Neil Reed | |
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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 |
Hot Springs, Arkansas |
November 29, 1975
Died | July 26, 2012 Santa Maria, California |
(aged 36)
High school | East Jefferson High School |
Burgess Neil Reed (November 29, 1975 – July 26, 2012) was a college basketball player at Indiana University and the University of Southern Mississippi. He was noted for an incident during which he was choked by Indiana coach Bobby Knight in 1997.
Reed played high school basketball at East Jefferson High School in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. 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.
Reed died at the age of 36 from a massive heart attack at the Marian Regional Medical Center in Santa Maria, California, on July 26, 2012.