Career
He is currently an assistant basketball coach at the University of Oregon. Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, McKenna played professionally in the National Basketball Association from 1981 to 1988. McKenna was the 19th pick in the fourth round of the 1981 National Basketball Association Draft by the Los Angeles Lakers.
He finished with an 89-33 mark in his tenure at United Nations Organization. As a high school player, McKenna starred at Palatine High School in Palatine, Illinois before moving on to Creighton University from 1977–1981.
McKenna led the Creighton Bluejays to a Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) regular-season championship, two MVC Tournament titles and a pair of National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournaments. He was an All-MVC pick and team Most Valuable Player in each of his final two seasons.
In the summer of 2009, McKenna was selected as the head coach of the Athletes in action American Institute of Architects college basketball team during a tour of Poland and Germany.