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John Paul McKinney (July 13, 1935 – September 25, 2018) [1] was an American college and professional basketball coach. As a head coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Los Angeles Lakers , he introduced an up-tempo style of play that became known as Showtime .
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Jack McKinney, who brought the up-tempo style of play that came to be known as Showtime to the Los Angeles Lakers in 1979 but lasted only 13 games as their coach after a bicycle accident put him...
Former NBA coach Jack McKinney passed away at the age of 83 on Tuesday. McKinney started his career as the protege and eventual successor to Hall of Fame coach Dr. Jack Ramsay at Saint Joesph’s...
Former Los Angeles Lakers, Indiana Pacers and Kansas City Kings coach Jack McKinney, whose career was almost derailed by a devastating bicycle injury, has died, St. Joseph's University...
Jack McKinney coached the Pacers to their first winning season in the NBA, but also traded away a future pick they could have used to draft Michael Jordan. McKinney, who died on Tuesday at age...
In 1979, the Lakers hired Jack McKinney for his first NBA head-coaching job. He made 6-foot-9 rookie Magic Johnson the point guard, shifted established point guard Norm Nixon to shooting guard and demanded Kareem Abdul-Jabbar adjust to an up-tempo style.
Though on the surface it took Jack McKinney only a year or so to bounce back from the bike accident, he was not completely the same. There was permanent damage to his brain. His memory came and...
Jack McKinney, who coached the Indiana Pacers from 1980-84, died Tuesday. He was 83. McKinney earned NBA Coach of the Year honors in his first season, when the Pacers went 44-38 and made the...
Jack McKinney Has Passed Away After leaving the LA Lakers, Jack McKinney joined the Indiana Pacers at the start of the 1980–81 NBA season. He was reportedly hired at the insistence of Lakers’ owner Jerry Buss.