Brendan McCann

{{short description|American basketball player (1935–2024)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{BLP sources|date=November 2024}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Brendan McCann

| image =

| image_size =

| caption =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 178

| birth_date = {{birth date|1935|7|5}}

| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

| death_date = November 5, 2024 (aged 89)

| death_place = Pembroke Pines, Florida, U.S.

| high_school = Manual Training (Brooklyn, New York)

| college = St. Bonaventure (1954–1957)

| draft_year = 1957

| draft_round = 1

| draft_pick = 5

| draft_team = New York Knicks

| career_start = 1957

| career_end = 1966

| career_number = 3

| career_position = Point guard

| coach_start = 1961

| coach_end = 1970

| years1 = {{nbay|1957|start}}–{{nbay|1959|end}}

| team1 = New York Knicks

| years2 = 1958–1966

| team2 = Wilmington / Allentown Jets

| cyears1 = 1961–1963;
1964–1965;
1969–1970

| cteam1 = Allentown Jets

| highlights = As player:

• 3× EPBL champion (1962, 1963, 1965)

As head coach:

• 3× EPBL champion (1962, 1963, 1965)

| stats_league = NBA

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 74 (1.8 ppg)

| stat2label = Rebounds

| stat2value = 50 (1.2 rpg)

| stat3label = Assists

| stat3value = 65 (1.6 apg)

}}

Brendan Michael McCann (July 5, 1935 – November 5, 2024) was an American professional basketball player and coach.{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/mccanbr01.html|title=Brendan McCann NBA stats|website=Basketball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference, LLC|accessdate=26 November 2023}} McCann was selected in the 1957 NBA draft (first round, fifth overall) by the New York Knicks after a collegiate career at St. Bonavanture. He played for the Knicks for three seasons. McCann played in the Eastern Professional Basketball League (EPBL) for the Wilmington / Allentown Jets from 1957 to 1966.{{cite web |title=Brendan McCann minor league basketball statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/p-mccanbre001 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=February 28, 2025}} McCann was also head coach of the Jets from 1961 to 1963 and during the 1962–63 and 1969–70 seasons.{{cite web |title=Brendan McCann minor league basketball coaching records |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/p-mccanbre001 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=February 28, 2025}} He led the Jets to EPBL championships in 1962,{{cite web |title=1961-62 Allentown Jets Statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/t-CBAALJ/y-1961 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=February 28, 2025}} 1963{{cite web |title=1962-63 Allentown Jets Statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/t-CBAALJ/y-1962 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=February 28, 2025}} and 1965.{{cite web |title=1964-65 Allentown Jets Statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/t-CBAALJ/y-1964 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=February 28, 2025}}

McCann was the varsity basketball coach at North Babylon High School from 1961 to 1967. His first two years, the team's record was 4 wins and 14 losses. In the 1963–1964 season, the team record was 13 wins and 5 losses and he coached the Bulldogs to their first county playoff game. For the next three years, North Babylon had winning records and went to the county playoffs.

He was inducted into the Suffolk County Sport's Hall of Fame in the late 1990s.

McCann died on November 5, 2024, at the age of 89.{{Cite web |title=Brendan M. McCann Obituary November 5, 2024 |url=https://www.broadusraines.com/obituaries/brendan-mccann |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=Broadus-Raines Funeral Home |language=en}}