Torrey Ward, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Torrey Ward

American basketball player and basketball coach

Date of Birth: 07-Jul-1978

Place of Birth: Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Date of Death: 07-Apr-2015

Profession: basketball player, basketball coach

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Torrey Ward (July 7, 1978 – April 7, 2015) was an American assistant coach of men's college basketball.
An undrafted 6'3" (1.90 m) guard from the University of Alabama-Birmingham, Ward played professionally in China for several years before starting his coaching career as a volunteer at Jacksonville State University in 2003.
Ward became an assistant at JSU before being hired to Andy Kennedy's staff at Ole Miss.
After five seasons with the Rebels, Ward spent two years as an assistant to Dan Muller at Illinois State University.
Prior to the 2014–15 season, Muller promoted Ward to associate head coach.While returning from the 2015 NCAA championship game in Indianapolis, Ward was one of seven people killed in a plane crash just outside Illinois State's main campus.