Danielle Green-Byrd

Paul Steinbach Headshot

Q&A with Danielle Green-Byrd, a former Notre Dame basketball star who lost her left hand while serving in Iraq and is now an assistant sports coordinator for Chicago public schools.

Danielle Green-ByrdDanielle Green-Byrd Her left hand is gone, and with it her ability to play pickup basketball. But one could argue that Danielle Green-Byrd is more whole today than 11 years ago, when she arrived on the University of Notre Dame campus as an admittedly immature recruit out of inner-city Chicago. Playing for the Irish was one of two goals in life for Green-Byrd, now 29. The other was to serve in the U.S. military. The first saw the left-handed guard score 1,106 career points while earning a degree in psychology. The second saw her lose her dominant hand to a rocket-propelled grenade attack in Baghdad, Iraq. Today, Green-Byrd is fulfilling a new dream - giving something back to the same school system that gave her a start, as an assistant sports coordinator in the Chicago Board of Education's Department of Sports Administration and Facility Management. Paul Steinbach asked Green-Byrd to reflect on her life-altering experiences.

Log in to view the full article
Page 1 of 1382
Next Page
Buyer's Guide
Information on more than 3,000 companies, sorted by category. Listings are updated daily.
Learn More
Buyer's Guide
AB Show 2025 in San Diego
AB Show is a solution-focused event for athletics, fitness, recreation and military professionals.
Nov. 5-8, 2025
Learn More
AB Show 2025