Gene Bartow

Bobby Gene Bartow (August 18, 1930  January 3, 2012) was an American men's college basketball coach. The Browning, Missouri, native coached 36 years at six universities after coaching two high schools in Missouri for six years. In 1972 Bartow coached the Puerto Rico national basketball team in the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.

Gene Bartow
Bartow in 1975
Biographical details
Born(1930-08-18)August 18, 1930
Browning, Missouri, U.S.
DiedJanuary 3, 2012(2012-01-03) (aged 81)
Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1961–1964Central Missouri State
1964–1970Valparaiso
1970–1974Memphis State
1974–1975Illinois
1975–1977UCLA
1978–1996UAB
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1977–2000UAB
Head coaching record
Overall
  • 647–353 (college)
  • 145–39 (high school)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • 2 MVC regular season (1972, 1973)
  • 2 Pac-8 regular season (1976, 1977)
  • 3 Sun Belt regular season (1981, 1982, 1990)
  • 4 Sun Belt tournament (19821984, 1987)
  • MSHAA (1957)
Awards
College Basketball Hall of Fame
Inducted in 2009
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.