Kevin Mackey (born August 21, 1946) is a former head coach of men's basketball at Cleveland State University.

His CSU Vikings upset the Indiana Hoosiers and the Saint Joseph's Hawks to make the Sweet 16 in the 1986 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

From 1977 to 1983, he served as an assistant coach at Boston College under Tom Davis and Gary Williams in the early days of the Big East Conference.

Knight exploded, knowing Cleveland State would likely give the Hoosiers all they could handle[4] with its "run n' stun" style.

[7] Earlier in 1985, Mackey invited Manute Bol to Cleveland after seeing him in action with a Sudanese team that was touring the United States.

Despite spending months at ELS Language Centers on the Case Western Reserve University campus, Bol was unable to improve his English well enough to enroll at Cleveland State.

Since breath spray can alter the results of Breathalyzer tests, police took a urine sample, which revealed traces of cocaine.

[7] Mackey spent 60 days at a rehab center run by John Lucas, and then went on to a successful career in minor league basketball.

In 1991, he was a mid-season replacement coach for the Miami Tropics of the United States Basketball League and led the team to the title game.