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In 2014, Tartan High School’s busy basketball player Marlon McCoy accomplished something that had become a family ritual. The senior guard became the sixth person in his family to play in the state boys basketball tournament.
His father. Marlon McCoy Sr., teamed with Char Davis, Lester Jackson, Jahmai Phipps, Craig Vaughn, Kamani Lloyd and Juan Taylor to lead St. Agnes High School to the Class A boys basketball championship in 1994.
Uncles Charles Pattain (Mechanic Arts, 1975), Kevin Pattain (St. Paul Central, 1979), Terrill Pattain (St. Paul Central, 1982) and Derrill Pattain (St. Paul Central, 1982) were all boys basketball state tournament participants.
The young McCoy, most recently a junior varsity boys basketball coach and teacher at Richardson High School in Texas, announced via Facebook last week that he will be a graduate assistant for the Florida State University men’s basketball team.
It seems as if McCoy is embarking on another family tradition.
Marlon McCoy Sr. has had coaching stops at St. Paul Central (boys assistant, girls head coach) and Tartan (boys assistant) and is currently at St. Agnes (girls assistant).
McCoy., who played college ball for Paine College and Palm Beach State College, has another family member who recently completed her freshman year of basketball. Sister Ma’Lon McCoy, a 5’6” guard, averaged 11.2 points per game last season for St. Agnes.
As for her older brother, he made his feelings clear at the end of the announcement: “Looking forward to this new journey.”