Byron Rimm II
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.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Assistant Coach |
| Team | Houston Baptist |
| Conference | Southland |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | January 31, 1974 |
| 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 (assistant) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 197–278 |
Coaching career
Rimm is a 1999 graduate of Cal State Los Angeles and lettered in basketball as a junior in the 1996–97 season after transferring from Ventura College.[1][2] In his one season at Cal State Los Angeles, Rimm averaged 4.7 points per game in 19 games.[3]
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.[4]
On October 12, 2016, Texas A&M–Corpus Christi men's basketball head coach Willis Wilson hired Rimm as director of basketball operations.[5]
On July 31, 2017, Rimm was hired as assistant coach at UC Riverside.[6]
On November 14, 2018, Rimm was hired by IUPUI as associate head coach under Jason Gardner.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9]
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas College Steers (Red River Athletic Conference) (2001–2002) | |||||||||
| 2001–02 | Texas College | 20–12 | Ineligible[10] | ||||||
| Jarvis Christian Bulldogs (Red River Athletic Conference) (2002–2005) | |||||||||
| 2002–03 | Jarvis Christian | 16–15 | 14–6 | 2nd[11] | |||||
| 2003–04 | Jarvis Christian | 16–13 | 13–9 | 4th[12] | |||||
| 2004–05 | Jarvis Christian | 10–20 | 10–12 | 7th[12] | |||||
| 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 | ||||||||
References
- ^ "2014-15 Men's Basketball Coaching Staff: Byron Rimm II, Head Coach". Prairie View A&M University. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
- ^ "All-time roster" (PDF). Cal State LA Men's Basketball 2015-16. Cal State Los Angeles. 2015. p. 22.
- ^ "Final 1997 Division II Men's Basketball Statistics Report – Cal State L.A." (PDF). NCAA. 1997. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
- ^ Roepken, Corey (January 27, 2016). "Byron Rimm resigns as Prairie View A&M basketball coach". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
- ^ "Wilson Adds Byron Rimm to Staff" (Press release). Texas A&M University Corpus Christi. October 12, 2016. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
- ^ "Men's Basketball Adds Byron Rimm II To Coaching Staff" (Press release). UC Riverside Athletics. July 31, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
- ^ Holdaway, Ed (November 14, 2018). "GARDNER NAMES BYRON RIMM AS IUPUI'S ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH" (Press release). IUPUI Athletics. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
- ^ Mack, Justin; DePompei, Elizabeth (August 27, 2019). "IUPUI men's basketball coach Jason Gardner resigns after OWI arrest". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
- ^ "IUPUI retains Byron Rimm II as basketball coach for coming season". Indianapolis Star. June 11, 2020. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
- ^ . naia.org. Archived from the original on 1 June 2002. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ . www.redriverconference.com. Archived from the original on 12 March 2003. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Red River Athletic Conference - Basketball Standings (Men)".