Amir Coffey

Amir Coffey
No. 5 – Minnesota Golden Gophers
Position Guard
League Big Ten Conference
Personal information
Born (1997-06-17) June 17, 1997
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight 205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school Hopkins (Minnetonka, Minnesota)
College Minnesota (2016–present)
Career highlights and awards

Amir Coffey (born June 17, 1997) is a college basketball player for the Minnesota Golden Gophers.

High school career

Attending Hopkins High School in Minnetonka, Minnesota, Coffey received Minnesota Mr. Basketball honors as a senior,[1] while earning Associated Press State Player of the Year[2] and Star Tribune Metro Player of the Year distinction.[3] He averaged 19.9 points during his senior season (2015-16). A four-star recruit and ranked 32th overall in ESPN’s top 100 for the class of 2016,[4] Coffey announced his decision to play college basketball at Minnesota in September 2015.[5] He scored seven points to go along with two assists and two rebounds at the 2016 Jordan Brand Classic.[6]

College career

He had an immediate impact on the Golden Gophers, finishing his freshman year as the team’s second-leading scorer (12.2ppg) and second-leading assist man at 3.1 per game,[7] earning Big Ten Conference All-Freshman Team honors.[8]

Personal

His father Richard Coffey played college basketball at Minnesota,[9] followed by a professional career in the NBA (52 games for the Minnesota Timberwolves in 1990-91), the CBA,[10] Turkey and Spain.[11]

His sister, Nia Coffey, played basketball at Northwestern University. She was drafted fifth overall in the 2017 WNBA draft to the San Antonio Stars.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Hopkins' Amir Coffey named Mr. Basketball". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
  2. ↑ "Amir Coffey named AP Player of the Year for boys basketball". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
  3. ↑ "Coffey takes accolades, hungers for a title". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
  4. ↑ "Amir Coffey - Basketball Recruiting - Player Profiles - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
  5. ↑ "Hopkins star Amir Coffey picks Gophers". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
  6. ↑ "Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics East Team vs West Team" (PDF). jordanbrandclassic.com. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
  7. ↑ Hamilton, Brian. "Is Minnesota's Amir Coffey ready for a sophomore leap?". SI.com. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
  8. ↑ "Five Gophers Receive All-Big Ten Honors". Retrieved 2017-07-19.
  9. ↑ "An education both ways: Amir Coffey learns from — and grows past — his dad". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
  10. ↑ brown. "Other CBA teams also in danger of being moved". PostBulletin.com. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
  11. ↑ "Richard Coffey Basketball Player Profile, Turk Telekom Ankara, Minnesota, News, TBL stats, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards - eurobasket". www.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
  12. ↑ "WNBA draft pick Nia Coffey makes brother and Gopher Amir Coffey proud". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
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