Aidan McCool

Position:
Guard
Height:
6-3
Weight:
165
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Charleston, S.C.
Prev School:
Maryland
High School:
Bishop England HS

Fifth year in 2024-25

Appeared in 10 contests for the Cardinals
Made a free throw against Morehead State on Nov. 4, scoring his lone point of the season, and grabbed a steal

Senior Year in 2023-24

Made appearances in 12 contests, averaging 1.4 minutes per game
Scored his first career points at Louisville on Senior Night against Boston College on March 9 when he made two free throws

Junior Year in 2022-23

• Appeared in three total games, tallying four total minutes and one rebound
• Missed nearly all of conference play with an arm injury
• Named to 2023 NABC Honors Court for academic excellence

Before Louisville

• Transfer guard who has been a member of the University of Maryland men’s basketball team the last two seasons.
• While studying kinesiology at Maryland, McCool earned 2022 Academic All-Big Ten honors for achieving a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or higher. He saw action in five games over his two years with the Terrapins, playing a career-best five minutes against Iowa as a sophomore while contributing two points and an assist. He scored his first collegiate points on a pair of free throws against Wingate as a freshman.
• Before his stint at Maryland where he played under current UofL associate head coach Danny Manning, McCool averaged 14.7 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.1 assists as a senior in helping Bishop England High School in Charleston, S.C. achieve a 26-3 record and the Region-AAA championship. Bishop England won its first 20 games of the 2019-20 season.
• McCool earned all-region and The Post and Courier All-Lowcountry accolades his three varsity high school seasons. He scored 1,052 career points in his three seasons at Bishop England while connecting on 35.5 percent of his three-point attempts (152-of-428).

Personal

• Born Sept. 5, 2001 … Son of Deirdre and Chris McCool … Has one sibling: Abby … Major is exercise science.
• His father and uncle swam collegiately at Kansas and Columbia, respectively, and he has multiple cousins who've played college volleyball.
• Personal goal at UofL is to maintain a high GPA and possibly get his master’s degree.
• Chose to attend UofL because of “the coaching staff and the great program.”
• Enjoys movies and TV shows in his spare time.
• The basketball player he most admires is Jimmy Butler.
• Best moment of his athletic career was his team being called on Selection Sunday his freshman year.
• If you walked into his dorm room, the first thing you would notice is his 70-inch TV.
• Thinks Matt Damon would play him if a movie was made about his life.
• The best basketball advice anyone ever gave him was “just hustle and everything will work out.”
• Best athlete he’s ever faced is Aaron Nesmith.
• He’d most like to meet Charles Barkley.
• His father had the greatest influence on his basketball career.
• He’s most proud of “being a walk-on at an elite program.”
• He wears the No. 33 because his sister chose it for him when he asked for number ideas.

Favorites

NBA team: Philadelphia 76ers
Athlete, other than basketball: Roger Federer
Movie: Saving Private Ryan
Actor: Tom Hanks
TV Show: Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones
Website: YouTube
Class at UofL: Biomechanics
Comedian: Jason Sudeikis
Musical Artist: Elvis
Food: Pasta
Midnight Snack: Cheez-its
Vacation spot: Switzerland
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