Sam Mackinnon
| Taranaki Airs | ||||||||||||
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| Position | Head coach | |||||||||||
| League | NZNBL | |||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||
| Born | 25 August 1976 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | |||||||||||
| Listed height | 197 cm (6 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||
| Listed weight | 104 kg (229 lb) | |||||||||||
| Career information | ||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1993–2010 | |||||||||||
| Position | Shooting guard / small forward | |||||||||||
| Coaching career | 2017–present | |||||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||||
| As a player: | ||||||||||||
| 1993 | North East Melbourne Arrows | |||||||||||
| 1994–1998 | S.E. Melbourne Magic | |||||||||||
| 1998–2001 | Townsville Crocodiles | |||||||||||
| 2001–2005 | West Sydney Razorbacks | |||||||||||
| 2005–2008 | Brisbane Bullets | |||||||||||
| 2006 | Basket Rimini Crabs | |||||||||||
| 2007 | Southern Districts Spartans | |||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Melbourne Tigers | |||||||||||
| As a coach: | ||||||||||||
| 2017–2020 | Brisbane Bullets (assistant) | |||||||||||
| 2022 | Brisbane Bullets (interim) | |||||||||||
| 2023–2025 | South East Melbourne Phoenix (assistant/interim) | |||||||||||
| 2024–present | Taranaki Airs | |||||||||||
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Samuel Mackinnon (born 25 August 1976) is an Australian basketball coach and former player. He played in the National Basketball League (NBL) between 1994 and 2010, where he won two NBL championships (1996 and 2007) and was named the NBL Most Valuable Player in 2007. He currently serves as the head coach of the Taranaki Airs in the New Zealand National Basketball League (NZNBL).