Ross McMains

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Ross McMains
Louisville Cardinals
PositionAssistant coach
League Atlantic Coast Conference
Personal information
NationalityAmerican / New Zealand
Coaching career2012–present
Career history
As coach:
2012–2013 Sacramento Kings (asst.)
2013–2015 Reno Bighorns (asst.)
2015–2021 New Zealand national team (asst.)
2016 Taranaki Mountainairs
2016–2017 Santa Cruz Warriors (asst.)
2017–2018 Westchester Knicks (asst.)
2018–2019 New York Knicks (vc)
2019–2020 Melbourne United (asst.)
2021–present Louisville Cardinals (asst.)
Career highlights and awards

Fraser Ross McMains [1] is an American-born New Zealand basketball coach. He is currently an assistant coach with the Louisville Cardinals men's college basketball team.

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Early life and career

McMains was born in New Hampshire in the United States before growing up in New Zealand on Waiheke Island. [2] [3] He attended Kadimah College in Auckland, having to take the boat to school every day. He returned to the U.S. at age 11 when his family moved to Santa Barbara. There he went to Santa Barbara High School. After high school, he returned to New Zealand and got a job working with the New Zealand Breakers organisation in 2007. A year or so later, he returned to the U.S. and started in player development, working with a mix of pro players in Los Angeles. That led to an opportunity to work with players in Latvia, France, and China. He also ran NBA Pre-Draft Preparation for two years in Santa Barbara, while also running off-season workouts for a selection of NBA and international players. [2] During this time, he studied at Santa Monica College (2008–10) and John Cabot University (2011) in Rome, Italy. [4] He was exposed to European basketball while in Rome. [2]

Coaching career

McMains' coaching career began as a special assistant – a role that saw him focus on player development – with the Sacramento Kings for the 2012–13 NBA season, before spending the next two seasons with Sacramento's D-League affiliate, the Reno Bighorns. He returned to New Zealand in 2015 and was named assistant coach for the New Zealand Tall Blacks. [5] He went on to win the NZNBL Coach of the Year as head coach of the Taranaki Mountainairs in 2016. [6] From there, he returned to the United States and spent two seasons in the NBA G League as an assistant coach with the Santa Cruz Warriors and Westchester Knicks, [7] [8] before joining the New York Knicks for the 2018–19 season as head video coordinator. [9]

In August 2019, McMains was appointed an assistant coach with Melbourne United of the Australian NBL. [9] He parted ways with Melbourne in August 2020. [10]

In May 2021, McMains was appointed an assistant coach with the Louisville Cardinals men's college basketball team. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "New Zealand – FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2016". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 "THE MCMAINLANDER - ROSS MCMAINS RETURNS FOR A BIG SEASON IN NZ". nz.basketball. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  3. ↑ "DRAGIĆEV TRENER: Navija za Slovenijo in Novo Zelandijo". kosarka.si (in Slovenian). 29 August 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2019. I was born in New Hampshire, grew up in New Zealand, attended high school in Santa Barbara and went to the University of Rome.
  4. ↑ "Ross McMains". kiwihoopers.com. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  5. ↑ Reive, Christopher (2 April 2015). "Ross McMains appointed Tall Blacks assistant coach while Chris Lucas gets nod for Tall Ferns". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  6. ↑ Reive, Christopher (5 June 2016). "Taranaki Mountain Airs' Logan Elers, Ross McMains and Bernie Smith among NBL award winners". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  7. ↑ "Warriors Complete Coaching Staff for Upcoming Season". NBA.com. October 20, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Westchester Knicks Announce Coaching Staff Additions". NBA.com. October 23, 2017. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
  9. 1 2 "Ross McMains joins Melbourne United as an Assistant Coach". melbourneutd.com.au. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  10. ↑ "Assistant Coach Ross McMains will not return to Melbourne United to rejoin our coaching staff for #NBL21..." facebook.com/MelbourneUnitedBasketball. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  11. ↑ "Ross McMains Named Assistant Coach for UofL Basketball". gocards.com. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
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