# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rod-strickland
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:33:44.371Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rod-strickland"
name: "Rod Strickland"
slug: "rod-strickland"
description: "Rodney Strickland is an American basketball coach and former professional player. He is currently the head coach at Long Island University. Prior to LIU, he served as the program manager for the NBA G League's professional path. Strickland played college basketball for the DePaul Blue Demons, earning All-American honors. He had a long career in the National Basketball Association (NBA), playing from 1988 to 2005. Strickland was an assistant coach for the South Florida Bulls, under Orlando Antigua from 2014 to 2017. He formerly served in an administrative role for the University of Kentucky basketball team under head coach John Calipari and was the director of basketball operations at the University of Memphis under Calipari. He is the godfather of current NBA player Kyrie Irving.\nStrickland was inducted into the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame with the Class of 2008."
tagline: "American basketball player and coach"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rod-Strickland.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1966-07-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump