He was also the head basketball coach at Kansas Wesleyan from 1921 to 1938, tallying a mark of 113–161.
[2] Mackie served in the United States Navy as an ensign during World War I.
[3] Mackie coached athletics at Athens High School in The Plains, Ohio for two years before he was hired to head the athletic department at Kansas Wesleyan University of Salina, Kansas in 1921.
Mackie's 1922 team was considered having "no great strengths" by football legend Walter Camp.
Mackie's teams won the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference championship five times during his tenure.