Byron Rimm II
{{short description|American basketball coach}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Byron Rimm II
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| current_title = Assistant Coach
| current_team = Houston Christian
| current_conference = Southland
| current_record =
| contract =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|1|31}}
| birth_place = Pensacola, Florida
| death_date =
| death_place =
| alma_mater =
| 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
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record =
| championships =
| awards =
| coaching_records =
}}Dallas college Eastfield head basketball coach 2024-present
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.
Early life and education
Rimm was born in Pensacola, Florida and graduated from Wade Hampton High School in Greenville, South Carolina in 1993.{{cite web|title=Byron Rimm II named head men's basketball coach at PVAMU|url=http://www.pvamu.edu/pages/285.asp?item=2209|publisher=Prairie View A&M University|date=April 19, 2006|accessdate=May 3, 2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060902211312/http://www.pvamu.edu/pages/285.asp?item=2209|archivedate=September 2, 2006|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-greenville-news/42291583/|title=Mann, Southside, Riverside, Berea, Eastside, TR Win|work=The Greenville News|date=February 27, 1993|page=4C|accessdate=May 3, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
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. 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.{{cite web |url=http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB2/A/Men's%20Basketball_Men's_Division%20II_1997_100_California%20State%20University,%20Los%20Angeles.pdf |title=Final 1997 Division II Men's Basketball Statistics Report – Cal State L.A. |publisher=NCAA |year=1997 |accessdate=May 18, 2022}}
In 1999, Rimm completed his bachelor's degree in liberal studies at Cal State Los Angeles.{{cite web|url=https://pvpanthers.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/byron-rimm-ii/371|title=Byron Rimm II|publisher=Prairie View A&M University|accessdate=May 3, 2024}}
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.{{cite web|author=Roepken, Corey|url=http://www.chron.com/sports/college/article/Byron-Rimm-resigns-as-Prairie-View-A-M-basketball-6787759.php|title=Byron Rimm resigns as Prairie View A&M basketball coach|work=Houston Chronicle|date=January 27, 2016|accessdate=November 17, 2016}}
On October 12, 2016, Texas A&M–Corpus Christi men's basketball head coach Willis Wilson hired Rimm as director of basketball operations.{{cite press release|url=http://goislanders.com/news/2016/10/12/mens-basketball-wilson-adds-byron-rimm-to-staff.aspx|title=Wilson Adds Byron Rimm to Staff|publisher=Texas A&M University Corpus Christi|accessdate=November 17, 2016|date=October 12, 2016}}
On July 31, 2017, Rimm was hired as assistant coach at UC Riverside.{{cite press release|url=http://www.gohighlanders.com/news/2017/7/11/mens-basketball-adds-byron-rimm-ii-to-coaching-staff.aspx?path=mbball|title=Men's Basketball Adds Byron Rimm II To Coaching Staff|publisher=UC Riverside Athletics|date=July 31, 2017|accessdate=January 2, 2018}}
On November 14, 2018, Rimm was hired by IUPUI as associate head coach under Jason Gardner.{{cite press release|title=GARDNER NAMES BYRON RIMM AS IUPUI'S ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH|url=https://iupuijags.com/news/2018/11/14/mens-basketball-garnder-names-byron-rimm-as-iupuis-associate-head-coach.aspx|publisher=IUPUI Athletics|first=Ed|last=Holdaway|date=November 14, 2018|accessdate=August 28, 2019}} 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2019/08/27/jason-corey-gardneriupui-mens-basketball-coach-arrested-owi-hamilton-county/2128236001/|title=IUPUI men's basketball coach Jason Gardner resigns after OWI arrest|newspaper=Indianapolis Star|first1=Justin|last1=Mack|first2=Elizabeth|last2=DePompei|date=August 27, 2019|accessdate=August 28, 2019}} 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/2020/06/11/iupui-basketball-retains-byron-rimm-ii-coach/5341995002/|title=IUPUI retains Byron Rimm II as basketball coach for coming season|newspaper=Indianapolis Star|date=June 11, 2020|accessdate=June 19, 2020}}
Head coaching record
{{CBB Yearly Record Start
| type = coach
| conference =
| postseason =
| poll = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Texas College Steers
| conference = Red River Athletic Conference
| startyear = 2001
| endyear = 2002
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2001–02
| name = Texas College
| overall = 20–12
| conference =
| confstanding =
| championship =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Jarvis Christian Bulldogs
| conference = Red River Athletic Conference
| startyear = 2002
| endyear = 2005
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2002–03
| name = Jarvis Christian
| overall = 16–15
| conference = 14–6
| championship =
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2003–04
| name = Jarvis Christian
| overall = 16–13
| conference = 13–9
| confstanding = 4th{{Cite web|url=http://www.redriverconference.com/f/Basketball_Standings_(Men).php|title=Red River Athletic Conference - Basketball Standings (Men)}}
| championship =
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2004–05
| name = Jarvis Christian
| overall = 10–20
| conference = 10–12
| championship =
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Jarvis Christian
| overall = 47–39
| confrecord = 37–27
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Prairie View A&M Panthers
| conference = Southwestern Athletic Conference
| startyear = 2006
| endyear = 2016
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2006–07
| name = Prairie View A&M
| overall = 8–22
| conference = 6–12
| confstanding = 9th
| championship =
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2007–08
| name = Prairie View A&M
| overall = 8–22
| conference = 6–12
| confstanding = 8th
| championship =
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2008–09
| name = Prairie View A&M
| overall = 17–16
| conference = 12–6
| confstanding = 3rd
| championship =
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2009–10
| name = Prairie View A&M
| overall = 16–14
| conference = 11–7
| confstanding = 4th
| championship =
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2010–11
| name = Prairie View A&M
| overall = 10–22
| conference = 7–11
| confstanding = 7th
| championship =
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2011–12
| name = Prairie View A&M
| overall = 14–18
| conference = 10–8
| confstanding = 4th
| championship =
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2012–13
| name = Prairie View A&M
| overall = 15–19
| conference = 8–10
| confstanding = 5th
| championship =
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2013–14
| name = Prairie View A&M
| overall = 11–23
| conference = 6–12
| confstanding = 8th
| championship =
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2014–15
| name = Prairie View A&M
| overall = 15–18
| conference = 12–6
| confstanding = 4th
| championship =
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2015–16
| name = Prairie View A&M
| overall = 1–18
| conference = 1–6
| confstanding = (resigned)
| championship =
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Prairie View A&M
| overall = 115–192
| confrecord = 79–90
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
|name=IUPUI Jaguars
|startyear=2019
|conference=Horizon League
|endyear=2021
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2019–20
| name = IUPUI
| overall = 7–25
| conference = 3–15
| confstanding = 10th
| postseason =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2020–21
| name = IUPUI
| overall = 8–10
| conference = 7–9
| confstanding = 9th
| postseason =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = IUPUI
| overall = 15–35
| confrecord = 10–24
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall = 197–278
| poll = no
| polltype = no
| legend = no
}}
References
{{reflist}}
{{Prairie View A&M Panthers basketball coach navbox}}
{{IUPUI Jaguars men's basketball coach navbox}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rimm, Byron}}
Category:American men's basketball coaches
Category:American men's basketball players
Category:Basketball coaches from California
Category:Basketball players from California
Category:Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles men's basketball players
Category:Cal State San Bernardino Coyotes men's basketball coaches
Category:Chaffey Panthers men's basketball coaches
Category:College men's basketball head coaches in the United States
Category:Pasadena City Lancers men's basketball coaches
Category:Prairie View A&M Panthers basketball coaches
Category:Ventura Pirates men's basketball players
Category:Sportspeople from Pensacola, Florida
Category:Sportspeople from Greenville, South Carolina
Category:Basketball coaches from South Carolina
Category:Basketball coaches from Florida
Category:Basketball players from Florida