He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins, and became the all-time scoring leader of both the school and the Pac-12 Conference.

[2] MacLean, along with his 1994–95 Washington Bullets teammates Rex Chapman, Tom Gugliotta, and Scott Skiles, all reunited in Phoenix in 1999–2000 when Chapman, Gugliotta, and MacLean were Suns players and Skiles was the head coach.

[8] Charles Barkley later commented "I've seen Don MacLean naked, and he doesn't use steroids.

[citation needed] He also is a weekly basketball contributor on Fox Sports Radio Network's Petros and Money Show.

[11] MacLean lives in Southern California with his wife, Brooke, and three sons Kyle, Blake and Trent.