Reed played collegiality for the Towson Tigers baseball team from 1979 to 1983.

[1] Reed also spent the 2008 and 2009 seasons as an assistant at Coppin State.

On July 9, 2010, Reed was named the head coach of the Coppin State baseball team.

[3] In 2018, Reed lead the Eagles to their first ever Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Northern Division title.

He was shot and killed in his Violetville home in August 2019 at 31 years old.