John McCullough (basketball)

John McCullough

Phoenix Mercury
Title	Assistant coach
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	(1956-10-05) October 5, 1956 Lima, Ohio, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school	Lima (Lima, Ohio)
College	Oklahoma (1975–1979)
NBA draft	1979: 4th round, 85th overall pick
Drafted by	Kansas City Kings
Playing career	1981–1985
Position	Point guard
Number	8
Coaching career	2016–present
Career history
Playing
1981	Phoenix Suns
1981–1982	Billings Volcanos
1982–1983	Ohio Mixers
1983–1985	Pau-Orthez
Coaching
1985–1988	SMU (assistant)
1988–1995	New Mexico (assistant)
1996–2000	New Mexico Highlands
2000–2012	Oklahoma Baptist (women)
2016–2021	Portland Trail Blazers (assistant)
2023–2025	Tulsa (women's assistant)
2025–present	Phoenix Mercury (assistant)
Career highlights
FIBA Korać Cup champion (1984) Big Eight Player of the Year (1979) 2× First-team All-Big Eight (1977, 1979)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

John P. McCullough (born October 5, 1956) is an American former basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA), among other professional leagues. McCullough was the Big Eight Player of the Year and All-American for the Oklahoma Sooners, where he was teammates with future NBA coach Terry Stotts. McCullough was drafted in the fourth round of the 1979 NBA draft by the Kansas City Kings. His only season in the NBA was for the Phoenix Suns in 1981–82. McCullough was an assistant coach at Southern Methodist University and the University of New Mexico before becoming the head coach at New Mexico Highlands University from 1996 to 2000. McCullough was later the head coach of the women's program at Oklahoma Baptist University.

On June 1, 2016, McCullough was promoted to assistant coach by the Portland Trail Blazers after spending the previous four seasons as the team's advance scout.

Career playing statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

NBA

Source

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1981–82	Phoenix	8	0	2.9	.692	–	.600	.5	.4	.3	.0	2.6

Head coaching record

Men's basketball

Record table

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
New Mexico Highlands Cowboys (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) (1996–2000)
1996–97	New Mexico Highlands	5–21	3–16	6th West
1997–98	New Mexico Highlands	5–21	3–16	7th West
1998–99	New Mexico Highlands	6–20	4–15	T–6th West
1999–2000	New Mexico Highlands	15–12	10–9	3rd West
New Mexico Highlands:		31–74 (.295)	20–56 (.263)
Total:		31–74 (.295)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

Women's basketball

Record table

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Oklahoma Baptist Bison (Sooner Athletic Conference) (2000–2012)
2000–01	Oklahoma Baptist	20–14	7–9		NAIA Second Round
2001–02	Oklahoma Baptist	25–9	12–6		NAIA Second Round
2002–03	Oklahoma Baptist	21–13	11–7		NAIA First Round
2003–04	Oklahoma Baptist	21–14	8–10		NAIA First Round
2004–05	Oklahoma Baptist	24–8	12–6		NAIA First Round
2005–06	Oklahoma Baptist	25–10	10–8		NAIA Elite Eight
2006–07	Oklahoma Baptist	17–13	11–7		NAIA First Round
2007–08	Oklahoma Baptist	29–5	19–3		NAIA First Round
2008–09	Oklahoma Baptist	32–5	20–2		NAIA Fab Four
2009–10	Oklahoma Baptist	31–4	21–1		NAIA Second Round
2010–11	Oklahoma Baptist	12–20	9–13
2011–12	Oklahoma Baptist	15–16	11–11
Oklahoma Baptist:		272–131 (.675)	151–83 (.645)
Total:		272–131 (.675)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

External links

• "John McCullough", Sports Reference LLC, Basketball-Reference.com, retrieved November 30, 2009
• "Parks department plans basketball camps". The Norman Transcript. June 20, 2009. Archived from the original on March 9, 2012. Retrieved November 30, 2009.