| Amir Coffey | |
| Position: | Shooting guard / small forward |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 8 |
| Weight Lb: | 210 |
| League: | NBA |
| Team: | Los Angeles Clippers |
| Number: | 7 |
| Birth Date: | June 17, 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Hopkins, Minnesota, U.S. |
| High School: | Hopkins (Minnetonka, Minnesota) |
| College: | Minnesota (2016–2019) |
| Draft Year: | 2019 |
| Career Start: | 2019 |
| Years1: | –present |
| Team1: | Los Angeles Clippers |
| Years2: | 2019–2022 |
| Team2: | →Agua Caliente Clippers |
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Amir Coffey (;[1] born June 17, 1997)[2] is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Minnesota Golden Gophers.[3]
Attending Hopkins High School in Minnetonka, Minnesota,[4] Coffey received Minnesota Mr. Basketball honors as a senior,[5] while earning Associated Press State Player of the Year[6] and Star Tribune Metro Player of the Year distinction.[7] He averaged 19.9 points during his senior season (2015–16). A four-star recruit and ranked 32nd overall in ESPN’s top 100 for the class of 2016,[8] Coffey announced his decision to play college basketball at Minnesota in September 2015.[9] He scored seven points to go along with two assists and two rebounds at the 2016 Jordan Brand Classic.[10]
He had an immediate impact on the Golden Gophers, finishing his freshman year as the team’s second-leading scorer (12.2 ppg) and second-leading assist man at 3.1 per game,[11] earning Big Ten Conference All-Freshman Team honors.[12] In his junior season, he was named by coaches and media to the All-Big Ten 3rd Team.
After going undrafted in the 2019 NBA draft, Coffey signed a two-way contract with the Los Angeles Clippers.[13] [14] On August 14, 2020, he scored a season-high 21 points, along with four steals, in a 107–103 overtime win over the Oklahoma City Thunder.[15]
On February 15, 2021, Coffey scored a season-high 15 points in a 125–118 win over the Miami Heat.[16]
On September 27, 2021, Coffey signed another two-way contract with the Clippers.[17] On March 26, 2022, his deal was converted to a standard contract.[18] On April 1, he logged a career-high 32 points, alongside seven assists and four steals, in a 153–119 blowout win over the Milwaukee Bucks.[19] On April 10, Coffey raised his career-high to 35 points in a 138–88 win against the Thunder.[20]
On July 6, 2022, Coffey re-signed with the Clippers on a three-year, $11 million deal.[21] [22]
|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| L.A. Clippers| 18 || 1 || 8.8 || .426 || .316 || .545 || .9 || .8 || .3 || .1 || 3.2|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| L.A. Clippers| 44 || 1 || 9.0 || .437 || .411 || .711 || 1.0 || .5 || .2 || .0 || 3.2 |-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| L.A. Clippers| 69 || 30 || 22.7 || .453 || .378 || .863 || 2.9 || 1.8 || .6 || .2 || 9.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| L.A. Clippers| 50 || 9 || 12.5 || .386 || .275 || .778 || 1.1 || 1.1 || .1 || .1 || 3.4|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| L.A. Clippers| 70 || 13 || 20.9 || .472 || .380 || .859 || 2.1 || 1.1 || .6 || .2 || 6.6|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 251 || 54 || 16.8 || .447 || .373 || .813 || 1.8 || 1.2 || .4 || .1 || 5.8
|-| style="text-align:left;"|2022| style="text-align:left;"|L.A. Clippers| 2 || 0 || 2.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career| 2 || 0 || 2.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2020| style="text-align:left;"| L.A. Clippers| 3 || 0 || 2.3 || .000 || .000 || 1.000 || .0 || 1.3 || .3 || .0 || .7|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2021| style="text-align:left;"| L.A. Clippers| 10 || 0 || 1.6 || .750 || 1.000 || .000 || .2 || .1 || .1 || .0 || .7|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2023| style="text-align:left;"| L.A. Clippers| 1 || 0 || 1.0 || || || || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2024| style="text-align:left;"| L.A. Clippers| 6 || 3 || 18.7 || .318 || .273 || || 1.7 || .3 || .3 || .2 || 2.8|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career| 20 || 3 || 7.2 || .345 || .308 || .667 || .6 || .4 || .2 || .1 || 1.3
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2016–17| style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota|| 33 || 33 || 33.2 || .449 || .337 || .753 || 3.8 || 3.1 || 1.1 || .2 || 12.2|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2017–18 | style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota|| 18 || 18 || 31.6 || .475 || .368 || .687 || 4.1 || 3.3 || .7 || .3 || 14.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2018–19 | style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota || 36 || 36 || 35.2 || .436 || .304 || .740 || 3.6 || 3.2 || .9 || .2 || 16.6|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career|| 87 || 87 || 33.7 || .448 || .328 || .734 || 3.8 || 3.2 || .9 || .2 || 14.4
His father Richard Coffey played college basketball at Minnesota,[23] followed by a professional career in the NBA (52 games for the Minnesota Timberwolves in 1990–91), the CBA,[24] Turkey and Spain.[25]
His elder sister, Nia Coffey, played basketball at Northwestern University. She went fifth overall in the 2017 WNBA draft to the San Antonio Stars.[26]