Bones McKinney

American basketball player and coach (1919–1997)

Bones McKinney

Personal information
Born| (1919-01-01)January 1, 1919
Lowland, North Carolina, U.S.
Died| May 16, 1997(1997-05-16) (aged 78)
Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
Listed height| 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight| 185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school| Durham (Durham, North Carolina)
College|

* NC State (1940–1942)
* North Carolina (1945–1946)

Playing career| 1946–1952
Position| Small forward
Number| 17, 29
Coaching career| 1950–1971
Career history
As a player:
1946–1951| Washington Capitols
1951–1952| Boston Celtics
As a coach:
1950–1951| Washington Capitols
1957–1965| Wake Forest
1969–1971| Carolina Cougars
Career highlights

* All-BAA First Team (1947)
* All-BAA Second Team (1949)

Career statistics
Points| 2,994
Rebounds| 373
Assists| 503
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Horace Albert "Bones" McKinney (January 1, 1919 – May 16, 1997) was an American professional basketball player and coach.[1]

A 6'6" small forward who played at both North Carolina State University (2 seasons) and the University of North Carolina (1 season, after U.S. Army service during World War II[2] interrupted his college career), McKinney had a six-year playing career in the NBA, most of them with the now-defunct Washington Capitols. He also played for the Boston Celtics. His final year with the Capitols (in the 1950–51 season), McKinney was a player-coach; the team folded midway through the season.

McKinney, known for his sideline antics, would later coach the Wake Forest University Demon Deacons, leading them to two Atlantic Coast Conference titles and an appearance in the Final Four in 1962.

McKinney also coached Carolina Cougars of the American Basketball Association from 1969 through 1971. He coached them to a 42–42 record during the 1969–70 season, good for third place in the East Division. The Cougars then lost in the first round of the 1970 ABA playoffs to the Indiana Pacers, 4 games to 0. As the 1970–71 season got under way, McKinney was named a vice president of the team. After a 17–25 start, halfway through the season McKinney was replaced as head coach by his assistant coach Jerry Steele. Steele also went 17-25 for the remainder of the season for a 34–50 record that failed to get the Cougars into the 1971 ABA playoffs. During the 1970–71 season, McKinney provided color commentary for the television broadcast of the 1971 ABA All Star Game. Subsequently, McKinney would have a long and successful career as a color analyst for television broadcasts of ACC basketball games.

McKinney's picture hangs in the North Carolina History Museum's North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame and one of his basketball jerseys is also displayed there. He was also a graduate of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and an ordained minister of the Southern Baptist Convention.[3]

## BAA/NBA career statistics

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Legend

GP  | Games played  |  MPG | Minutes per game
FG% | Field-goal percentage  |  FT% | Free-throw percentage
RPG | Rebounds per game  |  APG | Assists per game
PPG | Points per game  |  Bold | Career high

### Regular season

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Year  | Team  | GP  | MPG  | FG%  | FT%  | RPG  | APG  | PPG

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1946–47 | Washington | 58 | – | .279 | .690 | – | 1.2 | 12.0
1947–48 | Washington | 43 | – | .268 | .644 | – | .8 | 11.3
1948–49 | Washington | 57 | – | .328 | .706 | – | 2.0 | 12.7
1949–50 | Washington | 53 | – | .296 | .776 | – | 1.7 | 9.3
1950–51 | Washington | 10 | – | .279 | .429 | 1.9 | .6 | 2.7
1950–51 | Boston | 34 | – | .317 | .743 | 5.3 | 2.3 | 6.9
1951–52 | Boston | 63 | 17.2 | .325 | .813 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 5.3
Career  | 318 | 17.2 | .298 | .711 | 3.5 | 1.6 | 9.4

### Playoffs

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Year  | Team  | GP  | MPG  | FG%  | FT%  | RPG  | APG  | PPG

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1947 | Washington | 6 | – | .212 | .647 | – | .5 | 9.7
1949 | Washington | 10 | – | .354 | .731 | – | .9 | 12.8
1950 | Washington | 2 | – | .273 | .800 | – | 1.5 | 8.0
1951 | Boston | 2 | – | .440 | .800 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 13.0
1952 | Boston | 3 | 6.7 | .222 | .000 | 2.0 | .7 | 1.3
Career  | 23 | 6.7 | .306 | .708 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 10.1

## Head coaching record

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### College

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Statistics overview  Season  | Team  | Overall  | Conference  | Standing  | Postseason

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Wake Forest Demon Deacons (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1957–1965)
1957–58 | Wake Forest  | 6–17 | 3–11 | T–7th |
1958–59 | Wake Forest  | 10–14 | 5–9 | T–6th |
1959–60 | Wake Forest  | 21–7 | 12–2 | T–1st |
1960–61 | Wake Forest | 19–11 | 11–3 | 2nd | NCAA University Division Regional Final
1961–62 | Wake Forest | 22–9 | 12–2 | 1st | NCAA University Division Third Place
1962–63 | Wake Forest  | 16–10 | 11–3 | 2nd |
1963–64 | Wake Forest  | 16–11 | 9–5 | 2nd |
1964–65 | Wake Forest  | 12–15 | 6–8 | 5th |
Wake Forest: | 122–94 | 69–43 |
Total: | 122–94 |

National champion Postseason invitational champion
Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion

### NBA/ABA

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Legend  Regular season  | G  | Games coached  | W  | Games won  | L  | Games lost  | W–L %  | Win–loss %

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Playoffs  | PG  | Playoff games  | PW  | Playoff wins  | PL  | Playoff losses  | PW–L %  | Playoff win–loss %
Team  | Year  | G | W | L | W–L% | Finish  | PG | PW | PL | PW–L% | Result

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Washington | 1950–51 | 35 | 10 | 25 | .286 | folded | — | — | — | —  | —
Carolina (ABA)  | 1969–70 | 84 | 42 | 42 | .500 | 3rd in Eastern | 4 | 0 | 4 | .000  | Lost in division semifinals
Carolina (ABA)  | 1970–71 | 42 | 17 | 25 | .405 | (fired) | — | — | — | —  | —
Career (ABA)  | 126 | 59 | 67 | .468 |  | 4 | 0 | 4 | .000 |
Career (overall)[4] | 161 | 69 | 92 | .429 |  | 4 | 0 | 4 | .000 |

## See also

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* List of NCAA Division I Men's Final Four appearances by coach

## References

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1. ^ "Obituary of Horace "Bones" Albert McKinney ~ 1997". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
2. ^ McKinney, Horace (1988). Bones - Honk Your Horn if You Love Basketball. Garland Publications.
3. ^ "The Erupting Antics of 'Mr. Bones,'" LIFE (magazine), February 22, 1960. Retrieved August 25, 2020
4. ^ "Bones McKinney Coaching Record". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 25, 2025.

## External links

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* BasketballReference.com: Bones McKinney (as coach)
* BasketballReference.com: Bones McKinney (as player)

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Washington Capitols head coaches

* Red Auerbach (1946–1949)
* Bob Feerick (1949–1950)
* Bones McKinney (1950–1951)

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Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball head coaches

* J. R. Crozier (1906–1917)
* E. T. MacDonnell (1917–1918)
* Irving E. Carlyle (1918–1919)
* Bill Holding (1919–1920)
* James L. White (1920–1921)
* Bill Holding (1921–1922)
* Phil Utley (1922–1923)
* Hank Garrity (1923–1925)
* R. S. Hayes (1925–1926)
* James A. Baldwin (1926–1928)
* Pat Miller (1928–1930)
* R. S. Hayes (1930–1931)
* Fred Emmerson (1931–1933)
* Murray Greason (1933–1957)
* Bones McKinney (1957–1965)
* Jack Murdock (1965–1966)
* Jack McCloskey (1966–1972)
* Carl Tacy (1972–1985)
* Bob Staak (1985–1989)
* Dave Odom (1989–2001)
* Skip Prosser (2001–2007)
* Dino Gaudio (2007–2010)
* Jeff Bzdelik (2010–2014)
* Danny Manning (2014–2020)
* Steve Forbes (2020– )

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Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball Coach of the Year

* 1954: Case
* 1955: Case
* 1956: Greason
* 1957: McGuire
* 1958: Case
* 1959: Bradley
* 1960: McKinney
* 1961: McKinney
* 1962: Stevens
* 1963: Bubas
* 1964: Bubas
* 1965: Maravich
* 1966: Bubas
* 1967: Smith
* 1968: Smith
* 1969: McGuire
* 1970: Sloan
* 1971: Smith
* 1972: Gibson
* 1973: Sloan
* 1974: Sloan
* 1975: Driesell
* 1976: Smith
* 1977: Smith
* 1978: Foster
* 1979: Smith
* 1980: Driesell
* 1981: Holland
* 1982: Holland
* 1983: Cremins
* 1984: Krzyzewski
* 1985: Cremins
* 1986: Krzyzewski
* 1987: Ellis
* 1988: Smith
* 1989: Valvano
* 1990: Ellis
* 1991: Odom
* 1992: Kennedy
* 1993: Smith
* 1994: Odom
* 1995: Odom
* 1996: Cremins
* 1997: Krzyzewski
* 1998: Guthridge
* 1999: Krzyzewski
* 2000: Krzyzewski
* 2001: Hewitt
* 2002: G. Williams
* 2003: Prosser
* 2004: Sendek
* 2005: Greenberg
* 2006: R. Williams
* 2007: Leitao
* 2008: Greenberg
* 2009: Hamilton
* 2010: G. Williams
* 2011: R. Williams
* 2012: Hamilton
* 2013: Larrañaga
* 2014: Bennett
* 2015: Bennett
* 2016: Larrañaga
* 2017: Pastner
* 2018: Bennett
* 2019: Bennett
* 2020: Hamilton
* 2021: Young
* 2022: Forbes
* 2023: Capel
* 2024: Davis
* 2025: Kelsey

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF
* FAST
* WorldCat

National|

* United States

Other|

* SNAC

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