| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head Coach |
| Team | Dallas College Eastfield |
| Conference | NJCAA |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | January 31, 1974 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) |
| 2006–2016 | Prairie View A&M |
| 2016–2017 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi (dir. of operations) |
| 2017–2018 | UC Riverside (assistant) |
| 2018–2019 | IUPUI (assoc. HC) |
| 2019–2021 | IUPUI |
| 2021–present | Houston Baptist/Houston Christian (assistant) |
| 2023-2024 | Gulf Coast Blue Chips 16U UAA Head Coach |
| 2024-2025 | Gulf Coast Blue Chips 17U UAA Head Coach |
| 2024–present | Dallas College Eastfield |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 197–278 |
Byron Newton Rimm II (born January 31, 1974) is an American college basketball coach, more recently the interim head men's basketball coach at IUPUI.
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]
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]
On March 8, 2023, Rimm was hired as Head Coach of the Gulf Coast Blue Chips UAA 16U teamfor the 2023–2024 season, leading the squad to a strong 11–2 record in highly competitive circuit play. The following year, he transitioned to coach the 17U team in the 2024–2025 season, guiding them to an 8–5 record highlighted by a late-season surge that secured a berth in the UAA Finals.
Throughout his tenure, Rimm’s teams competed vigorously against nationally ranked programs, providing significant exposure for his players to collegiate recruiters and contributing to their development both on and off the court.
On November 1st, 2024, Riimm was hired as Head Coach of Dallas College Eastfield MBB.
In one season as head coach, he led the team to a 20–12 record, the best in the program’s history up to that point. Prairie View A&M University AthleticsCoaches Database
Guided the Bulldogs to:
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Led the team as interim head coach in the 2019–20 season.
Under his leadership:
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas College Steers (Red River Athletic Conference)(2001–2002) | |||||||||
| 2001–02 | Texas College | 20–12 | Ineligible [11] | ||||||
| Jarvis Christian Bulldogs (Red River Athletic Conference)(2002–2005) | |||||||||
| 2002–03 | Jarvis Christian | 16–15 | 14–6 | 2nd [12] | |||||
| 2003–04 | Jarvis Christian | 16–13 | 13–9 | 4th [13] | |||||
| 2004–05 | Jarvis Christian | 10–20 | 10–12 | 7th [13] | |||||
| Jarvis Christian: | 47–39 | 37–27 | |||||||
| Prairie View A&M Panthers (Southwestern Athletic Conference)(2006–2016) | |||||||||
| 2006–07 | Prairie View A&M | 8–22 | 6–12 | 9th | |||||
| 2007–08 | Prairie View A&M | 8–22 | 6–12 | 8th | |||||
| 2008–09 | Prairie View A&M | 17–16 | 12–6 | 3rd | |||||
| 2009–10 | Prairie View A&M | 16–14 | 11–7 | 4th | |||||
| 2010–11 | Prairie View A&M | 10–22 | 7–11 | 7th | |||||
| 2011–12 | Prairie View A&M | 14–18 | 10–8 | 4th | |||||
| 2012–13 | Prairie View A&M | 15–19 | 8–10 | 5th | |||||
| 2013–14 | Prairie View A&M | 11–23 | 6–12 | 8th | |||||
| 2014–15 | Prairie View A&M | 15–18 | 12–6 | 4th | |||||
| 2015–16 | Prairie View A&M | 1–18 | 1–6 | (resigned) | |||||
| Prairie View A&M: | 115–192 | 79–90 | |||||||
| IUPUI Jaguars (Horizon League)(2019–2021) | |||||||||
| 2019–20 | IUPUI | 7–25 | 3–15 | 10th | |||||
| 2020–21 | IUPUI | 8–10 | 7–9 | 9th | |||||
| IUPUI: | 15–35 | 10–24 | |||||||
| Total: | 197–278 | ||||||||