A Coffee Shop Conversation with Robert Reid, 1985

[Robert Reid grew up as a member of a devout Pentecostal family in small-town Texas, praising the Lord and playing basketball in his free time. He came to excel at the basketball and played four years in the mid-1970s at St. Mary’s University, then an NAIA school. With his sturdy 6-foot-8 frame and unusual versatility for a big man, Reid caught the eye …