The short answer first. Corrie Bird is the daughter of basketball Hall of Famer Larry Bird and his first wife, Janet Condra. She was born in Brazil, Indiana, in August 1977, grew up away from the cameras, and today works in healthcare administration. She has never courted publicity, and the little the public knows about her mostly comes from two places: a handful of comments by her parents, and a short entry in a film and television database.
Because there is so little, the internet has filled in the blanks, often badly. Below is the version of her story that survives a fact check, along with the context needed to understand it, and a plain account of what remains unknown.
Who She Is, in Brief
Corrie Bird is not an athlete, an actress or a media figure. Her name surfaces because of her father, one of the defining players of the 1980s NBA. IMDb’s biographical entry for her lists a birth date of August 14, 1977, in Brazil, Indiana, names Larry Bird and Janet Condra as her parents, and records a marriage in May 2008. The same entry carries one acting-style credit, a 1999 appearance as herself in an ESPN documentary series about the greatest athletes of the twentieth century, which is a sports-history programme rather than an acting career.
After that, the verified record thins out quickly. She is described as someone working in healthcare administration in Indiana. We have deliberately left out the name of any employer or town, since she is a private citizen.
The Man Whose Name She Carries
People who arrive here from a search for “Larry Bird’s daughter” often want a reminder of why his family life draws so much attention. Bird grew up in the small southern Indiana town of French Lick, starred at Indiana State University, and joined the Boston Celtics in 1979. He won three NBA championships, three consecutive Most Valuable Player awards, an Olympic gold medal with the 1992 “Dream Team”, and a place in the Basketball Hall of Fame. After retiring as a player he coached and later ran basketball operations for the Indiana Pacers, the team from his home state.
He was, by any measure, a very public man. In contrast, he kept his personal life private, which helps explain why so little information about his children is publicly available.
Her Parents’ Story
To understand Corrie’s early years, you have to start with how short-lived the relationship between her parents was. According to a Yahoo Sports feature that revisits the story, Bird married Janet Condra in 1975 and the marriage lasted under a year. After a brief attempt at getting back together, the pair had a daughter in 1977.
A few other profiles give sharper dates: November 8, 1975 for the wedding and October 31, 1976 for the divorce. These details come from lifestyle websites rather than accessible court records, so we regard them as plausible but not conclusively verified. The broad shape, a teenage marriage that ended within a year followed by a child born the next summer, is consistent across the better sources.
It also means Corrie was born after her parents’ divorce, a point that people sometimes get wrong when they describe her as the child of a married couple.
A Difficult Start With Her Father
This is the most sensitive part of her story, and the one most often retold. The accounts from Basketball Network and Yahoo Sports say that Bird at first refused to accept that he was Corrie’s father, and that a paternity test later settled the question. They add that for years he kept his distance. Her mother has said she tried to shield Corrie from the pain this caused, and Bird himself has acknowledged, in his own words, that he had little involvement in her early life and that he thinks about her often.
A few observations are worth making here.
- These are accounts of events from a young man’s mistakes, relayed decades later, and they come from the parents, not from Corrie herself.
- Corrie has not, as far as we can find, given a detailed public interview about it. That means no one outside the family can tell the full story, and we shouldn’t pretend to.
- Several lifestyle sites describe a later reconciliation, including an anecdote about her father attending one of her high school games. We could not trace that to a named, dated source, so treat it as unconfirmed.
What can be said fairly is that the relationship between father and daughter is described by most sources as complicated and, in later years, somewhat improved. The nature of that improvement is not publicly documented.
Larry Bird’s Other Family
Bird later married Dinah Mattingly, and the couple adopted two children, a son named Conner and a daughter named Mariah. A profile of Bird’s children from YEN describes Corrie as his only biological child and says she is on good terms with her half-siblings, although that claim is not independently documented, so we mention it only as a report.
It serves as a reminder that the family lives of public figures can be more complex than headlines suggest. It is also a good reason to be careful about repeating any detail about the younger generation.
What Corrie Bird Does for a Living
IMDb’s trivia section describes her as a manager in the family medicine department of a medical clinic in Indiana. A number of other biography pages say the same in more general terms and describe a career in healthcare management. That is consistent and plausible, and it fits a pattern in which she chose a career far from the sports world.
We are not repeating the clinic’s name or location. Naming the workplace of a private person who has not asked for attention would add nothing for a reader and could cause real inconvenience for her.
It is also worth separating her from other people with the same name. The name Corrie Bird belongs to other professionals as well, including a music educator working in university admissions in the United States. That person has no known connection to the Bird family, and the details of her career are not part of this story.
Family Life
IMDb records that Corrie Bird has been married since May 17, 2008, and names her husband as Trent Batson. That is the extent of what a reasonably authoritative source offers. We could not find credible reporting on whether she has children, and statements on other sites about “a devoted mother of two” or similar are unsupported, so we leave them out.
Fact-Checking the Web’s Version of Her Story
The table below compares frequent claims with what we found. It is the quickest way to see which parts of the common narrative hold up.
| Claim you may see | What we found |
|---|---|
| Born August 14, 1977 in Brazil, Indiana | Listed by IMDb; consistent across profiles |
| Daughter of Larry Bird and Janet Condra | Confirmed by multiple news features |
| Larry Bird’s only biological child | Reported by several outlets; widely repeated |
| Married to Trent Batson since 2008 | Listed by IMDb only |
| Net worth of $300,000 to $500,000 | Unsourced estimate; another site says $1 to $2 million |
| Exactly 49 years old in 2026 | Arithmetic from the birth date, nothing more |
| Played high school basketball | Appears on lifestyle sites without a source |
| A “quiet, resilient and grounded” person | An opinion, not a fact |
Notice the net worth entry. Two different pages give estimates that do not overlap, and neither explains how it reached its figure. That is a good test for any unsourced number on the web.
Why People Keep Searching for Her
Three things keep her name in circulation. First, Larry Bird remains one of the most recognised figures in American basketball, and every anniversary, documentary or retirement tribute sends readers looking for his family. Second, the story of a father who initially refused his child is emotionally gripping, even when the reporting is thin. Third, she has declined to tell her own story, which leaves a gap that low-quality sites rush to fill.
That is also why many pages about her sound the same. They draw on the same few facts and then pad them out with adjectives.
How to Check a Page Like This Yourself
If you want to judge whether a biography of a private person is worth trusting, try a short routine:
- See whether it names where each fact came from.
- Look for dates that can be matched across more than one outlet.
- Treat exact net worth and exact daily habits as red flags.
- Notice whether the page quotes the person herself. If she has never spoken publicly, any “she says” is suspect.
- Ask whether the details are necessary. A responsible article does not publish a private person’s employer, address or children.
More Profiles Like This One
Families of famous people are a recurring theme on this site. If you want to read about someone whose own career grew in the shadow of a celebrated parent, see our article on Joylette Goble, Katherine Johnson’s daughter, and for a different angle on the parents of a well-known star, read about Edward Ortega, the father of Jenna Ortega.
Questions Readers Ask
Is Corrie Bird really Larry Bird’s daughter?
Yes. She is the daughter of Larry Bird and Janet Condra. Reports indicate that a paternity test resolved the matter after Bird initially declined to acknowledge it.
Does Larry Bird have other children?
He and his wife Dinah Mattingly adopted two children, Conner and Mariah. Corrie is described as his only biological child.
Were Larry Bird and Janet Condra married when Corrie was born?
No. They had already divorced, according to the reporting that dates the marriage to 1975 and 1976, and Corrie was born in 1977 after a brief reconciliation.
Do Corrie and Larry Bird have a relationship today?
Most sources call it complicated but improved over time. The details are not publicly documented, and neither of them has given a full account.
What does Corrie Bird do?
She is described as working in healthcare administration in Indiana. We do not name the employer.
Has Corrie Bird given interviews?
We could not find a detailed, widely published interview with her. Most of what is known comes from her parents and from database entries.
Is Corrie Bird married?
IMDb lists a marriage in May 2008 to a man named Trent Batson. We found no other reliable source.
Does Corrie Bird have children?
There is no credible public report either way.
Is Corrie Bird famous?
Not in the usual sense. Her public profile is entirely a result of her father’s celebrity.
How rich is Corrie Bird?
Nobody outside her family knows. Estimates published online conflict with each other and cite no records.
A Closing Thought
Stripped to the facts, Corrie Bird’s public story is brief: a daughter born in 1977 to a young couple who had just divorced, a childhood spent mostly out of her father’s life, and an adult career in healthcare. Everything beyond that is either private or unconfirmed. Where the public record is silent, silence is the right answer, and we will revisit this page if reliable new reporting appears.
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