In “Elevate Your Game,” a memoir, Corrie Bird writes that her father didn’t know about his on-court impact until she was in middle school.
Corrie Bird was born on August 14, 1977, in Brazil, Indiana and is most famous as the NBA superstar Larry Bird’s older daughter from his first marriage to Janet Condra. Whereas her father became an international star as a three-time champion, MVP and Hall of Famer with the Boston Celtics, Corrie Burkhardt has fashioned an exceptionally quiet, down-to-earth life around family, education and a career in healthcare administration that most would never guess when looking at them together.
Early Life and Family Challenges
The story of Corrie starts with a family rivalry. Larry Bird and his high school sweetheart Janet Condra married for a short time in 1975, but divorced in 1976. Corrie was born a year later and Larry initially denied being the father until he admitted it after court-ordered DNA tests. He offered his financial backing, such as access to a trust fund when she turned 18, and had limited contact with her through her formative years due to his growing NBA career and rocky relationship Alice held with Janet.
Brought up largely by her mother and stepfather in Terre Haute, Indiana, Corrie inherited emotional hardening from her absentee famous father. Larry has spoken publicly in interviews about regret, how he battled to connect through those early years. A turning point came at one of the Pacers ponds, in 1998, when Larry’s wife, Dinah Mattingly, secured tickets for Corrie to go to a game with them and it led to their first real conversation as adults.
Despite the distance, their relationship has also become more cordial over time, although it’s private and not as cosy as you might think.
These are images that reflect Corrie Bird over the years, frequently used in stories about her life and family:
Education and Professional Career
Corrie walked her own road resolutely. She graduated from Indiana State University (her father’s alma mater) in 1999 and received a degree in business management. She then got a master’s in health administration or some related degree, made her first forays into healthcare.
As of 2026, when she was given a present day story Corrie is running a health care administrative office in Indiana where she has established herself as an exemplary administrator who managed the offices operations, staff and patient services. Her professional life is big on stability, service and leadership — concepts that are quietly subversive in her father’s flashy world of basketball.
Personal Life and Family Focus
In May 2008, Corrie was married to Trent Theopolis Batson, a public safety officer at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. The couple has a blended family: Corrie is stepmom to Trent’s children from a previous relationship, and together they have two kids—a daughter, Violet Marie (born 2012), and son, Sebastian Grey (born 2017).
Corrie and Trent want to lead a low-key life with their family in Indiana, keeping privacy and normalcy. She said little publicly about her life experiences, preferring to be identified as a wife, mother and professional.
These family pictures illustrate the loving and down-to-earth home Corrie has created:
His Legacy and Life After the Spotlight
She is still of a mind to carry on, and at 48 she’s demonstrated a level of resilience with or without Mr Bird. Although she is the half-sister of Larry’s adopted child with Dinah, Connor and Mariah, she has established a household name distinctly from the Bird clan fame. It is a story of forgiveness, self-sufficiency and silent power in the face of public speculation.
Corrie is still a private individual and does not often give interviews or appear in the press. Her path, from a childhood scarred by absence to a full adulthood of family and work, is an inspiring reminder that winning can come in forms other than championships or attention.
For those drawn to the human side of sports legends, Corrie Bird’s life is a poignant and powerful lesson in family, growth, and healing.
