Bob Boyd (basketball)

[1] Boyd had a long association with the University of Southern California's men's basketball, first as a player and then as its head coach.

Boyd's Trojans went 216–131 overall and played in the post-season four times (the 1979 NCAA tournament, 1973 NIT and 1974 and 1975 Commissioner's Conference tourney).

Boyd sent ten players into the NBA, including Paul Westphal and Gus Williams.

Boyd died of natural causes in Palm Desert, California on January 14, 2015, aged 84.

He just happened to coach in the same town, at the same time, as a college basketball icon.