| Wins against Kentucky - 0 | Losses against Kentucky - 1 |
Alma Mater: North Carolina [1946]
Date Born: January 1, 1919
Date Died: May 16, 1997
Overall Record: 122-94 [8 Seasons]
| Date | Matchup | UK Result | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/21/1963 | Wake Forest at Kentucky | W | 98 - 75 | UKIT Championship |
Obituary - Charlotte (NC) Observer (May 17, 1997)
Wake's McKinney Dies at 78
Basketball legend was a minister, too
WINSTON-SALEM - Former Wake Forest basketball coach and ACC television personality Horace "Bones" McKinney died Friday afternoon two weeks after he suffered a stroke.
McKinney, 78, coached the Demon Deacons to their first two ACC tournament titles in 1961 and 1962. He also guided Wake Forest to its only Final Four appearance in 1962, where they lost to Ohio State in the semifinals.
McKinney was an assistant coach at Wake Forest under Murray Greason from 1951 to 1957 and head coach from 1958 to 1965.
He eventually coached the Carolina Cougars of the American Basketball Association but later returned to college basketball as a color commentator.
As a coach, McKinney was known for his sideline antics and showmanship. He often wore red socks and a bow tie for good luck and once had a seat belt fastened to his seat on the bench to keep him from harassing the referees. he once kicked one of his loafers onto the court and wound up in the middle of a fast break while he went after it.
McKinney was taken to Raleigh's Rex Hospital after his stroke May 2 and had recently been moved to Wake Medical Center. McKinney was experiencing problems with speech and movement after the stroke, a family spokesperson said last week.
McKinney died at 5:05 p.m. Friday, a hospital spokesperson said. His exact cause of death was not immediately known, the spokesperson said.
McKinney had been living in Willow Springs with his wife, Edna. They had been married 55 years. In addition to his wife, McKinney also is survived by two sons and four daughters - Albert, Kenneth, Katrina, Kay, Kitty and Karen. ,P>McKinney was an all-Southern Conference player at N.C. State in 1942. After a stint in the Army he played for two more years at North Carolina, helping the Tar Heels to the 1946 NCAA Championship game, where they lost to Oklahoma State. He went on to play for the NBA's Washington Capitols.
Billy Packer, who played for Wake Forest between 1959-62, called his friendship with McKinney "one of the great associations I've had in my life."
"He was a wonderful guy and a real treasure," said Packer. "He was as much a treasure as a person as he was as a coach."
Packer said when he first arrived at Wake, McKinney was respected equally in the community, both as a coach and as a Baptist minister.
"One of the tragedies of his life was that when he was at his peak as a coach, he was also at his peak as a minister," Packer said. "Unfortunately, none of the people who knew him well helped him much with time management. He tried to move forward in both areas."
Former Observer columnist Jim Shumaker said McKinney would have "made a great television evangelist but for his reluctance to beg for money." Funeral arrangements were pending, Wake Forest sports information director John Justus said.
