Bo Overton

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Bo Overton
Oklahoma Baptist Bison
PositionHead coach
League Great American Conference
Personal information
Born (1960-07-09) July 9, 1960 (age 63)
Ada, Oklahoma, U.S.
Career information
High school Ada (Ada, Oklahoma)
College Oklahoma (1979–1983)
NBA draft 1983: 9th round, 224th overall pick
Selected by the Phoenix Suns
Playing career1984–1985
Position Guard
Coaching career1983–present
Career history
As player:
1984–1985 Toronto Tornados
As coach:
1983–1984Oklahoma (men's GA)
1985–1986 Pensacola Tornados (asst.)
1987–1988 Oral Roberts (men's asst.)
1989–1991 Murray State CC (men's)
1991–1993Oral Roberts (men's asst.)
1993–1994 Southwest Texas State (men's asst.)
1994–1998 Louisiana Tech (men's asst.)
1998–2004 Oklahoma (asst.)
2004–2006 UMKC
2007 Chicago Sky
2009–2010Bahamas (asst.)
2011–2012 Liaoning Hengye
2012 China
2012–2013Guangdong Dolphins
2013–2014 Dynamo Kursk
2015–2020 Oklahoma City
2020–Present Oklahoma Baptist

Glenn "Bo" Overton [1] (born July 9, 1960) [2] is an American basketball coach who is currently the head women's basketball coach at Oklahoma Baptist University. Prior to OBU, he was coaching in the Women's Chinese Basketball Association. [3]

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Early life and education

Born in Ada, Oklahoma, Overton was the 1979 Oklahoma High School Basketball Player of the Year as a senior at Ada High School. [2]

Overton played at the University of Oklahoma from 1980 to 1983, and was a starting point guard. At the end of his career, he held school records for free throw percentage, assists and games played.

Professional playing career

He was selected by the Phoenix Suns in the 1983 NBA draft. He played for the Toronto Tornadoes of the Continental Basketball Association in the 1984–85 season, then was an assistant coach for that team, which by then moved to Pensacola, Florida, in the 1985–86 season. [4]

Coaching career

He was the head coach and athletic director at Murray State College in Tishomingo, Oklahoma from 1989 to 1991. Overton was a men's basketball assistant coach at Oral Roberts (1987 to 1988 and 1991 to 1993), Texas State (1993 to 1994), and Louisiana Tech (1994 to 1998) as a men's assistant coach. [4]

Overton returned to his alma mater to coach Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball under Sherri Coale. The Sooners played in the 2002 Final Four. After OU he was the head coach at UMKC. [5]

On December 12, 2006, Overton resigned from UMKC to become head coach for the Chicago Sky of the WNBA. [6] [7] He resigned on March 12, 2008, following a 14–20 season. [8]

Overton was a consultant to the WNBA's Tulsa Shock from 2008 to 2009. From 2009 to 2010, he was an assistant coach for the Bahamas women's national basketball team. [9] [10] Overton then coached for Liaoning Hengye of the Women's Chinese Basketball Association (WCBA) from 2011 to 2012. [11] Overton then coached the China women's national basketball team during the 2012 Summer Olympics, then the Guangdong Dragons of the WCBA in the 2012–13 season and Dynamo Kursk of the Russian Women's Basketball Premier League in 2013–14. [9]

In 2015, Overton became head women's basketball coach at Oklahoma City University. [12] He would lead Oklahoma City to a NAIA national championship in the 2016-17 season and named coach of the year. [13]

On March 16, 2020, Overton was named the head coach at Oklahoma Baptist University. [14]

Head coaching record

College

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
UMKC Kangaroos (Mid-Continent Conference)(2004–2006)
2004–05UMKC 10–206–107th [15]
2005–06UMKC 10–188–86th [16]
2006–07UMKC 2–9(resigned)
UMKC:22–47 (.319)14–18 (.438)
Oklahoma City Stars (Sooner Athletic Conference)(2015–2020)
2015–16Oklahoma City 20–915–32nd [17] NAIA D-I First Round [18]
2016–17Oklahoma City 34–217–11st [19] NAIA D-I Champions
2017–18Oklahoma City 28–617–3T–1st NAIA D-I First Round
2018–19Oklahoma City 33–520–21st NAIA D-I Runner-up
2019–20Oklahoma City 30–219–1T–1stPostseason canceled
Oklahoma City:145–33 (.815)88–10 (.898)
Oklahoma Baptist Bison (Great American Conference)(2020–present)
2020–21Oklahoma Baptist 4–173–156th (Western)
2021–22Oklahoma Baptist 14–1410–12T–8th
2022–23Oklahoma Baptist 17–1312–10T–4th
Oklahoma Baptist:35–44 (.443)25–37 (.403)
Total:202–124 (.620)

      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

WNBA

Legend
Regular seasonGGames coachedWGames wonLGames lostW–L %Win–loss %
PlayoffsPGPlayoff gamesPWPlayoff winsPLPlayoff lossesPW–L %Playoff win–loss %
TeamYearGWLW–L%FinishPGPWPLPW–L%Result
Chicago 2007 341420.4126th in Eastern—————
Career341420.412————

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  3. ↑ Bo Overton: A China adventure
  4. 1 2 "Bo Overton". University of Oklahoma. Archived from the original on April 2, 2003. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Bo Overton". UMKC. Archived from the original on February 8, 2007. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Overton leaves UMKC mid-season to lead Sky". ESPN. December 13, 2006. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  7. ↑ "New Sky Coach/GM Overton Set for the Draft". Chicago Sky. March 29, 2007. Archived from the original on 2016-08-08. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
  8. ↑ "SKY: Sky Timeline". Archived from the original on 2016-08-08. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
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  13. ↑ "Ocu Earns National Title with 73-66 Win". 21 March 2017.
  14. ↑ "Bo Overton Named Head Women's Basketball Coach".
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