Byron Rimm II explained

Byron Rimm II
Current Title:Assistant Coach
Current Team:Houston Christian
Current Conference:Southland
Birth Date:31 January 1974
Birth Place:Pensacola, Florida
Player Years1:1994–1996
Player Team1:Ventura
Player Years2:1996–1997
Player Team2:Cal State Los Angeles
Player Positions:Guard
Coach Years1:1997–1999
Coach Team1:Pasadena CC (assistant)
Coach Years2:1999–2000
Coach Team2:Chaffey (assistant)
Coach Years3:2000–2001
Coach Team3:Cal State San Bernardino (assistant)
Coach Years4:2001–2002
Coach Team4:Texas College (women's)
Coach Years5:2002–2005
Coach Team5:Jarvis Christian
Coach Years6:2005–2006
Coach Team6:Prairie View A&M (assistant)
Coach Years7:2006–2016
Coach Team7:Prairie View A&M
Coach Years8:2016–2017
Coach Team8:Texas A&M–Corpus Christi (dir. of operations)
Coach Years9:2017–2018
Coach Team9:UC Riverside (assistant)
Coach Years10:2018–2019
Coach Team10:IUPUI (assoc. HC)
Coach Years11:2019–2021
Coach Team11:IUPUI
Coach Years12:2021–present
Coach Team12:Houston Baptist/Houston Christian (assistant)
Overall Record:197–278

Byron Newton Rimm II (born January 30, 1974) is an American college basketball coach, more recently the interim head men's basketball coach at IUPUI.

Early life and education

Rimm was born in Pensacola, Florida and graduated from Wade Hampton High School in Greenville, South Carolina in 1993.[1] [2]

From 1994 to 1996, Rimm played junior college basketball at Ventura College in Ventura, California; he was part of the 1996 California Community College Athletic Association championship team at Ventura.[1] Rimm then transferred to California State University, Los Angeles, where he averaged 4.7 points, 1.1 rebounds, and 0.7 assists in 19 games in 1996–97.[3]

In 1999, Rimm completed his bachelor's degree in liberal studies at Cal State Los Angeles.[4] [1]

Coaching career

While completing his studies at Cal State Los Angeles, Rimm served as a junior college basketball assistant coach, first at Pasadena City College in 1997 then at Chaffey College.

Rimm was head men's basketball coach at Prairie View A&M from the 2006–07 season until resigning on January 27, 2016.[5]

On October 12, 2016, Texas A&M–Corpus Christi men's basketball head coach Willis Wilson hired Rimm as director of basketball operations.[6]

On July 31, 2017, Rimm was hired as assistant coach at UC Riverside.[7]

On November 14, 2018, Rimm was hired by IUPUI as associate head coach under Jason Gardner.[8] On August 28, 2019, he was named interim head coach of IUPUI for the 2019-20 season after Gardner's resignation stemming from an OWI arrest.[9] On June 11, 2020, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which forced the school to shut down their coaching search, IUPUI announced that Rimm would be retained for at least the 2020-21 season.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Byron Rimm II named head men's basketball coach at PVAMU. Prairie View A&M University. April 19, 2006. May 3, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20060902211312/http://www.pvamu.edu/pages/285.asp?item=2209. September 2, 2006. dead.
  2. News: Mann, Southside, Riverside, Berea, Eastside, TR Win. The Greenville News. February 27, 1993. 4C. May 3, 2024. Newspapers.com.
  3. Web site: Final 1997 Division II Men's Basketball Statistics Report – Cal State L.A. . . 1997 . May 18, 2022.
  4. Web site: Byron Rimm II. Prairie View A&M University. May 3, 2024.
  5. Web site: Roepken, Corey. Byron Rimm resigns as Prairie View A&M basketball coach. Houston Chronicle. January 27, 2016. November 17, 2016.
  6. Wilson Adds Byron Rimm to Staff. Texas A&M University Corpus Christi. November 17, 2016. October 12, 2016.
  7. Men's Basketball Adds Byron Rimm II To Coaching Staff. UC Riverside Athletics. July 31, 2017. January 2, 2018.
  8. GARDNER NAMES BYRON RIMM AS IUPUI'S ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH. IUPUI Athletics. Ed. Holdaway. November 14, 2018. August 28, 2019.
  9. News: IUPUI men's basketball coach Jason Gardner resigns after OWI arrest. Indianapolis Star. Justin. Mack. Elizabeth. DePompei. August 27, 2019. August 28, 2019.
  10. News: IUPUI retains Byron Rimm II as basketball coach for coming season. Indianapolis Star. June 11, 2020. June 19, 2020.