Mark Macon

Lore & Background

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. He was named Mr. Basketball of Michigan in 1987. A 6-foot-4-inch (1.93 m), 185-pound (84 kg) 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. Macon played for the Nuggets and the Detroit Pistons in six NBA seasons, averaging 6.7 ppg in his career (and appearing in 4 games for the Pistons during the 1996–97 season). 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. On April 12, 2019, Macon was announced as the Assistant to the Head Coach under Aaron McKie at his alma mater, Temple.

In Their Own Story

The afternoon sun glinted off the green turf of RFK Stadium as Macon received a through-ball near the halfway line. With defenders scrambling to recover, he accelerated, his cleats biting into the grass with practiced precision. In two strides, he was past the last man, eyes locked on the goal. The keeper rushed out, but Macon calmly slotted the ball into the bottom corner, the net rippling as the crowd erupted in a roar that echoed across Washington.

Reader's Guide

Mark Macon is a former NBA player and college basketball coach, not associated with the Minnesota Timberwolves or any soccer league. He played for the Denver Nuggets and Detroit Pistons, and later coached at Binghamton University and Temple University.

Did You Know?

• Macon was named Mr. Basketball of Michigan in 1987.
• He was selected 8th overall in the 1991 NBA draft by the Denver Nuggets.
• Macon appeared in 4 games for the Pistons during the 1996–97 NBA season, not missing the entire period.
• He was fired from Binghamton after a 2–29 season, the worst record in school history.