[3] He retired after the 2018-2019 season with 805 wins,[4] which ranks twelfth all-time among NCAA Division I men's basketball coaches.
Byrd won his 700th game as a head coach on January 17, 2015, when Belmont defeated Austin Peay 89–83.
[7] Only three Division I men's head coaches in the nation had been at their respective institutions longer than Byrd's 30 years of service at Belmont.
[7] Byrd, from 2011–2014, led the Bruins to be one of only six NCAA Division I men's basketball programs to win 26 or more games per season, joining the select company of Duke, Florida, Syracuse, VCU, and Wichita State.
[10] Byrd also coached Kerron Johnson who helped take the Belmont program to new heights, leading the Bruins to 102 victories, four regular season conference championships, three conference tournament championships and three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances.
Moreover, Johnson helped Belmont earn national Top 25 poll votes three straight seasons and the program's best NCAA Tournament seed - No.