Biography
College career
Stroud signed with the University of Mississippi out of West Union High School in Union County, Mississippi where he had received both all state and All America honors. He played for the Rebels from 1976 until 1980. In 1978-79 he led the SEC in scoring with 26.3 points per game and was named as an All-America honorable mention. He again led the SEC in scoring in 1979-80 with 25.2 points per game. During his time at Ole miss he led the Rebels to their first postseason tournament victory over Grambling 76-74 at Tad Smith Coliseum in the National Invitational Tournament. During his career in Oxford Stroud recorded the highest career point total in Ole Miss history and is still the third-most in league history with 2,328 points and sixth in field goals made in the SEC with 894. He is fifth in free throws made in a season at 233. Only Pete Maravich and Bailey Howell made more free throws in a season. Only five players have attempted more free throws in a single season in the SEC than Stroud. His 39 points in the first round of the 1979 SEC tournament ranks as the second most points ever scored in an SEC tournament game. Likewise, his 15 field goals in that game are the second most in a tournament game. Following his senior season in '79-80 Stroud was selected to All-America honors for the second straight season and named SEC Athlete of the year.College statistics
: ''Cited from Basketball Reference''''.''Professional career
Following his senior year at Ole Miss, Stroud was the top choice of the Houston Rockets in the 1980 NBA draft. He played with the Rockets from 1980-1981 and was a member of the 1981 team that lost to the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals. Stroud played the 1982-83 season in Europe with Caja de Ronda, located in Malaga, Spain.Coaching career
East Mississippi Community College
In 1988, Stroud accepted the head coaching position at East Mississippi Community College in Scooba, Mississippi. Making an immediate impact in Scooba, Stroud led EMCC to its first-ever state tournament appearance and its first regional tournament appearance in 25 years. In his two seasons at EMCC, Stroud compiled a 30-30 record and was named the Mississippi Junior College Coach of the Year following the 1989-90 season before assuming the reins of the Millsaps' basketball program the following year.Return to Coaching
New Albany High School (Girls)
In 2004 he became coach of the girls team at New Albany High School where he compiled a 248-131 record over 13 years and won the Class 4A state title in 2011. New Albany also made appearances in the MHSAA's state tournament in 2009 as a semifinalist, 2010 where the team finished as the Class 4A runner-up, and 2015 when the Lady Bulldogs lost in triple overtime to Bay High School in the quarterfinal round. He retired yet again from coaching in 2017.Awards and honors
As coach
At Millsaps College
* Two-time SCAC Coach of the Year * All-time wins leader * Seven seasons of at least sixteen wins * Three season of twenty wins or more * 1995 SCAC title * NCAA Division III Sweet 16.In High School
* Back-to-back boys state championships in 1986 and 1987. * Girls state championship in 2011= As Business Executive
= * Regions SEC Business Hall of Fame= Hall of Fame Memberships
= * Ole Miss Student Hall of Fame, Colonel Rebel & Student Senate (1980) * Outstanding Young Men of America (1987) * Runner-up Clarion Ledger's Most Popular Athlete MS sports history (1989) * West Union HS Alumni Hall of Fame (1991) * Ole Miss Athletic Hall of Fame (1995) * SEC Living Legends Team, Atlanta, GA (1999) * Millsaps Athletic Hall of Fame (2005) * SEC Business Hall of Fame (2007) * Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame (2009)Personal life
References
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