February Speaker Reid Gettys

Reid Gettys played on the University of Houston’s famous Phi Slama Jama-era basketball team which made it to the NCAA Final Four for three consecutive years (1982-1984).

Known as the set-up man, Reid still holds the UH assist records for most career assists (740), most assists in a single season (309) and most assists in a single game (17).

A graduate of Memorial High School in Houston, Reid is now an attorney with ExxonMobil and has been a college basketball commentator with ESPN for 30 years.