Jeff McInnis

For the British politician, see Jeffrey Ennis. For the American baseball player, see Jeff Innis.

Jeff McInnis

Personal information
Born	(1974-10-22) October 22, 1974 Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	179 lb (81 kg)
Career information
High school	West Charlotte (Charlotte, North Carolina) Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Virginia)
College	North Carolina (1993–1996)
NBA draft	1996: 2nd round, 37th overall pick
Selected by the Denver Nuggets
Playing career	1996–2008
Position	Point guard / shooting guard
Number	5, 10, 0
Career history
1996	Denver Nuggets
1996–1997	Panionios
1997–1999	Quad City Thunder
1999	Washington Wizards
1999–2000	Quad City Thunder
2000–2002	Los Angeles Clippers
2002–2004	Portland Trail Blazers
2004–2005	Cleveland Cavaliers
2005–2007	New Jersey Nets
2007–2008	Charlotte Bobcats
Career highlights and awards
CBA Most Valuable Player (2000) All-CBA First Team (2000) All-CBA Second Team (1998) CBA All-Defensive Team (1998) CBA Newcomer of the Year (1998) Second-team All-ACC (1996) Third-team All-ACC (1995) Third-team Parade All-American (1993) McDonald's All-American (1993)
Career NBA statistics
Points	5,396 (9.4 ppg)
Rebounds	1,170 (2.0 rpg)
Assists	2,514 (4.4 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Jeff Lemans McInnis (born October 22, 1974) is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA), in Greece and in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA).

Playing career

After his junior year playing for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, McInnis was chosen by the Denver Nuggets in the second round of the 1996 NBA draft. He played three seasons for the Quad City Thunder of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) from 1997 to 2000. He was selected as the CBA Newcomer of the Year and named to the All-CBA Second Team and All-Defensive Team in 1998. He was chosen as the CBA Most Valuable Player and a member of the All-CBA First Team in 2000.

All together, during his NBA career, McInnis would play for the Nuggets, the New Jersey Nets, the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Portland Trail Blazers, the Los Angeles Clippers, and the Washington Wizards.

For the 2005–06 season, the New Jersey Nets acquired McInnis, a free agent, mainly to back up star point guard Jason Kidd. McInnis played limited minutes, tore left-knee cartilage on January 15, and missed significant time.

Ahead of his return for the 2006 playoffs, the Nets kept McInnis inactive. The team's attempts to negotiate a contract buyout or a trade before the new season were unsuccessful, leaving McInnis in limbo, on the roster but exiled, early in the 2006–07 season.

On January 3, 2007, the Charlotte Bobcats received McInnis from the Nets in trade for Bernard Robinson and cash considerations. McInnis, who would play 38 games for Charlotte, averaging 4.3 points and 3.3 assists per game, was waived by the Bobcats on February 29, 2008.

Coaching career

In 2009, McInnis founded the AAU organization Team Charlotte. In 2015, he won 17U National Coach of the Year honors. In 2019, he became national head basketball coach at Combine Academy in Lincolnton, North Carolina. His stint there ended in 2022.

In April 2024 Chris Mack hired McInnis as an assistant coach for the Charleston Cougars, his first collegiate coaching position.