Ricky Byrdsong

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ricky Byrdsong
Occupation	Basketball Coach
Date Of Birth	Jun 24, 1956(1956-06-24)
Age	68
Date Of Death	July 3, 1999, Skokie, IL
Birthplace	Atlanta
Country	United States
Birth City	Georgia
Horoscope	Cancer

Ricky Byrdsong Biography

Ricky Byrdsong is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Coach who was born on June 24, 1956 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

Byrdsong grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, raised by his mother with his younger sister Marcia. He attended Frederick Douglass High School. Besides basketball, Byrdsong played the saxophone in the band, sang with the chorus and appeared in school plays. After graduation in 1974, Byrdsong accepted a basketball scholarship to Pratt Community College in Pratt, Kansas.

Byrdsong then played his final two seasons of college basketball for Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa under Coach Lynn Nance from 1976-1978. He was named team captain, but played sparingly for the Cyclones averaging 0.9 points and 0.9 rebounds in his career. After graduating from Pratt, Byrdsong had been offered scholarships from many schools, before choosing Iowa State. He said, “Then I went there and I never played. I probably was the only non-playing captain in Iowa State history. Total all my minutes in two years and it might equal two games.”

Ricky Byrdsong Net Worth

Ricky Byrdsong is one of the richest Basketball Coach from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ricky Byrdsong 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Ricky Byrdsong (June 24, 1956 – July 3, 1999) was an American college basketball coach and insurance executive. He served as the head men’s basketball coach at the University of Detroit Mercy (1988-1993) and Northwestern University (1993-1997), compiling a career coaching record of 89–163. Byrdsong was the first African American head coach of the Northwestern Wildcats men’s basketball program. On July 2, 1999, he was shot at 8:52 pm in a hate crime killing spree. He died at 12:42 am on July 3, 1999.

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On February 5, 1994, while coaching a game against Minnesota, Byrdsong abruptly left the game and joined the fans in the stands shaking hands, high- fiving the Minnesota Gopher mascot and taking an unticketed seat until removed by an usher. The team had started the season 9-0 but was at this point on a 9-game losing streak.

Facts & Trivia

Ricky Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Coach. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Ricky Byrdsong celebrates birthday on June 24 of every year.

On July 2, 1999, while jogging near his Skokie, Illinois home with his son and daughter, ages 8 and 10, Byrdsong was shot by Benjamin Nathaniel Smith, a member of the white supremacist Creativity Movement who went on a shooting spree, and died four hours later on July 3 at Evanston Hospital. Smith was a disciple of Mathew Hale (leader of Creativity Movement) and his shooting spree took place two days after Hale was denied a license to practice law in Illinois.