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.
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 1996âÂÂ97.
In 1999, Rimm completed his bachelor's degree in liberal studies at Cal State Los Angeles.
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 men's basketball head coach at Prairie View A&M from the 2006âÂÂ07 season until resigning on January 27, 2016.
On October 12, 2016, Texas A&MâÂÂCorpus Christi men's basketball head coach Willis Wilson hired Rimm as director of basketball operations.
On July 31, 2017, Rimm was hired as assistant coach at UC Riverside.
On November 14, 2018, Rimm was hired by IUPUI as associate head coach under Jason Gardner. On August 28, 2019, he was named interim head coach of IUPUI for the 2019-20 season after Gardner's resignation stemming from an arrest for operating a vehicle while intoxicated. 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.
On March 8, 2023, Rimm was hired as head coach of the Gulf Coast Blue Chips UAA 16U team for the 2023âÂÂ2024 season, leading the squad to an 11âÂÂ2 record in circuit play. The following year, he transitioned to coach the 17U team in the 2024âÂÂ2025 season, guiding them to an 8âÂÂ5 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 20âÂÂ12 record, the best in the programâÂÂs history up to that point. Prairie View A&M University AthleticsCoaches Database
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Led the team as interim head coach in the 2019âÂÂ20 season.
Under his leadership, guard Marcus Burk earned All-Horizon League honors and declared for the NBA draft, and forward Elyjah Goss made the All-Defensive Team and set a program single-season rebound record. IU Indy Athletics