It has been 46 years since a Temple University alum coached the Owls men's basketball program in a regular-season game, but that will change on Nov. 5 when Aaron McKie takes his 2019-20 squad on the Liacouras Center floor to play Drexel in the season opener.
When Hall of Fame coach Harry Litwack retired following the 1972-73 season, McKie, who grew up in the North Philadelphia neighborhood that Temple calls home, had just turned one. Now, he is the man in charge of the fifth-winningest program at the NCAA Division I level.