Corrie Bird: Larry Bird’s Daughter

Corrie Bird is the daughter of NBA legend Larry Bird and his first wife, Janet Condra. Born in August 1977, after her parents’ brief marriage had ended, she was raised largely away from the spotlight, and her relationship with her famous father was distant for much of her childhood. She is a private person: her adult life and current career are not publicly confirmed.

Parents	Larry Bird (father), Janet Condra (mother)
Siblings	Connor Bird and Mariah Bird (adopted half-siblings, via Larry and Dinah Mattingly)
Education	Indiana State University (reported Elementary Education degree, 1999 — reported, secondary source)
Famous for	Being Larry Bird’s daughter
Birthplace	Not publicly confirmed
Residence	Not publicly confirmed
Current job	Not publicly confirmed
Net worth	Not publicly confirmed
Children	Not publicly confirmed

Contents

1. 1Family background
2. 2The reported 1997-98 meeting
3. 3Education and privacy

Family background

Larry Bird and Janet Condra were married on 8 November 1975 and divorced on 31 October 1976. Corrie was born in August 1977, after that divorce. She was raised by Janet, and Larry was largely absent for much of her childhood; his contribution was principally child support. The early years included a paternity denial and a paternity test, and a long estrangement, which helps explain why the question of whether Larry Bird had a relationship with his daughter, or acknowledged her, still comes up in searches today.

In Larry Bird’s own reported words: “I think about Corrie all the time, but what can I really do now? I can’t go back and relive the first five or six years of her life.” He also reportedly said: “I can’t honestly say I’ve had much to do with her life because of my differences with Janet.”

For context only, Larry Bird’s own playing record was three championships, three MVPs and 12 All-Star selections with the Boston Celtics from 1979 to 1992; he later coached the Indiana Pacers from 1997 to 2000 and served as their president of basketball operations. None of those achievements belongs to Corrie. Dinah Mattingly, whom Larry married in 1989, is Corrie’s stepmother, not her mother; Connor and Mariah Bird are her adopted half-siblings through Larry and Dinah.

The reported 1997-98 meeting

A meeting in the 1997-98 season is reported to have been arranged by Dinah Mattingly, when Corrie attended a Pacers game. Corrie is reportedly quoted as saying: “I was really happy to go to the game… He walked me to my car, and he hugged me. I hope I can see more of him now.” That account is reported, not a confirmed account of an ongoing relationship, and what the relationship is now is private and not publicly known.

Education and privacy

Corrie’s education is reported, from secondary sources, as an Elementary Education degree from Indiana State University in 1999, with a reported MBA from Indiana Wesleyan University. Those details are labelled here as reported because they rest on secondary reporting rather than a confirmed public record from Corrie herself.

Corrie is reported to have married Trent Theopolis Batson in 2008; a precise wedding day has not been relied on here. Beyond that reported marriage, Corrie has not sought public attention and holds no public role. Her current career, residence and family details are not publicly confirmed, and no net-worth figure is published here. In short, she is best understood as a private person known publicly as Larry Bird’s daughter, not as a public basketball figure.