Brandon McCoy Jr.
 McCoy in 2025 | |
| No. 4 – Michigan Wolverines | |
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| Position | Shooting guard |
| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
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| Born | November 13, 2007 Oakland, California, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
| Career information | |
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| College | Michigan (2026–present) |
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Brandon "Beezy" McCoy Jr. (born November 13, 2007) is an American college basketball player for the Michigan Wolverines of the Big Ten Conference. He played high school basketball for Sierra Canyon School in Los Angeles, California. He was a consensus five-star recruit, earning McDonald's All-American honors and was the California MaxPreps Player of the Year as a senior in 2026. McCoy was also the MaxPreps National Sophomore of the Year and the FIBA Under-17 World Cup Defensive MVP in 2024.
Early life
[edit]McCoy was born on November 13, 2007, in Oakland, California. He grew up in Oakland before moving to Los Angeles as a freshman in high school.[1][2] He attended St. John Bosco High School and played basketball there as a guard.[3] He averaged 8.6 point and 4.5 rebounds per game as a freshman while serving as the team's sixth man, helping them to an appearance in the CIF-SS Open Division championship.[4] As a sophomore in 2023–24, he averaged 18.6 points, 8.0 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 2.4 steals per game, being honored as the MaxPreps National Sophomore of the Year.[5] McCoy was also selected as the Press-Telegram Player of the Year.[6] McCoy missed a portion of the 2024–25 season due to injury, but was still named honorable mention All-American by MaxPreps and averaged 16.5 points and 5.9 rebounds per game.[7][8] In August 2025, he transferred to Sierra Canyon School for his senior season.[4] In his debut with Sierra Canyon, McCoy scored 25 points, including nine slam dunks in the Trailblazers' 60–45 win over the JSerra Lions in the Trinity-Mission League Challenge at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion on November 22, 2025.[9] He led Sierra Canyon to a 30–1 record and the Open Division State Championship in 2026. For the season, McCoy averaged 19.2 points, 7.4 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.2 steals per game, while shooting 61.8%.[10]
McCoy was unanimously selected as a five-star recruit in the class of 2026 by the three major recruiting outlets. He finished ranked 19th by ESPN, 11th by 247Sports and the 3rd overall player in the nation by rivals (On3.com).[11][12] McCoy was the highest ranked high school recruit by 247Sports and rivals to ever sign with the Michigan Wolverines (since 21st century).[13] [14] At one time he was also ranked inside the top-10 by ESPN.[12][15][16] On March 17, McCoy was named the 2025–26 MaxPreps California Player of the Year.[10] On March 31, in the 2026 McDonald's All-American Game, McCoy had a game-high five assists (tied with Jason Crowe Jr.).[17] On April 4, McCoy committed to play college basketball for head coach Dusty May and the Michigan Wolverines. He announced his commitment at halftime during the Final Four game between Michigan and Arizona, as the Wolverines went on to win the national championship in 2026.[18] At the Nike Hoops Summit, McCoy posted 11 points (including two game-tying free throws with 0.6 seconds remaining in regulation), five assists, four steals and three blocks.[19] On April 17, he had 20 points and six rebounds in the Jordan Brand Classic.[20]
College career
[edit]In April 2026, McCoy signed to play college basketball at the University of Michigan for head coach Dusty May and the Wolverines.[21] After May left to coach the Dallas Mavericks in June 2026, McCoy remained with the program.[22]
National team career
[edit]McCoy was a member of the United States national team at the 2023 FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship, winning a gold medal.[23] He then played for the national team at the 2024 FIBA Under-17 World Cup, winning a second gold medal while averaging 10.0 points, 3.4 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game.[24] He was awarded the best defensive player at the Under-17 World Cup.[25] McCoy played for the national team at the 2025 FIBA Under-19 World Cup and won the third gold medal of his national team career.[3][12]
Personal life
[edit]In October 2025, McCoy signed a multi-year name, image, and likeness (NIL) shoe deal with Nike. He did so alongside fellow elite five-star recruits, Tyran Stokes and Aaliyah Chavez.[26]
References
[edit]- ↑ Ebanks, Jared (March 3, 2026). "Top-Ranked Senior Guard Brandon McCoy Jr. On Confidence, Seeking Opportunities to Grow". Slam.
- ↑ Ebanks, Jared (2025). "Westside Story: Christian Collins, Brandon McCoy Jr., Cydnee Bryant". Slam.
- 1 2 Fattal, Tarek (August 28, 2025). "America's top guard Brandon McCoy Jr. transfers to Sierra Canyon for senior season". Sports Illustrated.
- 1 2 Davis, John W. (August 28, 2025). "Brandon McCoy Jr. leaving St. John Bosco basketball team for Sierra Canyon". Press-Telegram – via archive.today.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Davenport, Richard (September 9, 2025). "Visit impresses McCoy, father". Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
- ↑ Davis, John (June 17, 2024). "Press-Telegram Boys Basketball Dream Team: St. John Bosco's Brandon McCoy Jr. is the player of the year". Press-Telegram – via archive.today.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Davis, John (January 21, 2025). "Brandon McCoy Jr. returns from injury and lifts St. John Bosco basketball to big win over JSerra". Press-Telegram – via archive.today.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Divens, Jordan (August 28, 2025). "High school basketball: Five-star prospect Brandon McCoy announces transfer to Sierra Canyon for senior season". MaxPreps.
- ↑ "Brandon McCoy Jr. puts on show in Sierra Canyon debut at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion". Sports Illustrated. Sports Illustrated. November 22, 2025. Retrieved December 5, 2025.
- 1 2 Divens, Jordan (March 17, 2026). "Brandon McCoy named 2025-26 MaxPreps California High School Basketball Player of the Year". MaxPreps. Retrieved March 17, 2026.
- ↑ "2026 Michigan Wolverines Basketball Industry Comparison Commits". On3.com.
- 1 2 3 Davenport, Richard (September 5, 2025). "'26 5-star PG Brandon McCoy visiting Arkansas basketball". Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
- ↑ Sayfie, Clayton (May 7, 2026). "Kyle Church: Five-star Michigan signee Brandon McCoy is 'exactly what a create-a-2K guard should look like'". On3.com.
- ↑ Shaw, Zach (May 14, 2026). "Brandon McCoy climbs in final 247Sports rankings, becomes Michigan's highest-rated signee of 21st century". 247Sports.
- ↑ Shelton, Hunter (August 28, 2025). "Five-Star Plus+ guard Brandon McCoy transferring to Sierra Canyon (Calif.)". On3.com.
- ↑ Schulman, Joshua (July 14, 2025). "Kansas Emerging as Real Contender for 2026 5-Star Brandon McCoy". Sports Illustrated.
- ↑ Gitto, Andrew (March 31, 2026). "McDonald's All-American Game 2026 box score, results: West wins while Arizona, Missouri commits shine". The Sporting News. Retrieved April 23, 2026.
- ↑ Biancardi, Paul; Borzello, Jeff (April 4, 2026). "Five-star PG Brandon McCoy Jr. commits to Michigan for '26 class". ESPN.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Mozarsky, Jake (April 11, 2026). "Nike Hoop Summit Box Score: Full Stats From 2026 USA vs. World Games". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved April 23, 2026.
- ↑ "Jordan Classic Stats". realgm.com. Retrieved April 23, 2026.
- ↑ Wywrot, Tom (April 28, 2026). "Wolverines Add McCoy, Cosby to Class of 2026 Signees". MGoBlue.com. Retrieved April 28, 2026.
- ↑ Broome, Anthony (July 4, 2026). "Michigan five-star enrollee Brandon McCoy staying after coaching change". On3.com.
- ↑ "Brandon McCoy Jr". USA Basketball.
- ↑ Shaw, Jamie (October 7, 2024). "Brandon McCoy remains on top of the 2026 On3 150 rankings". On3.com.
- ↑ "U17 World Cup 2024 All-Second Team, Best coach and Best Defensive Player Awards". FIBA. July 7, 2024.
- ↑ DePaula, Nick (October 3, 2025). "Nike Signs Three Top Stars To New NIL Class". Slam. Retrieved May 5, 2026.