Byron Rimm II

Last updated
Byron Rimm II
Current position
TitleAssistant Coach
Team Houston Christian
Conference Southland
Biographical details
Born (1974-01-31) January 31, 1974 (age 50)
Pensacola, Florida
Playing career
1994–1996 Ventura
1996–1997 Cal State Los Angeles
Position(s) Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1997–1999 Pasadena CC (assistant)
1999–2000 Chaffey (assistant)
2000–2001 Cal State San Bernardino (assistant)
2001–2002 Texas College (women's)
2002–2005 Jarvis Christian
2005–2006 Prairie View A&M (assistant)
2006–2016Prairie View A&M
2016–2017 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi (dir. of operations)
2017–2018 UC Riverside (assistant)
2018–2019 IUPUI (assoc. HC)
2019–2021IUPUI
2021–present Houston Baptist/Houston Christian (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall197–278

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.

Contents

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]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Texas College Steers (Red River Athletic Conference)(2001–2002)
2001–02Texas College 20–12Ineligible [11]
Jarvis Christian Bulldogs (Red River Athletic Conference)(2002–2005)
2002–03Jarvis Christian 16–1514–62nd [12]
2003–04Jarvis Christian 16–1313–94th [13]
2004–05Jarvis Christian 10–2010–127th [13]
Jarvis Christian:47–3937–27
Prairie View A&M Panthers (Southwestern Athletic Conference)(2006–2016)
2006–07 Prairie View A&M 8–226–129th
2007–08 Prairie View A&M 8–226–128th
2008–09 Prairie View A&M 17–1612–63rd
2009–10 Prairie View A&M 16–1411–74th
2010–11 Prairie View A&M 10–227–117th
2011–12 Prairie View A&M 14–1810–84th
2012–13 Prairie View A&M 15–198–105th
2013–14 Prairie View A&M 11–236–128th
2014–15 Prairie View A&M 15–1812–64th
2015–16 Prairie View A&M 1–181–6(resigned)
Prairie View A&M:115–19279–90
IUPUI Jaguars (Horizon League)(2019–2021)
2019–20 IUPUI 7–253–1510th
2020–21 IUPUI 8–107–99th
IUPUI:15–3510–24
Total:197–278

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References

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  2. ↑ "Mann, Southside, Riverside, Berea, Eastside, TR Win". The Greenville News. February 27, 1993. p. 4C. Retrieved May 3, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Final 1997 Division II Men's Basketball Statistics Report – Cal State L.A." (PDF). NCAA. 1997. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Byron Rimm II". Prairie View A&M University. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
  5. ↑ Roepken, Corey (January 27, 2016). "Byron Rimm resigns as Prairie View A&M basketball coach". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Wilson Adds Byron Rimm to Staff" (Press release). Texas A&M University Corpus Christi. October 12, 2016. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Men's Basketball Adds Byron Rimm II To Coaching Staff" (Press release). UC Riverside Athletics. July 31, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  8. ↑ Holdaway, Ed (November 14, 2018). "GARDNER NAMES BYRON RIMM AS IUPUI'S ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH" (Press release). IUPUI Athletics . Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  9. ↑ Mack, Justin; DePompei, Elizabeth (August 27, 2019). "IUPUI men's basketball coach Jason Gardner resigns after OWI arrest". Indianapolis Star . Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  10. ↑ "IUPUI retains Byron Rimm II as basketball coach for coming season". Indianapolis Star. June 11, 2020. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
  11. ↑ "www.naia.org: 2001-02 Division I Women's Basketball Schools". naia.org. Archived from the original on 1 June 2002. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  12. ↑ "RRAC Men's Basketball". www.redriverconference.com. Archived from the original on 12 March 2003. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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