Neil Reed

Neil Reed
College Indiana University
Conference Big Ten
Sport Basketball
Position Guard
Jersey # 5
Career 1995–2012
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg)
Born (1975-11-29)November 29, 1975[1]
Hot Springs, Arkansas[2]
Died July 26, 2012(2012-07-26) (aged 36)
Santa Maria, California
High school East Jefferson High School

Burgess Neil Reed[3] (November 29, 1975 – July 26, 2012) was a college basketball player at Indiana University and the University of Southern Mississippi.[4] He was noted for an incident during which he was grabbed by the neck by Indiana coach Bobby Knight in 1997.

Reed played high school basketball at South Spencer High School in Reo, Indiana as a freshman, Bloomington High School South in Bloomington, Indiana as a sophomore[5] , and East Jefferson High School in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana as a junior and senior. He was the freshman basketball coach at Pioneer Valley High School in Santa Maria, California.

In his life after basketball, he worked at ESPN The Magazine.

Death

Reed died at the age of 36 from a massive heart attack[6] at the Marian Regional Medical Center in Santa Maria, California,[7] on July 26, 2012.[8][9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Obituary: R.G. Armstrong, Norman Alden, Ted Hinshaw, Neil Reed - Los Angeles Times
  2. ↑ Neil Reed - Indiana Hoosiers Basketball
  3. ↑ Obituary for Burgess Neil Reed, Nipomo, CA
  4. ↑ Neil Reed Southern Miss Basketball - Eagle Fever
  5. ↑ Rex Kirts (1993-07-29). "Ex-South star Reed picks IU". Bloomington, IN: The Herald-Times. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  6. ↑ Mike Strom, The Times-Picayune (1 December 2011). "Neil Reed, former Indiana University basketball player and East Jefferson High School standout, dead at age 36 - NOLA.com". Highschoolsports.nola.com. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  7. ↑ Neil Reed Obituary: View Neil Reed's Obituary by Santa Maria Times
  8. ↑ "Former Indiana basketball player Neil Reed dies". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  9. ↑ Hutchens, Terry. "Former Indiana basketball player Neil Reed dies at age 36". indystar.com. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
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