Jimmy McKinney
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 McKinney for Telekom Baskets Bonn in 2015 | |
| Free agent | |
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| Position | Shooting guard |
| Personal information | |
| Born | August 23, 1983 St. Louis, Missouri |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 192 cm (6 ft 4 in) |
| Listed weight | 93 kg (205 lb) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Vashon (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| College | Missouri (2002–2006) |
| NBA draft | 2006: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2006–present |
| Career history | |
| 2006–2012 | Deutsche Bank Skyliners |
| 2012–2014 | s.Oliver Baskets |
| 2014–2015 | Tigers Tübingen |
| 2015–2016 | Telekom Baskets Bonn |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Jimmy McKinney (born August 23, 1983) is an American professional basketball player and film actor.[1]
Basketball career[edit]
McKinney attended Vashon High School in St. Louis, Missouri. He was the leading scorer on Vashon's 2001 and 2002 basketball teams, both of which won Missouri state championships. He later received a full scholarship to play college basketball at the University of Missouri. Since his graduation McKinney plays for the Frankfurt Skyliners. Since five seasons 2006 to 2011, he plays for the Frankfurt Skyliners, a basketball team in the Germany-1 Bundesliga, reaching the German Bundesliga Semifinals in 2008 and the German Bundesliga Cup Semifinals in 2009.[2] McKinney currently plays for s.Oliver Baskets in the Bundesliga.[3] On December 8, 2014, he signed with Tigers Tübingen.[4]
Coaching career[edit]
McKinney was hired as the head coach of the boys basketball team at Kirkwood High School in St. Louis on July 24, 2020.[5]
Acting career[edit]
Most notably, McKinney also landed a lead role of Jacob Whitmore, a basketball player in the 2009 film Streetballers, the debut feature movie of director Matthew Scott Krentz.
References[edit]
- ^ "Team 2015/2016 – Jimmy McKinney" (in German). Telekom Baskets Bonn. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
- ^ "Eurobasket Jimmy McKinney player page". eurobasket.com.
- ^ "Jimmy McKinney basketball profile". eurobasket.com.
- ^ "Jimmy McKinney moves to Tubingen Walter-Tigers". sportando.com.
- ^ "Kirkwood High School has a new boys' basketball coach". ksdk.com.
External links[edit]
- Jimmy McKinney at IMDb
- Jimmy McKinney player page in University of Missouri Tigers site
- Streeballers official site
- Jimmy McKinney player page in Frankfurt Skyliners site
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