Education
Oak Hill Academy.
Oak Hill Academy.
Coly played his first two seasons of college basketball with Xavier, drawing comparisons with former Musketeer Romain Sato, and transferred to Morgan State Bears for his junior and senior years. In 2008, he was named first-team All-Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and league defensive player of the year. In June 2008, Coly participated in an ACMT EuroExposure camp in Ohio in the United States.
In April 2009, he signed with First Rate (at Lloyd's) Ansar of the Saudi Premier League.
After playing a total of five games and averaging 1.6 points and 2.8 rebounds, he was released. In December 2010, Coly signed with GIE Morrow Disciples of the Universal Basketball Association (UBA) in the United States and left in January 2011.
He then joined the Moncton Miracles for the inaugural 2011-2012 National Basketball League of Canada season. Coly was named to the NBL Canada All-Defensive Second Team by the end of the season.
Coly has played for the Senegal national basketball team at the AfroBasket on multiple occasions.
He averaged 1.2 points and 3.0 rebounds in 2009 and 5.5 points and 4.0 rebounds in 2011.