Former Celtics forward Walter McCarty will rejoin the team as an assistant coach.
Walter McCarty rejoins Boston Celtics as an assistant coach
Getting championship rings ‘just like winning’ again for ’96 greats
Members of Kentucky’s 1995-96 national championship team never waste an opportunity to get back together. When they do, there’s a familiar script. They first catch up on each other’s lives and families, but it’s not long before they start reminiscing. There are too many memorable moments to count, but there seem to be two they…
Photo: Coach Calipari with the 1996 National Championship team
Photo: Coach Calipari with the 1996 National Championship team
Catching up with former Cat Walter McCarty
The Walter McCarty that most fans know began his journey at Harrison High School in his hometown of Evansville, Indiana. And this is something that McCarty has not forgotten. While many times star athletes tend to forget their routes, McCarty never has: “I was actually at Harrison a couple of weeks ago and am still…
Former Cat Cameron Mills keeps busy by putting faith first
A great number of Wildcats from the championship teams in the 1990s would go on to play in the NBA. Greats like Walter McCarty, Tony Delk, Jeff Sheppard and Derek Anderson are just a few on the seemingly endless list of former Cats to suit up as pros. One vital piece to those championship puzzles,…
Former Cat Walter McCarty shoots for a music career
When Walter McCarty takes the stage at the Lexington Opera House on Sunday night, he will be pursuing new glory just two blocks from the main stage for some of his old glory days. In the mid-1990s, McCarty was a star forward for the University of Kentucky men’s basketball team, including the squad that won…
Former Cat Walter McCarty on list of possible replacements at Boston University
Pat Chambers is Penn State’s newest coach, which means a variety of things, most notably that Penn State fans seem to be at least marginally excited about college basketball for the first time in, well, a long time. It also means Boston University is back at the drawing board. It was just two years ago…
Kentucky Wildcats of 1996 among most memorable teams
From the photo archives of Sports Illustrated comes a story in, you guessed it, photos: “If UNLV’s ’91 team (somehow) isn’t considered the best college team of the last two decades, then these Wildcats are. UK was loaded with NBA talent, headed by Tony Delk, Antoine Walker, Derek Anderson, Ron Mercer and Walter McCarty. The…
Former Cat Walter McCarty officially hired as assistant for Indiana Pacers
Indiana Pacers Coach Jim O’Brien announced Thursday the hiring of Walter McCarty as an assistant coach. The 36-year-old McCarty, a native of Evansville, Ind., comes to the Pacers from the University of Louisville where he was an assistant for Coach Rick Pitino. McCarty played collegiately at the University of Kentucky where he was part of…