Amir Abdur-Rahim

American basketball player and coach

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2024 The American Athletic Conference named Amir Abdur-Rahim the honorary coach of the year for the 2024–25 season.
2024 The American Athletic Conference established the Amir Abdur-Rahim Sportsmanship Award, to be awarded annually to the men's basketball student-athlete who best exemplifies sportsmanship, fair play, and leadership.
2024 Following his death, the USF's Yuengling Center student section was renamed the 'Amir Abdur-Rahim Student Section' in his honor.
October 24 2024 Passed away while serving as head coach of the South Florida Bulls men's basketball team
October 24 2024 Passed away.
October 24 2024 Amir Abdur-Rahim passed away.
2023 Under Abdur-Rahim's leadership, South Florida achieved its first Top 25 ranking in both the AP and Coaches' Poll and won the first American Athletic Conference regular season title with a record of 25–8.
2023 Abdur-Rahim was named a Naismith College Coach of the Year semifinalist and was a finalist for both the Ben Jobe National Coach of the Year and the Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year.
2023 Amir Abdur-Rahim led the Kennesaw State Owls to their first-ever berth in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament after winning both the conference regular season and tournament titles.
March 29 2023 Abdur-Rahim was named the head coach of South Florida, replacing Brian Gregory.
April 18 2019 Abdur-Rahim was named the head coach at Kennesaw State, replacing Al Skinner.
2018 Abdur-Rahim returned to Georgia to join Tom Crean's coaching staff.
2014 Abdur-Rahim reunited with coach Kennedy as an assistant coach at Texas A&M.
2012 Abdur-Rahim became an assistant coach at the College of Charleston.
2011 Abdur-Rahim joined the Georgia Tech coaching staff as the director of player development.

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