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Like the rest of the Loyola Marymount men's
basketball coaching staff, Calvin Byrd brings a
successful background to the Lions' program. Byrd
joins Loyola Marymount and Head Coach Rodney
Tention's staff after spending four seasons at the
University of the Pacific. Byrd is no stranger to
the WCC as he coached two seasons at the University
of San Francisco before joining the Tigers.
Byrd is in his first season at LMU and in his eighth
as an assistant coach at the NCAA Division I level.
Throughout his career, success has followed Byrd. As
an assistant his teams hold a record of 121-85
(.587) overall and are 67-49 (.578) in conference
play.
While at Pacific the last four seasons, the Tigers
achieved unmatched success. Byrd was part of the
staff that led the Tigers to back-to-back
appearances in the NCAA Tournament, advancing to the
second round in 2004 and 2005. The 2004-05 season
was the best in school history as the Tigers went
27-4, knocking off Pittsburgh in the first round.
During his four years at Pacific, the Tigers had
three 20-win seasons and won more than 65 percent of
their games, posting a record of 72-38.
Byrd was responsible for off-campus recruiting,
working with athletic performance and conditioning,
wing player development and other on-court assistant
coaching duties at Pacific. He also was the Tigers'
academic coordinator.
Prior to Pacific, he was at USF from 1999-2001. At
USF, Byrd was the Dons off-campus recruiting coach
and the team's academic coordinator. Byrd was also
in charge of equipment and travel at USF, in
addition to scouting opponents and on the court
coaching. The Dons went 31-27 in his two years with
the program.
After a standout career at Villanova University,
Byrd played professional basketball in the Atlantic
Basketball Association and in Switzerland.
He began his coaching career as an assistant coach
at his alma mater, St. Joseph Notre Dame High School
in 1996. Calvin was a McDonald's All-American in
1989 at St. Joseph's. After two years at the high
school level, Byrd moved on to his first NCAA
Division I coaching job, at UC Irvine during the
1998-99 season.
Calvin and his wife Jodie live in Westchester with
their daughter Alexa, 3, and son Miles, 1. |
