leland e. byrd (april 8, 1927 – january 19, 2022) was an american college athletic administrator, basketball player and coach. he was an all-american player at west virginia university (wvu). he later became an athletic director at many universities in the united states, even wvu. byrd was born in lynch, kentucky. he was raised in matoaka, west virginia. his playing career lasted from 1944 until 1948. he coached glenville state pioneers between 1955 until 1966.