Andre McCarter - Wikipedia

Andre McCarter
Personal information
Born	(1953-08-25) August 25, 1953 (age 71) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school	Overbrook (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
College	UCLA (1973–1976)
NBA draft	1976: 6th round, 89th overall pick
Selected by the Kansas City Kings
Playing career	1976–1983
Position	Point guard
Number	20, 33
Coaching career	1979–1980
Career history
As player:
1976–1977	Kansas City Kings
1978–1979	Rochester Zeniths
1979	Maine Lumberjacks
1980	Utica Olympics
1980–1982	Atlantic City Hi-Rollers
1980–1981	Washington Bullets
1982–1983	Pantterit
As coach:
1979–1980	Maine Lumberjacks

Career highlights and awards
CBA champion (1979) CBA Most Valuable Player (1979) CBA All-Star Game MVP (1979) All-CBA First Team (1979) All-CBA Second Team (1980) CBA Newcomer of the Year (1979) 3× CBA assists leader (1979, 1980, 1982) NCAA champion (1975) First-team Parade All-American (1971)

Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Andre McCarter (born August 25, 1953) is an American retired professional basketball player.

College career

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A 6'3" guard born in Philadelphia, McCarter played college basketball at UCLA under coach John Wooden.

Professional career

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McCarter played three seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Kansas City Kings and Washington Bullets. NBA.^[1]

McCarter played in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) for the Rochester Zeniths, Maine Lumberjacks, Utica Olympics and Atlantic City Hi-Rollers from 1978 to 1982.^[2] During his first season with the Zeniths in 1978–79, he was selected as the CBA Most Valuable Player, CBA Newcomer of the Year, and CBA All-Star Game MVP and was selected to the All-CBA First Team.^[2] He won a CBA championship with the Zeniths in 1979.^[3] McCarter was selected to the All-CBA Second Team in 1980.^[2] He served as head coach of the Lumberjacks during the 1979–80 season and accumulated a 2–2 record.^[4]

References

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^ "Collegiate Record Winning Streak In Serious Jeopardy Now". The News-Palladium. March 27, 1972. p. 16. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Andre McCarter minor league basketball statistics". Stats Crew. Retrieved February 20, 2025.
^ "1978-79 Rochester Zeniths Statistics". Stats Crew. Retrieved March 9, 2025.
^ "Andre McCarter minor league basketball coaching records". Stats Crew. Retrieved February 20, 2025.

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v t e UCLA Bruins men's basketball 1974–75 NCAA champions
22 Raymond Townsend 25 Pete Trgovich 31 Richard Washington (MOP) 32 Brett Vroman 34 Dave Meyers 35 Ralph Drollinger 45 Andre McCarter 53 Wilbert Olinde 54 Marques Johnson 55 Gavin Smith Head coach John Wooden Assistant coaches Gary Cunningham Frank Arnold

v t e Continental Basketball Association
Founded on April 23, 1946 Formerly the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League (1946–48), Eastern Professional Basketball League (1948–1970), and the Eastern Basketball Association (1970–78) Ceased operations on June 1, 2009
Commissioners	William Morgan (1946–1955) Harry Rudolph (1955–1970) William Montzman (1970–1975) Steve A. Kauffman (1975–1978) Jim Drucker (1978–1986) Carl Scheer (1986–1987) Mike Storen (1987–1988) Jay Ramsdell (1988–1989) Jerry Schemmel (1989–1990) Irv Kaze (1990–1991) Terdema Ussery (1991–1993) Mark Lamping (1993–1994) Tom Valdiserri (1994–1996) Steve Patterson (1996–1998) Gary Hunter (1998–1999) Isiah Thomas (1999–2000) Don Welsh (2000–2001) Gary Hunter (2001–2006) Jim Coyne (2007) Dennis Truax (2007–2009)
Player of the Year (formerly Most Valuable Player)	Zubic (1950) Rullo (1951) Crossin (1952) McCloskey (1953, 1954) White (1955) Molinas (1956) Lear (1957) Hennessy (1958) Spivey (1959) Arceneaux (1960) Ellis (1961) Turmon (1962) Arizin (1963) A. Johnson (1964) W. Simon (1965) McCoy (1966) Murrell (1967) Wilburn (1968) Pawlak (1969) Bellamy (1970) Somerset (1971) Wingo (1972) E. Johnson (1973) Wilburn (1974) Baskerville (1975) Criss (1976, 1977) McCracken (1978) McCarter (1979) R. Davis (1980) W. Smith (1981) Valentine (1982) R. Smith (1983) Crompton (1984) Hayes (1985) Young (1986) Binion (1987) Brooks (1988) Bowie (1989) Askew (1990, 1991) Mitchell (1992) Strong (1993) Grandison (1994) Recasner (1995) S. Jones (1996) Boney (1997) King (1998) Griffin (1999) McInnis (2000) M. Simon (2002) Panko (2003) J. Davis (2004) Clancy Jr. (2005) Young (2007) Selvy (2008)
Newcomer of the Year	R. Davis (1978) McCarter (1979) B. Davis (1980) Russell (1981) Branson (1982) M. Davis (1983) Lingenfelter (1984) Collins (1985) Drew (1986) E. Johnson (1987) Allen (1988) Campbell (1989) Ferrell (1990) King (1991) Brundy (1992) Strong (1993) Monroe (1994) Bragg (1995) Nickerson (1996) Tucker (1997) McInnis (1998) D. Jones (1999) C. Smith (2000) Simon (2002) Cantrell (2003) Davis (2004) B. Thomas (2005) J. Thomas (2006) Fountain (2007) Jackson (2008)
Coach of the Year	Novak (1977) Monska (1978) M. Panaggio (1979) Klucas (1980) Karl (1981) Russell (1982) Karl (1983) Brown (1984) Jackson (1985) M. Panaggio (1986) Musselman (1987, 1988) Bibby (1989) Oliver (1989) Saunders (1990) Karl (1991) Reid (1992) D. Panaggio (1992) M. Panaggio (1993) Duncan (1994) McHone (1995) Suhr (1996) McHone (1997) D. Panaggio (1998) T. Jones (1999) D. Panaggio (2000) Joerger (2002) Daleo (2003) Joerger (2004) Bergman (2005) Woolpert (2007, 2008)
Rookie of the Year	Gaines (1958) McCoy (1959) Lewis (1960) Gunther (1961) Huggard (1962) Baynard (1963) Rohloff (1964) McKinney (1965) Love (1966) Wilburn (1967) Carlos (1968) Cornwall (1969) Mast (1970) Wallace (1971) Mayberry (1972) White (1973) Bell (1974) Perry (1975) Rivers & Luckett (1976) M. Jones (1977) Terry (1978) Bates (1979) E. Jones (1980) L. Johnson (1981) Spriggs (1982) Sanders (1983) G. Jones (1984) Turner (1985) Adams (1986) Rowan (1987) Waller (1988) Queenan (1989) Lett (1990) Thompson (1991) Kennedy (1992) Madkins (1993) Ford (1994) Warren (1995) Jackson (1996) Hopkins & Sasser (1997) Sims (1998) Hendrix (1999) Thomas (2000) Inge (2002) McElroy (2003) Bailey (2004) Butler (2005) Powell (2006) Garrison (2007) Washington (2008)
Defensive Player of the Year	C. Smith (1991) Mitchell (1992) Bardo (1993, 1994) Bell (1995) Davis (1996) Beck (1997) McDonald (1998) Martin (1999) Baston (2000) Murdaugh (2002) Rice (2003) Hadley (2004) Clancy Jr. (2005) Felix (2006) Moon (2007) Phillips (2008)
Seasons All-Star Games Champions Award winners and successful alumni Statistical leaders

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