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Rodman
was born in Trenton, New Jersey, the son of Shirley and Philander
Rodman, Jr., an Air Force pilot, later a veteran of the Vietnam War
after Rodman's birth. When he was young, his father left his family,
eventually settling in the Philippines. Rodman has many brothers and
sisters: according to his father, he has either 26 or 28 siblings on his
father's side; however, Rodman himself has stated that he is the oldest
of a total of 47 children.
After his father left, Shirley
took many odd jobs — at times, four at the same time — to support her
family In his 1997 biography Bad As I Wanna Be, he expresses his
disgust and hate for his father: "I haven't seen my father in more than
30 years, so what's there to miss ... I just look at it like this: Some
man brought me into this world. That doesn't mean I have a father." Rodman met his father for the first time in 42 years on July 19, 2012,
after an exhibition basketball game with the NBA "Alumni" team in the
Philippines, where his father lives.
The impoverished Rodman and
his two sisters, Debra and Kim,[9] grew up in the Oak Cliff section of
Dallas, Texas,considered one of the worst areas of Dallas in those
times.Rodman was so attached to his mother that he refused to move
when she sent him to a nursery when he was four years old. According to
Rodman, Shirley Rodman was more interested in his two sisters Debra and
Kim, who were both considered more talented than he was in basketball,
and made him a laughingstock whenever he tagged along with them. He felt
generally "overwhelmed" by the all-female household.[12] Debra and Kim
would go on to become All-Americans at Louisiana Tech and Stephen F.
Austin, respectively. Debra won two national titles with the Lady
Techsters.
When Rodman experienced his growth spurt, he became
even more withdrawn because he felt odd in his own body.[12] Rodman was
so insecure around women that he thought he was homosexual in his teens.
He lost his virginity when he was 20 years old and had his first sexual
experience with a prostitute; he described this as an unpleasant
experience.
While attending South Oak Cliff High School, Rodman
was a gym class student of future Texas A&M basketball coach Gary
Blair.Blair coached Rodman's sisters Debra and Kim, winning three
state championships.However, Rodman was not considered an athletic
standout. According to himself, he was "unable to hit a layup" and was
listed in the high school basketball teams, but was either benched or
cut from the squads. Measuring only 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) as a freshman in
high school, he also failed to make the football teams and was
"totally devastated".After finishing school, Rodman worked as an
overnight janitor at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. He
experienced a sudden growth spurt, anddecided to give basketball another
shot.
A family friend tipped off the head coach of Cooke County
College in Gainesville, Texas. In his single semester there, he averaged
17.6 points and 13.3 rebounds, before flunking out due to poor academic
performance.After his short stint in Gainesville, he transferred to
Southeastern Oklahoma State University, an NAIA school. There, Rodman
was a three-time NAIA All-American and led the NAIA in rebounding in
both the 1984–1985 and 1985–1986 seasons. In three seasons there,
1983–1984 through 1985–1986, he averaged 25.7 points and 15.7
rebounds,led the NAIA in rebounding twice and registered a .637
field goal percentage.At the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament, a
pre-draft camp for NBA hopefuls, he won Most Valuable Player honors and
caught the attention of the Detroit Pistons.
During this time,
Rodman worked at a summer youth basketball camp, where he befriended
camper Bryne Rich, who was shy and withdrawn, following a hunting
accident in which he mistakenly shot and killed his best friend. The two
became almost inseparable and formed a bond. Rich invited Rodman to his
rural Oklahoma home; at first, Rodman was not well-received by the
Riches due to being an African-American. But, the Riches were so
grateful to him for bringing their son out of his shell that they were
able to set aside their prejudices. Although Rodman had severe
family and personal issues himself, he "adopted" the Riches as his own
in 1982 and went from the city life to "driving a tractor and messing
with cows."Rodman credits the Riches as his "surrogate family" that
helped him through college.
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