McKie attended Philadelphia's Simon Gratz High School, where he was a letterman in basketball.

[1] After redshirting his freshman year, McKie finished his three-year career at Temple University tied for sixth on the school's all-time scoring list with 1,650 points, averaging 17.9 points per game while starting all 92 games.

McKie was selected in the first round (17th overall) of the 1994 NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blazers.

[2] On February 1, 2008, McKie, who was a Sixers assistant coach at the time, was traded by the Lakers to the Memphis Grizzlies, along with Kwame Brown, Javaris Crittenton, rights to Marc Gasol, and the 2008 and 2010 first-round draft picks, for Pau Gasol.

[5] After being released by the Grizzlies, McKie rejoined the Philadelphia coaching staff as an assistant in September 2008.

Temple University announced that he would replace Dunphy as the head coach of the men's basketball team starting with the 2019 season.

Entering the 2022-2023 season, Temple had high expectations with the return of multiple starters including guards Damian Dunn and Khalif Battle.

On March 13, 2023, Temple announced that McKie stepped down as the men's basketball coach and would take on a new role as the as a special advisor to the athletics department.