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Gene Bartow

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American basketball coach

Gene Bartow
Biographical details
Bartow in 1975
Born	(1930-08-18)August 18, 1930^[1] Browning, Missouri, U.S.
Died	January 3, 2012(2012-01-03) (aged 81) Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Alma mater	Truman State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1961–1964	Central Missouri State
1964–1970	Valparaiso
1970–1974	Memphis State
1974–1975	Illinois
1975–1977	UCLA
1978–1996	UAB

Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1977–2000	UAB

Head coaching record
Overall	647–353 (college) 145–39 (high school)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2MVC regular season (1972, 1973) 2Pac-8 regular season (1976, 1977) 3Sun Belt regular season (1981, 1982, 1990) 4Sun Belt tournament (1982–1984,1987) MSHAA (1957)
Awards
MVC Coach of the Year (1972) 3xSun Belt Coach of the Year (1981, 1982, 1985) Alabama Sports Hall of Fame (1989)


College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2009

Bobby Gene Bartow (August 18, 1930 – January 3, 2012) was an American men'scollege basketball coach. TheBrowning, Missouri, native coached 36 years at six universities after coaching two high schools in Missouri for six years. In 1972 Bartow coached thePuerto Rico national basketball team in the1972 Munich Olympic Games.

High school

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Bartow began his coaching at the prep level in Missouri, coachingShelbina andSt. Charles High School basketball squads to a 145–39 win–loss mark in six seasons. His1957 St. Charles team won the state championship, defeating North Kansas City in the Class L finals by a score of 60–54.

College

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Bartow coached atCentral Missouri State University from 1961 to 1964,Valparaiso University from 1964 to 1970, andMemphis State University from 1970 until 1974, and he led the Memphis State Tigers to the 1973NCAA national championship game and consecutiveMissouri Valley Conference titles in the 1971–72 and 1972–73 seasons. He coached theUS national team in the1974 FIBA World Championship, winning the bronze medal.^[2]

Bartow signed a five-yearcontract to replaceHarv Schmidt at theUniversity of Illinois in 1974 but stayed only one year. TheFighting Illini finished tied for last in theBig Ten at 4–14 (8–18 overall) in 1975, Bartow's only season there before he broke his contract and left for UCLA.^[3] He was succeeded byLou Henson.^[3]

UCLA

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Bartow left the Midwest forLos Angeles to succeed coaching legendJohn Wooden as the head coach atUCLA. He led the Bruins from1975 to1977, guiding them toPac-8 titles and a 52–9 (.852) record, including a berth in theFinal Four in1976, falling toIndiana, the undefeated eventual champion.^[4] In 1977, his second-ranked UCLA lost to unrankedIdaho State by a point in theSweet Sixteen atProvo, Utah.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8] As of 2023, his two seasons had the second-highest winning percentage at UCLA, behindGary Cunningham (.862).

UAB

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After just two years at UCLA, Bartow left in 1977 to take over the job of creating an athletic program at theUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). He served as the Blazers' first headbasketball coach and athletic director for 18 years. Bartow led UAB to theNIT in1980, the program's second year of existence, and followed that up with seven straightNCAA tournament appearances, including advancements to the Sweet Sixteen in1981 and theElite Eight in1982.

Bartow retired from coaching in 1996, and in 1997, UAB renamed its basketball venueBartow Arena in his honor. His sonMurry, a UAB assistant, became the coach upon Bartow's retirement; Bartow was later president of Hoops, LP, the company that runs theMemphis Grizzlies and theFedEx Forum.^[9]

Honors

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In 1989, Bartow was inducted into theAlabama Sports Hall of Fame, 10 years later, in 1999,Central Missouri State (now the University of Central Missouri) also elected him to theirs.^[10] Bartow was also voted one ofValparaiso University's 150 most influential people in October 2009.^[11] Bartow was inducted into theNational Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in Kansas City on November 22, 2009, along with fellow inducteesMagic Johnson,Larry Bird,Wayman Tisdale,Jud Heathcote,Walter Byers,Travis Grant and Bill Wall. In 2013, Bartow was selected for induction into theMid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) Hall of Fame.^[12]

Death

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On April 15, 2009, a UAB spokesman revealed that Bartow had been diagnosed withstomach cancer; he died at his home in Birmingham in early 2012 from the disease.

Head coaching record

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College

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Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Central Missouri State Mules(Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association)(1961–1964)
1961–62	Central Missouri State	16–6
1962–63	Central Missouri State	17–6
1963–64	Central Missouri State	14–9
Central Missouri State:		47–21
Valparaiso Crusaders(Indiana Collegiate Conference)(1964–1970)
1964–65	Valparaiso	13–12	5–7	3rd
1965–66	Valparaiso	18–10	7–5	4th	NCAA College Division Second Round
1966–67	Valparaiso	21–8	7–5	2nd
1967–68	Valparaiso	11–15	3–9	6th
1968–69	Valparaiso	16–12	4–4	T–2nd	NCAA College Division Second Round
1969–70	Valparaiso	13–13	2–6	5th
Valparaiso:		92–70	28–36
Memphis State Tigers(Missouri Valley Conference)(1970–1974)
1970–71	Memphis State	18–8	8–6	4th
1971–72	Memphis State	21–7	12–2	T–1st	NIT First Round
1972–73	Memphis State	24–6	12–2	1st	NCAA University Division Runner-up
1973–74	Memphis State	19–11
Memphis State:		82–32	32–10
Illinois Fighting Illini(Big Ten Conference)(1974–1975)
1974–75	Illinois	8–18	4–14	T–9th
Illinois:		8–18	4–14
UCLA Bruins(Pacific-8 Conference)(1975–1977)
1975–76	UCLA	28–4†	13–1	1st	NCAA Division I Third Place
1976–77	UCLA	24–5	11–3	1st	NCAA Division I Sweet 16
UCLA:		52–9	24–4
UAB Blazers(NCAA Division I independent)(1978–1979)
1978–79	UAB	15–11
UAB Blazers(Sun Belt Conference)(1979–1991)
1979–80	UAB	18–12	10–4	T–2nd	NIT First Round
1980–81	UAB	23–9	9–3	T–1st	NCAA Division I Sweet 16
1981–82	UAB	25–6	9–1	1st	NCAA Division I Elite Eight
1982–83	UAB	19–14	9–5	3rd	NCAA Division I First Round
1983–84	UAB	23–11	8–6	5th	NCAA Division I First Round
1984–85	UAB	25–9	11–3	2nd	NCAA Division I Second Round
1985–86	UAB	25–11	9–5	T–3rd	NCAA Division I Second Round
1986–87	UAB	21–11	10–4	3rd	NCAA Division I First Round
1987–88	UAB	16–15	7–7	5th
1988–89	UAB	22–12	8–6	4th	NIT Final Four
1989–90	UAB	22–9	12–2	1st	NCAA Division I First Round
1990–91	UAB	18–13	9–5	2nd	NIT First Round
UAB Blazers(Great Midwest Conference)(1991–1995)
1991–92	UAB	20–9	4–6	5th	NIT First Round
1992–93	UAB	21–14	5–5	4th	NIT Final Four
1993–94	UAB	22–8	8–4	T–2nd	NCAA Division I First Round
1994–95	UAB	14–16	5–7	6th
UAB Blazers(Conference USA)(1995–1996)
1995–96	UAB	16–14	6–8	2nd(Red)
UAB:		365–204	139–81
Total:		647–353
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References

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^Litsky, Frank (5 January 2012)."Gene Bartow, Successor to John Wooden at U.C.L.A., Dies at 81".The New York Times.
^1974 USA Basketball Archived August 24, 2007, at theWayback Machine
^^a ^b"2011–12 Illinois Basketball Record Book"(PDF). Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 2011-12-16. Retrieved2012-01-06.
^McDermott, Barry (April 5, 1976)."Indiana makes its point".Sports Illustrated. p. 18.
^McDermott, Barry (March 28, 1977)."Off and running toward Atlanta".Sports Illustrated. p. 16.
^Benson, Lee (March 18, 1977)."Utes fall short, Idaho State stuns UCLA".Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. 6B.
^"ISU has greatest win".Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. March 18, 1977. p. 21.
^"UCLA becomes the obscure one".Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire services. March 18, 1977. p. 1B.
^"Former UCLA coach Bartow named president of Grizzlies". Archived fromthe original on 2011-05-22. Retrieved2014-05-18.
^"Home Events March 4–10 - Official Athletics Website".University of Central Missouri Athletics. Retrieved2024-03-10.
^"Valpo Athletics".www.valpoathletics.com. Retrieved2024-03-10.
^"MIAA ANNOUNCES 2013 HALL OF FAME CLASS".themiaa.com. 2024-03-04. Retrieved2024-03-10.

External links

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Sports Reference – Gene Bartow
Gene Bartow atFind a Grave

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