I had the opportunity to play basketball with the new UE Head Basketball Coach, Walter McCarty. I might have called him by the wrong name, insulted him, and trash talked him the entire time, but I did fit snugly inside of his armpit!
Evansville native and current Boston Celtics assistant coach Walter McCarty has agreed to terms to become the head men’s basketball coach for the Purple Aces.
December 13, 1977 will be a day Evansville will never forget. It was the night the University of Evansville Purple Aces basketball team perished in a tragic plane crash.