The Nashville City Paper profiled men's basketball head coach Rick Byrd and his storied career at Belmont in the Wednesday edition of the paper. The article states:
"With all due respect to alums Trisha Yearwood and Brad Paisley, Belmont’s biggest star these days is Rick Byrd.
It has nothing to do with his Vince Gill dealings, but with his 21 years on campus, his 500-plus career wins and now his two NCAA tournament berths, Byrd has his earned his status as the symbol of Belmont University. Except for those few days last year when Keith Urban was rehearsing at the Curb Event Center for the CMA’s, Byrd has always been the biggest star on campus."
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