Nashad Mackey - Men's Basketball Coach

Nashad Mackey

Title:
Assistant Coach / Player Development
Email:
nmackey1@utm.edu

Nashad Mackey is in his first season on the University of Tennessee at Martin men's basketball coaching staff as an assistant coach in charge of player development.

Mackey comes to the Skyhawks from Daytona State College in Florida, where he coached current UT Martin junior guard/forward Jacob Crews last season. As an assistant for the Falcons under head coach Joey Cantens, the program won the Central Conference championship, racked up the most wins in school history (27, against just four losses), earned its highest end-of-season ranking in school history (eighth) and went 14-1 in league play to go along with an unblemished 14-0 mark at home.

The previous two seasons, Mackey served as a graduate assistant under head coach Steve Ridder (UT Martin head coach Ryan Ridder's father) at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Fla. After the program did not compete during the 2020-21 campaign, the Eagles soared to a 24-10 and NCAA Division II Sweet 16 appearance in Mackey’s final year on the bench.

Mackey’s call to coach came after a stellar playing career where he pumped in 1,663 points at two familiar locations. He played his first two seasons at Daytona State College, earning All-American, conference Player of the Year, first team all-conference and all-region accolades after averaging 15.3 points and 12.3 rebounds per contest. He then transferred to Embry-Riddle where he became the only Eagle to average a double-double in a career (17.2 points, 12.2 rebounds per game). He was a two-time Sunshine State Conference honoree and left as the program’s single-season leader in rebounding (350, 12.5 per outing in 2017-18) and second-most accurate career free throw shooter (.870 in 270 attempts).

A Nassau, Bahamas native, Mackey also boasts international experience as he took part in the 2022 and 2020 FIBA Americup Qualifiers as well as the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games as part of the Bahamas National Team.

Mackey earned his bachelor’s degree in human factors psychology from Embry-Riddle in 2019 before obtaining his Master’s degree in leadership from the same institution in 2022. He and his wife Simone have three children, Noah, Malayah and Oaklynn.