Kyle Robert Macy was born on April 9 1957, in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He is currently a basketball broadcaster, the color commentator for University of Kentucky telecasts. He was a high school standout at Peru High School, being named Mr. Basketball for Indiana. He went on to play for the Purdue Boilermakers averaging 13.8 points a game in his freshman season, and led the Boilermakers in free throws, shooting a good .859 percent from the line on the season. They finished the season with a record of 16-11. After playing one season at Purdue, Macy transferred to the University of Kentucky in 1976, and sat out the 1976-77 season by NCAA rules. The 1978 team, Macy was a starter for Kentucky and helped get Kentucky their 5th National title. After his senior year at Kentucky (1979-80), he was chosen as the 22nd pick in the NBA Draft by the Phoenix Suns.
He spent five years at the Suns, and he averaged 10.6 points and 4.0 assists per game. He then spent just one year at the Chicago Bulls (1985-86) and the Indiana Pacers (1986-87) before officaly retiring from the NBA. He then went and played professional ball in Italy for Dietor Bologna (1987-88) and Benetton Treviso (1988-90).
In his coaching career, he coached the Morehead State University Eagles for nine years and in 2003, he won them 20 games, its most in 19 years. He later left M'head State and went to coach a group of Sports Reach college all-stars that toured China and finished with a undefeated 7-0 record against several Chinese professional teams.
Later in 2006 Macy went to coach the Lexington Christian Academy Eagles Men's tennis team. He got them their first winning season since 2003.
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