Steve McKean

Stephen Ronald McKean MNZM (1943/1944 – 3 May 2021) was an American-born New Zealand basketball coach. He was coach of the New Zealand men's national basketball team, and also coached in the New Zealand NBL. He won the New Zealand NBL Coach of the Year Award in 1992[1][2] and received the Basketball New Zealand Coach of the Year Award in 1978 and 2002.[3] In the 2012 Queen's Birthday and Diamond Jubilee Honours, he was appointed an honorary Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to sport.[4]

Steve McKean
MNZM
McKean in 2012
Personal information
Born1943/1944
United States
Died (aged 77)
New Plymouth, New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealand
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Career information
CollegeSan Jose State (1967–1970)
NBA draft1970 / Undrafted
Playing career1971–1978
PositionGuard
Coaching career1971–1995
Career history
As player:
1971–1978Panmure
As coach:
1971–1978Panmure (player-coach)
1972–1981New Zealand national team
1990–1995New Plymouth Bears
Career highlights and awards

McKean died on 3 May 2021, aged 77, from cancer.[5]

References
  1. "2005 League Handbook" (PDF). Basketball.org.nz. pp. 32–36. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  2. "2015 Bartercard NBL Handbook" (PDF). Basketball.org.nz. pp. 28–34. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  3. "COACH OF THE YEAR AWARD TO BE RE-NAMED IN HONOUR OF STEVE MCKEAN". nznbl.basketball. 17 September 2021. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021.
  4. "Queen's Birthday and Diamond Jubilee honours list 2012". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 4 June 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  5. Legendary New Zealand basketball coach Steve McKean dies after battle with cancer


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