Kelly McCarty

For the 1991 Miss USA pageant winner, see Kelli McCarty.

Kelly Deshawn McCarty (born August 24, 1975) is a naturalized Russian^[1][2][3] former professional basketball player who is currently an assistant coach for the Iowa Wolves of the NBA G League. He represented the senior men's Russian national basketball team internationally. At 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 235 pounds (107 kg), he played at both the shooting guard and small forward positions. His primary position was small forward.

Kelly McCarty

McCarty, in 2011.
Iowa Wolves
Position	Assistant coach
League	NBA G League
Personal information
Born	(1975-08-24) August 24, 1975 (age 49) Chicago, Illinois
Nationality	American / Russian
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High school	Quitman (Quitman, Mississippi)
College	Southern Miss (1994–1998)
NBA draft	1998: undrafted
Playing career	1999–2013
Position	Small forward / shooting guard
Number	11, 21
Career history
As a player:
1999	Denver Nuggets
1999–2001	Maccabi Raanana
2001	Oklahoma Storm
2001–2003	Maccabi Giv'at Shmuel
2003–2004	Maccabi Rishon LeZion
2004	Hapoel Jerusalem
2004–2006	BC Dynamo Saint Petersburg
2006–2010	Khimki Moscow Region
2010–2013	UNICS Kazan
As a coach:
2023–present	Iowa Wolves (assistant)
Career highlights
2× EuroCup champion (2004, 2011) EuroCup Finals MVP (2004) 2× All-EuroCup Team (2009, 2011) FIBA EuroChallenge champion (2005) FIBA EuroChallenge Final Four MVP (2005) Russian Cup winner (2008)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

High school

Born in Chicago, McCarty played high school basketball at Quitman High School, in Quitman, Mississippi.

College career

McCarty played college basketball at the University of Southern Mississippi, with the Southern Miss Golden Eagles, leading the college team in scoring and rebounding during his senior year, in 1997–98.

Professional career

After playing in just 2 regular season games for the Denver Nuggets of the NBA in 1999, McCarty went on to play in Israel, spending 5 seasons there - at first with Maccabi Raanana. He then signed with the Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Jerusalem, and with them he won the ULEB Cup (now called EuroCup) in the 2003–04 season, being voted the EuroCup Finals MVP.

The next year, in the 2004–05 season, he moved to the Russian Super League A club Dynamo Saint Petersburg, and without losing a single game in the FIBA Europe League competition, his team won the championship, and he was elected the Final Four MVP of that tournament. He spent the last years of his career playing in Russia.

National team career

McCarty also played for the senior men's Russian national basketball team at EuroBasket 2009.^[4]

Coaching career

On November 9, 2023, McCarty joined tne Iowa Wolves as an assistant coach.^[5]

Club honors

• EuroCup:
  • Winner (2): 2003–04, 2010–11
  • Runner-up (1): 2008–09
• FIBA Europe League:
  • Winner (1): 2004–05
• Russian Championship:
  • Runner-up (3): 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
  • Third place (3): 2005–06, 2006–07, 2010–11
• Russian Cup:
  • Winner (1): 2008
• Israeli Premier League
  • Runner-up (1): 1999–2000
• Israeli Cup:
  • Runner-up (1): 2003, 2004