Ceal Barry

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Ceal Barry
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Biographical details
Born (1955-04-01) April 1, 1955 (age 68)
Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Playing career
1973–1977 Kentucky
Position(s) Forward
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1977–1979 Cincinnati (grad. asst.)
1979–1983Cincinnati
1983–2005 Colorado
2011 United States
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2005–2020 Colorado (assoc. AD)
2013Colorado (interim AD)
Head coaching record
Overall510–284
Tournaments16–11 (NCAA)
1–1 (WNIT)
1–2 (NWIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Awards
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

Adele Cecilia "Ceal" Barry (born April 1, 1955) is an American retired basketball player and coach. She was head women's basketball coach at the University of Cincinnati from 1979 to 1983 and University of Colorado Boulder from 1983 to 2005. Barry was also a longtime college athletics administrator, having been associate athletic director and senior woman administrator at Colorado from 2005 to 2020 and interim athletic director at Colorado in 2013. She was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 1997 and into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018.

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Early life and education

Born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, Barry graduated from Assumption High School in Louisville in 1973. Barry then enrolled at the University of Kentucky and played at guard for four seasons on the Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team, and she graduated in 1977 with a bachelor's degree in accounting. [1]

Coaching career

From 1977 to 1979, Barry was a graduate assistant at the University of Cincinnati. After she completed her M.Ed. in 1979, Barry was promoted to head coach, where she would remain for four seasons and left with an 83–42 cumulative record. [1]

On April 12, 1983, the University of Colorado Boulder hired Barry as head coach for Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball, replacing Sox Walseth. [2] In 22 seasons, Barry had a 427–242 cumulative record, as well as four Big Eight Conference "Coach of the Year" honors (1989, 1993–95) and the Carol Eckman Award in 1995. [3] [4] The 1988–89 team went 14–0 in Big Eight play, the first team in conference history to go undefeated in conference play. In 2002, she became the first woman to be a head coach for 20 years at Colorado. [2]

Barry returned to coaching in the 2011 Pan American Games as head coach of the US women's basketball team, who finished in seventh place. [5]

Administrative career

On April 1, 2005, nearly a month after ending her coaching career, Barry became associate athletic director for student services and senior woman's administrator at Colorado. She then served as interim athletic director for nearly two months effective June 3, 2013, prior to Rick George entering the position long term. In 2014, Barry changed to senior associate athletic director for internal relations while continuing her role as senior woman's administrator. [3] On July 1, 2020, Barry retired from Colorado and concluded a 43-year career in college athletics as a coach and administrator. [6]

Awards and honors

Barry was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 1997 [7] and into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018. [8]

Head coaching record

Sources: [9] [10] [11] [12]

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Cincinnati Bearcats (Metro Conference)(1979–1983)
1979–80Cincinnati 18–12
1980–81Cincinnati 27–9 NWIT Consolation
1981–82Cincinnati 19–10
1982–83Cincinnati 19–11
Cincinnati:83–42
Colorado Buffaloes (Big Eight Conference)(1983–1996)
1983–84Colorado 10–183–117th
1984–85Colorado 6–222–128th
1985–86Colorado 21–99–5T–2nd
1986–87Colorado 14–146–8T–6th
1987–88Colorado 21–118–6T–3rd
1988–89Colorado 27–414–01st NCAA Second Round
1989–90Colorado 17–1110–4T–2nd
1990–91Colorado 18–118–6T–2nd
1991–92Colorado 22–911–32nd NCAA First Round
1992–93Colorado 27–412–21st NCAA Elite Eight
1993–94Colorado 27–512–21st [13] NCAA Sweet 16
1994–95Colorado 30–314–01st [14] NCAA Elite Eight
1995–96Colorado 26–99–52nd [15] NCAA Second Round
Colorado Buffaloes (Big 12 Conference)(1996–2005)
1996–97Colorado 23–912–4T–2nd NCAA Sweet 16
1997–98Colorado 12–165–118th
1998–99Colorado 15–147–9T–8th WNIT Second Round
1999–2000Colorado 10–194–1210th
2000–01Colorado 22–911–54th NCAA Second Round
2001–02Colorado 24–1011–5T–3rd NCAA Elite Eight
2002–03Colorado 24–811–54th NCAA Sweet 16
2003–04Colorado 22–811–53rd NCAA First Round
2004–05Colorado 9–192–14T–11th
Colorado:427–242
Total:510–284

      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

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References

  1. 1 2 "Ceal Barry". University of Colorado. 2002. Archived from the original on August 8, 2003. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Smith, Theresa (November 26, 2002). "Building Buffs from ground up; Ceal Barry's coaching made CU elite program". Denver Post. Archived from the original on November 27, 2002. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Ceal Barry". University of Colorado. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Carol Eckman Award". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
  5. ↑ Meisler, Natalie (October 20, 2011). "University of Colorado's Barry back in coaching with Team USA at Pan American Games". Denver Post. Archived from the original on October 22, 2011. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
  6. ↑ "End of an era: Ceal Barry announces retirement". University of Colorado Boulder. May 19, 2020. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Ceal Barry". Colorado Women's Hall of Fame. 2018. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Ceal Barry, former CU Buffs women's basketball coach, selected to Hall of Fame". The Denver Post. February 12, 2018.
  9. ↑ Colorado 2015–16 media guide, pp. 157-178.
  10. ↑ "Annual Big 12 Standings" (PDF). 2015–16 Big 12 Women's Basketball Media Guide. Big 12 Conference. p. 48.
  11. ↑ "All-time results". University of Cincinnati Women's Basketball 2015–16 Media Guide. University of Cincinnati. pp. 69–70.
  12. ↑ Big Eight Conference standings derived from deriving member schools' records from the NCAA Career Statistics database for the respective seasons.
  13. ↑ "1993–94 Big Eight Conference Women's Basketball season standings". BigEightSports.com. Archived from the original on August 29, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
  14. ↑ "1994–95 Big Eight Conference Women's Basketball season standings". BigEightSports.com. Archived from the original on August 29, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
  15. ↑ "1995–96 Big Eight Conference Women's Basketball season standings". BigEightSports.com. Archived from the original on March 13, 2019. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
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