# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bj-mckie
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:45:38.103Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bj-mckie"
name: "BJ McKie"
slug: "bj-mckie"
description: "Bjorn \"BJ\" McKie is an American former professional basketball player and current assistant coach at Wake Forest. Born in Norfolk, Virginia, McKie went to high school at Irmo High School and played for the University of South Carolina men's basketball team. In January 1999, he became the Gamecocks' all-time leading scorer, surpassing Alex English. The college retired his number 3 jersey in 2005. His son, Justin McKie, also starred at Irmo, and followed in his father's footsteps, playing four years at South Carolina."
tagline: "American basketball player"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1977-04-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.67
  momentum:             1.428571428571429
  historical:           6.342693333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/BJ_McKie"
    title: "BJ McKie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A"
    title: "بي جاي ماكي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%89_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%89_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%89"
    title: "بى جاى ماكى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bjorn_Aubre_McKie"
    title: "Bjorn Aubre McKie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BJ_McKie"
    title: "BJ McKie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%99._%D7%92'%D7%99%D7%99._%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%99"
    title: "בי. ג'יי. מקי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.J._McKie"
    title: "B.J. McKie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q458717"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump