CLEVELAND — Kevin Mackey, who coached Cleveland State to an improbable victory over Bob Knight-led Indiana in the 1986 NCAA Tournament on the way to a berth in the Sweet 16 but whose college coaching career ended abruptly under the cloud of drug abuse, has died. He was 80.Mackey died of a sudden heart attack Tuesday, according to his son, Brian.Mackey, who earlier coached at the high school level in Boston, had been an assistant at Boston College where he was known as a master recruiter when he was named head coach of Cleveland State in 1983.He went 14-16 his first season with the Vikings, then had six straight winning years. He compiled a seven-year record of 144-67 at the school.In 1985-86, the 14th-seeded Vikings went 29-4 and led by Ken “Mouse” McFadden beat No. 3 seed Indiana 83-79 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in what remains to this day one of the tourney’s biggest shockers.The team beat No. 6 seed Saint Joseph’s 75-69 in the second round before being bounced out 71-70 by No. 7 seed Navy, featuring David Robinson, in the Sweet 16.But his time at Cleveland State ended in 1990 just days after he signed a lucrative t …
