Andre Jerome McGee (born March 7, 1987) is an American former basketball coach and player who was most recently assistant coach at the

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(UMKC). McGee played college basketball at

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under

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and one year professionally in Germany before returning to Louisville as an assistant, first a graduate assistant then director of operations. He resigned as assistant coach on October 23, 2015; he is the figure at the center of the 2015 University of Louisville basketball sex scandal.

Early life

He averaged 22.3 points, 4.2 assists and 3.7 steals per game as a senior at Canyon Springs High School in

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College career

McGee played four seasons with the

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program, from the 2005–06 season through the 2008–09 season. He was the starting

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during his senior season. He played in 127 career games, including 57 starts, while averaging 5.2

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for the Cardinals. The team reached the

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in both the

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and

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editions of the

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Professional playing career

McGee played 14 games for

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in Germany before leaving the team in December 2009. He averaged 5.3 points, 1.7 rebounds, and 1.3 assists and shot 35.4%.

Coaching career

McGee returned to Louisville as a graduate assistant on

's staff in

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. McGee was promoted to director of basketball operations at Louisville in

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. After the 2013–14 season, he left Louisville to become an assistant at UMKC under former Louisville assistant Kareem Richardson. In the 2015 University of Louisville basketball sex scandal, it was alleged that during the time McGee was employed at Louisville, he procured strippers and prostitutes for some recruits and their fathers at campus parties from 2010 to 2014. Based on this allegation and a corresponding investigation by the NCAA, Louisville voluntarily withdrew from post-season play for the 2015–16 season. The NCAA eventually placed the Cardinals on four years of probation and imposed a 10-year

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on McGee, and after a failed appeal, the Cardinals were stripped of their 2013 national title, becoming the first Division I basketball team of either sex to be stripped of a national championship.

Personal life

McGee's family has a history of playing college basketball. His father Anthony McGee played basketball at Long Beach State. His oldest brother, Tony McGee, played at

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and older brother Antoine McGee played at the

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. McGee has what was identified in college as

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References

External links

College statistics
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