[4] After one season at Garden City Community College, Abdur-Rahim transferred to Southeastern Louisiana where he was a three-time All-Southland Conference selection playing for Billy Kennedy.

[6] He stayed with the Racers until 2011, when he joined the staff at Georgia Tech as the director of player development for one season before becoming an assistant coach at the College of Charleston in 2012.

He led the program to their first Top 25 ranking in both the AP and Coaches' Poll and their first American Athletic Conference regular season title, as the team finished 25–8, the best in school history.

On October 24, 2024, Abdur-Rahim died at Tampa General Hospital at the age of 43, from complications that arose during a medical procedure related to an undisclosed illness.

[21] The American Athletic Conference named Abdur-Rahim the honorary 2024–25 coach of the year and created the Amir Abdur-Rahim Sportsmanship Award, which "will be presented annually to the men’s basketball student-athlete who, as determined by the league's head coaches, best exemplifies the qualities of sportsmanship, fair play and leadership.