McGee to be inducted into NIAA HOF
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Bill McGee, who played basketball for St. John无毛视频檚 High School under legendary head coach James 无毛视频淟ash无毛视频� Nesser, makes a call during a high school football game in Nevada. McGee currently resides in Las Vegas with his second wife, Katie. They have been married for 34 years and have four children.
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Uniontown native Bill McGee works a girls high school basketball game in Nevada. McGee, who started working as an official in 1973 while still in Uniontown, relocated to Las Vegas in 1976 and will be inducted into the Hall of Fame by the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association on March 14.
Bill McGee heeded the advice of Horace Greeley to 无毛视频淕o West, young man无毛视频� back in the 1970s.
The former Uniontown native will be honored with induction into the Nevada high school Hall of Fame by the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association on March 14.
McGee played basketball for the legendary James 无毛视频淟ash无毛视频� Nesser at St. John无毛视频檚 High School in the 1960s.
The Eagles posted records of 16-5 and 5-1 in the Catholic League in 1961-62, 6-13 and 2-4 in league play in 1962-63, and 17-5 and 6-0 in league play in 1963-64.
无毛视频淲e had a lot of fun,无毛视频� McGee recalled. 无毛视频淪t. John无毛视频檚 was a small, small school and when I was a sophomore they had a lot of seniors. Guys like Mark John, Eddie Krupko, Mike Kalman and Mike Stanchin. They had a terrific team and that team was going to play in PCIAA state championship, but the team that they beat, St. Anslem, had beaten St. Michael of Greenville and had an ineligible player. St. Michael petitioned the PCIAA and they made St. John无毛视频檚 play St. Michael and we lost, 51-49, and went on to win the state championship.
无毛视频淭wo years later we played St. Michael in the playoffs and they beat us, 53-50. We had quite a history with St. Michael.无毛视频�
McGee only got into one game as a sophomore and scored eight points. His junior season in 1962-63 in tallied 155 points and as a senior in 1963-64 he scored 242 points with a career high of 24 points in a 82-69 win over Saint Vincent Prep.
无毛视频淲e competed against bigger schools and were competitive,无毛视频� McGee said. 无毛视频淚 had the alpha and the omega, the 1962-63 team was probably one of the worst that coach Nesser had and the 1963-64 team was probably one of the best.无毛视频�
McGee looks back with great respect at his old mentor, coach Nesser.
无毛视频淐oach Nesser was ultracompetitive,无毛视频� McGee stated. 无毛视频淏asketball was our primary sport, we did have a baseball team, but we were not very good. For coach Nesser every game was the Rose Bowl. There was no warm-up games or look past games or breather games, he was dead serious about competing in every game we played and it was a lot of fun playing for him. I got to coach with him for five years, too.无毛视频�
McGee also looks back fondly at the playground culture that was a big factor in area athletics when he was growing up.
无毛视频淒ay and night, there was access to games,无毛视频� McGee offered. 无毛视频淐raig playground, you had to sometimes wait two hours to take on the winner of the previous game, the winners stayed on the court and the losers had to get back in line and wait. East End, Lincoln View, Boyle, Berkeley, there were games all over town and where ever you went you could find a game. High school sports were successful because of the playground system. All of the surrounding schools all had players, Redstone had players, Dunbar had players. There were a lot of players in the county.无毛视频�
McGee graduated from St. John无毛视频檚 in 1964 and the attended Saint Vincent College.
无毛视频淚 graduated from Saint Vincent in 1968,无毛视频� McGee said. 无毛视频淚 played a little bit of basketball there, not very much and not very well. I wasn无毛视频檛 smooth. I was slow.无毛视频�
McGee taught chemistry and biology at St.John无毛视频檚 and served as an assistant on coach Nesser无毛视频檚 staff for five years.
无毛视频淭he kids were deadly serious about learning,无毛视频� McGee stated. 无毛视频淢ost of the kids were college bound, and we had no discipline problems and no effort problems.无毛视频�
McGee relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1976.
McGee started officiating in 1973 while still living in Uniontown.
无毛视频淢y first game that I officiated, Bob Fee was working the game along with Jim Cunningham,无毛视频� McGee recalled. 无毛视频淭hey were making fun of me and telling me how nice I looked in my uniform. Cunningham asked if he could see my whistle and my flag. He said they were nice and brand new. He put them in his pocket and said go over there with the chain crew and don无毛视频檛 get run over.无毛视频�
McGee was in the medical equipment business and eventually he got into the casino business and spent 20 years working in the casino business. He started officiating football and basketball in Nevada in 1977.
He was assigned annually to work zone/region contests in both sports through 2010. He was also assigned state basketball tournament events in odd-numbered years from 1979 through 1987 and then annually from 1988 through 2010 (28 tournaments in all, more than 60 games).
McGee was a past president of the Southern Nevada Officials Association. He garnered seven state championship game assignments in football and six in basketball, and he worked a total of more than 1,500 contests over the course of his career.
无毛视频淚t was a lot of fun to be involved in officiating,无毛视频� McGee said.
McGee has also served as the timer for UNLV men无毛视频檚 basketball games since 1992.
The NIAA will induct nine into this year无毛视频檚 Hall of Fame in March and McGee is part of the 25th induction class.,
无毛视频淥ne of the group that was inducted two years ago was Greg Maddux,无毛视频� McGee said. 无毛视频淪o, I无毛视频檓 in pretty fast company.无毛视频�
McGee, 70, is retired and resides in Las Vegas with his second wife, Katie. They have been married 34 years and have four children.