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{{short description|American basketball player (born 1971)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{BLP sources|date=August 2011}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Billy McCaffrey
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| height_ft = 6
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| weight_lb = 175
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|5|30}}
| birth_place = [[Allentown, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| high_school = [[Allentown Central Catholic High School|Allentown Central Catholic]] {{nowrap|([[Allentown, Pennsylvania]])}}
| college = {{ubl|[[Duke Blue Devils men's basketball|Duke]] (1989–1991)|[[Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball|Vanderbilt]] (1992–1994)}}
| draft_year = 1994
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| career_position = [[Point guard]] / [[shooting guard]]
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| highlights = * [[List of NBL champions|NBL champion]] (1996)
* [[List of NCAA Division I men's basketball champions|NCAA champion]] ([[1991 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|1991]])
* Consensus second-team [[NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|All-American]] ([[1993 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|1993]])
* [[Southeastern Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year|SEC Co-Player of the Year]] (1993)
* 2× First-team [[List of All-SEC men's basketball teams|All-SEC]] (1993, 1994)
* [[McDonald's All-American Game|McDonald's All-American]] ([[1989 McDonald's All-American Boys Game|1989]])
* Fourth-team [[Parade All-America Boys Basketball Team|''Parade'' All-American]] (1989)
}}
'''Billy McCaffrey''' (born May 30, 1971) is an American former [[basketball]] player. He is also the former interim head coach at [[St. Bonaventure University]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-mar-10-sp-bonnies10-story.html|title=Bonnies' Problems Mount|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=January 2, 2009 | first=Robyn | last=Norwood | date=March 10, 2003}}</ref>

==Basketball career==
McCaffrey attended [[Allentown Central Catholic High School]] in [[Allentown, Pennsylvania]], where he played in the 1989 [[McDonald's All-American Game]].

McCaffrey began his college career at [[Duke Blue Devils men's basketball|Duke University]]. As a sophomore, he was the team's second leading scorer during its 1991 [[NCAA]] championship season. He scored 16 points in the 1991 title game win over [[Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball|Kansas]]. McCaffrey then sat out the [[1991–92 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|1991–92 season]] as he transferred to [[Vanderbilt University]].

As a [[Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball|Commodore]], McCaffrey was named a two-time All-American. A 6'3" [[shooting guard]], he averaged 20.6 points in both his seasons at Vanderbilt, leading the school to a high national ranking of number 5, an [[1992–93 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team|SEC regular season title]] with a 14–2 record, and number 3 regional seed in the [[1993 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament]] where Vanderbilt lost in the Sweet 16s to [[1992–93 Temple Owls men's basketball team|Temple]]. His 20.6-point average and .464 three-point field goal percentage ranks second all time in school history, and he is first in career free throw percentage at 88%. He also holds the Vanderbilt record for most assists in a game, 14, recorded January 13, 1993 against [[Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball|Kentucky]]. He shared SEC Player of the Year honors with [[Jamal Mashburn]] in 1993.

Following his college career, he went on to play five seasons of professional basketball in Italy, Germany and Australia. He played the 1996 season with the [[South East Melbourne Magic]] of the [[National Basketball League (Australia)|NBL]].

==Coaching career==
McCaffrey was an assistant coach with [[St. Bonaventure Bonnies men's basketball|St. Bonaventure University]] from 2001 to 2003 under his coach as a senior at Vanderbilt, [[Jan van Breda Kolff]], and interim head coach in 2003 but he never coached a game. He was a [[Maine Black Bears men's basketball|University of Maine]] assistant coach for the 2003–04 season.<ref>{{cite news |date=July 9, 2003 |title=Ex-Bonnies Coach Joins Maine Staff |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/09/sports/plus-college-basketball-ex-bonnies-coach-joins-maine-staff.html |accessdate=January 2, 2009}}</ref>

==Personal life==
McCaffrey's older brother [[Ed McCaffrey|Ed]] is a former star [[American football]] [[wide receiver]] for the [[New York Giants]], [[San Francisco 49ers]] and [[Denver Broncos]] where he won three [[Super Bowl]]s. He was also a standout athlete at [[Allentown Central Catholic High School]] and [[Stanford Cardinal men's basketball|Stanford University]]. His nephews are [[Max McCaffrey|Max]], [[Christian McCaffrey|Christian]], [[Dylan McCaffrey|Dylan]], and [[Luke McCaffrey|Luke]].

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://gobonnies.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/mccaffrey_billy00.html St. Bonaventure coaching profile]
* [http://goduke.statsgeek.com/basketball-m/players/statlines.php?playerid=247 Duke statistics]

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