 3
| coach_start = 2003
| coach_end = present
| years2 = {{nbay|1991|start}}–{{nbay|1993|start}}
| team2 = Denver Nuggets
| years3 = {{nbay|1993|start}}–{{nbay|1995|end}}
| team3 = Detroit Pistons
| years4 = 1996–1997
| team4 = Florida Beachdogs
| years5 = 1997
| team5 = Mabo Pistoia
| years6 = {{nbay|1998|end}}
| team6 = Detroit Pistons
| years7 = 1999–2000
| team7 = Oyak Bursa Spor Kulubu
| years8 = 2000–2001
| team8 = Toros de Aragua
| years9 = 2001
| team9 = Atlantic City Seagulls
| cyears1 = 2003–2006
| cteam1 = Temple (assistant)
| cyears2 = 2006–2007
| cteam2 = Georgia State (assistant)
| cyears3 = 2007–2009
| cteam3 = Binghamton (assistant)
| cyears4 = 2009–2012
| cteam4 = Binghamton
| cyears5 = 2019–present
| cteam5 = Temple (asst. to HC)
| highlights =
- NBA All-Rookie Second Team ({{nbay|1991|end}})
- Consensus second-team All-American (1988)
- USBWA National Freshman of the Year (1988)
- Atlantic 10 Player of the Year (1989)
- 4× First-team All-Atlantic 10 (1988–1991)
- Robert V. Geasey Trophy (1991)
- No. 12 retired by Temple Owls
- First-team Parade All-American (1987)
- McDonald's All-American MVP (1987)
}}
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.{{cite news |last1=Savage |first1=Brendan |title='Special team' won 1985 state basketball championship at Beecher |url=https://www.mlive.com/sports/flint/2019/03/special-team-won-1985-state-basketball-championship-at-beecher.html |access-date=28 December 2024 |work=mlive.com |date=22 March 2019 |language=en}} He was named Mr. Basketball of Michigan in 1987.
A {{convert|6|ft|4|in|m|adj=on}}, {{convert|185|lb|kg|adj=on}} 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.[https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=4559713 Binghamton Bearcats basketball coach Kevin Broadus put on indefinite paid leave of absence] ESPN
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. Two months later, Macon was given a raise from his $57,651 salary to an undisclosed amount.[https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=4728562 Binghamton interim coach Mark Macon getting raise - ESPN]
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.[http://www.binghamton.edu/inside/index.php/inside/story/macon-receives-contract-extension Macon receives contract extension] 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.[https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/7873565 Binghamton Bearcats fire men's basketball coach Mark Macon - ESPN]
On April 12, 2019, Macon was announced as the Assistant to the Head Coach under Aaron McKie at his alma mater, Temple.{{Cite web|url=https://owlsports.com/news/2019/4/12/mark-macon-named-assistant-to-the-head-coach-for-mens-basketball.aspx|title = Mark Macon Named Assistant to the Head Coach for Men's Basketball}}
Head coaching record
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|name=Binghamton
|startyear=2009
|conference=America East Conference
|endyear=2012
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
|season = 2009–10
|name = Binghamton
|postseason = Disqualified[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/02/sports/ncaabasketball/02binghamton.html Binghamton Drops Out of America East Tournament - NYTimes.com]
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
|season = 2011–12
|name = Binghamton
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
|name = Binghamton
|overall = 23–70 ({{Winning percentage|23|70}})
|confrecord = 13–35 ({{Winning percentage|13|35}})
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{{CBB Yearly Record End
|overall= 23–70 ({{Winning percentage|23|70}})
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See also
References
External links
- [https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/maconma01.html NBA stats] @ basketball-reference.com
- [http://www.basketpedya.com/Acc002InfJug.php?idjug=554 Basketpedya career data]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
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