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Matthew McQuaid (born September 28, 1995) is a former American basketball player. He is currently a coaching staff member of the Michigan State Spartans. He played professionally for the Canton Charge and Skyliners Frankfurt after playing college basketball for the Michigan State Spartans.
![]() McQuaid with Michigan State in February 2019 | |
Michigan State Spartans | |
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Position | Assistant Director of Operations |
League | Big Ten Conference |
Personal information | |
Born | Duncanville, Texas | September 28, 1995
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Duncanville (Duncanville, Texas) |
College | Michigan State (2015–2019) |
NBA draft | 2019: undrafted |
Playing career | 2019–2021 |
Position | Shooting guard |
Number | 20 |
Career history | |
2019–2020 | Skyliners Frankfurt |
2021 | Canton Charge |
Career highlights and awards | |
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McQuaid played for four different coaches at Duncanville High School in Duncanville, Texas. Prior to his senior season, he attended the LeBron James Skills Academy.[1] As a senior, he averaged 17.8 points and 9.0 rebounds per game.[2] McQuaid was named MVP of District 8-6A. In AAU competition, he played for Team Texas Elite.[3] McQuaid originally committed to SMU before reopening his recruitment and eventually signing with Michigan State.[1]
McQuaid averaged 3.5 points and 1.6 assists per game as a freshman. He worked on quickening his shot release and correcting his footwork.[4] Prior to his sophomore season, McQuaid had double hernia surgery.[5] He averaged 5.6 points and 1.9 rebounds per game while shooting 35.3 percent from behind the arc.[6] On November 23, 2017, McQuaid scored a season-high 20 points against DePaul on six of eight shooting from behind the three-point line.[7] As a junior, he averaged 6.0 points and 1.9 rebounds per game.[8] McQuaid suffered a thigh bruise in the final of the Las Vegas Invitational against Texas and missed several games in late November and early December 2018.[9] McQuaid scored 27 points in a 65-60 win over Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament final.[10] As a senior at Michigan State, McQuaid started 35 of 39 games, averaging 9.8 points and 3.0 rebounds per game while shooting 42 percent from behind the arc.[11] He helped the Spartans finish 32-7 and reach the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament. McQuaid was an honorable mention All-Big Ten selection by the media and coaches and was selected to the All-Defensive Team, as well as earning the team's John E. Benington Defensive Player of the Year Award.[12]
After going undrafted in the 2019 NBA draft, McQuaid played in four NBA Summer League games for the Detroit Pistons, averaging 2.0 minutes and 0.3 rebounds per game.[13] In August 2019, McQuaid signed with the Fraport Skyliners of the Basketball Bundesliga[11] with an option for another season.[14] He averaged 5.9 points, 1.2 rebounds and 0.8 steals per game.[15]
On January 29, 2021, the Canton Charge announced that they had acquired McQuaid from available player pool.[16]
On June 7, 2021, McQuaid became the Assistant Director of Operations of the Michigan State Spartans.[17]
McQuaid is the son of Rob McQuaid, who played basketball at Central Michigan for two years before transferring to Midwestern State in 1981.[5] His older sister Andrea played college volleyball at Oklahoma and Alabama and played professionally overseas, and his older brother Mike was on the golf team at Mary Hardin-Baylor.[1]
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